The main U.S. stock indexes ended the session with gains on Monday, which proved to be slightly greater than growth rates, which moved in nearly all trade. Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced by 0.56% to 10,154 points, Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9 percent to 2198 points, the S & P 500 added 0.6 percent to 1071 points. On the one hand, the impact on indexes turned negative data on drop-down business confidence in the housing sector, on the other, gave impetus to trade some strong statements. The positive news ran the results of Halliburton, which has more than 80 percent profit growth for the second quarter. Its shares rose 6.07 percent. Shares of Apple fell, however, during the session to its lowest level in almost two months after analysts expressed concerns about the profit margin of the company, the day before the announcement of quarterly results of the group. Its shares fell below 240 dollars cash in trade but later recovered some of his losses and ended with a decline of 1.73 percent to 245.58 dollars.
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The index of 30 leading U.S. companies Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 0.6 percent in trading Friday to 11 204.28 points. Dow was led by Merck (5%), American Express (2,7%) and Pfizer (2,6%). The increase of the main financial index of Wall Street was mostly because of good results with new zero APR balance transfer credit cards, which supported the small investors and users. The campaign was very successful and supported by American Express. Their zero APR American Express cards attracted many people, which increased the shares of the company suddenly. According to many experts such credit cards offers are the future of financial contracts for citizens. The index Dow Jones Industrial Average reported increases in all five sessions during the week, achieving an overall increase of 1.7 percent. This is the eighth consecutive weekly increase for the Dow Jones. Promotions during the week helped best accounts of companies transmit CNBC. In today’s session broader index S & P 500 rose 0.7 percent to a level of 1 217.28 points, technological Nasdaq rose 0.4% to 2 530.15 points. The day was accompanied by good news on the economic front.
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Trading sessions in the United States launched a setback with a minimum of indexes, but gradually they were able to delete the lost and gain promotions. In a major extent this is due to measures adopted last week for health reform in the country which will allow the government to focus on other problems. Within today’s trading the index of blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 0,4 percent to 10 786 points, although at the start of trading to yield by 0,2 percent. Total 23 of the 30 components of the index ended trading growth. On the winning side of the exchange in New York ran over 60 percent of traded emissions and 35% of companies registered a decline in market capitalization. The most significant increases in volume traded by large companies reported shares of Citigroup, which rose by 4 per cent. Ford’s market capitalization jumped almost 5 percent, while that of Las Vegas Sands - by over 10 per cent.
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The positive wave that broke on Monday, stock markets in Asia and the Pacific, managed to bring the regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its highest level in five weeks today. The news of the strong increase in exports to South Korea in February and reducing unemployment in Japan in February reinforce positive attitudes of investors to the global economy. The rapid pace of economic growth in Australia has caused the country’s central bank to further tighten the monetary policy in March and raised its key interest rate to 4 percent today. Reinforcing the economic optimism of investors reflected in the risk premium on government securities in the region that fell. The regional index MSCI Asia Pacific, which covers the stock markets in ten Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand, rose by 0.7 percent to 119.71 points. In February, the MSCI Asia Pacific index rose by 0.5 percent, in January after losing 2.5 percent of its value because of concerns along the fiscal crisis in Greece and the sale of shares in China and Hong Kong. Economic data today showed that exports to South Korea grew for the fourth consecutive month in February while the unemployment rate in Japan unexpectedly fell from 5.2 percent in December to 4.9 percent in January. Meanwhile it became clear that the Indian industry has grown at a rapid pace over the past year and a half in February, police Bloomberg.
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Financial companies have been able to derive indexes in Asia and the Pacific region of positive territory today and yesterday offset part of their reductions. Extractive companies also ranked among the most profitable thanks to the strong financial results for the fourth quarter of 2009, major industry representatives, police Bloomberg. Stock exchanges in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia remained closed for a second day today due to celebrate the lunar New Year. The regional MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose by 0.5 percent to 116.39 points, such as financial companies in its composition have contributed most to this increase. Stock measure, which monitors the securities markets in ten Asian countries plus Australia and New Zealand reached 17-month peak on 15 January, then slid more than 8 percent over the next four weeks. Reason for this were expectations that the central banks of China, India and the U.S. will begin to tighten its monetary policy soon, which could reduce investment in financial assets. On a stock exchange quotation muzzy and worries that Greece, Portugal and Spain will be able to cope with their large budget deficits. The index of blue chips in Australia S & P / ASX 200 is increased by 0.5 percent to 4 567.8 points, while New Zealand NZX 50 jumped 0.9 percent to 3 087.61 points. Today it became clear that the index of business confidence in Australia fell by half to 8 percentage points in January. Assessment of local companies in the business environment deteriorates, but remains positive for the eighth consecutive month.
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The indexes of stock exchanges ended the Old Continent to drop the first month of the new year and recorded its first loss on a monthly basis for the past four months. Earlier today it became clear that the securities markets in Asia, January has brought the biggest monthly loss for the past 11 months mainly due to the measures of central banks to tighten monetary policy. Pan-European index Dow Jones Stoxx 600 were reduced over the past three weeks. Stock measure, which after 17 western European markets, plus the one in Greece has lost 2.7 percent of its value in January. During today’s session, however, Dow Jones Stoxx 600 increased by 1% to 246.96 points for the good data on U.S. economy, which marked its strongest growth for the past six years during the last quarter of 2009. National stock indices rose in almost all European countries today. In France the CAC 40 added 1.4 percent to 3 739.46 points, the German DAX advanced 1.2% to 5 608.79 points while the mining companies have brought the UK’s FTSE 100 increased by 0.8% to 5 188.52 points. Within the last three month of January, however, the index recorded a monthly loss in the range from 5% to 7%.
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After a heavy defeat at the end of last week’s major stock indexes on Wall Street took over in early trading today. Among the most actively traded companies are those ranked in the financial sector, which were subject to increased sales last week. The reason for this was the series of quarterly reports of major financial companies in the United States, and the plan of U.S. President Barack Obama to reduce risk and activities of banks in the country. The index of the best and most frequently traded U.S. companies stock Dow Jones IA increased by 0.5% to 10 227.4 points an hour and a half after the start of the session. The broad S & P 500 added 0.7 percent to 1 098.9 points and the index of companies in the Nasdaq - Nasdaq Composite, 0.5% progressed to 2 216.6. Shortly after the start of trading today showed that sales of existing homes in the U.S. have graduated last year with growth being recorded its first increase since 2005. This is due to the government program to encourage first home purchases, low interest rates in the U.S. and more affordable price levels. Last week ended with the worst loss for the index of blue chip Dow Jones for the last nearly one year of 4% on a weekly basis. After the end of today’s trading session expected financial results of Apple technology company for the last quarter of 2009. Today’s largest chain retailer in the world, Wal-Mart announced it would cut more than 11 thousand employees of the warehouses of wholesale chain Sam’s Club. The redundancies will mainly affect staff in charge of promotions in stores Sam’s Club, because the leadership of Wal-Mart has decided to assign these activities to external marketing company Shopper Events.
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The U.S. stock indexes remained stable in its upward movement from the beginning of the session, even after the decline in confidence in the construction sector, announced by the National Association of Builders of homes. The indicator fell to a value of 15 points in January to 16 points in December. Its level is now the lowest since June last year, for the past four months his movement was downward. According to the developers and potential purchasers have decreased during the first month of the new year in anticipation to see signs of improvement in the labor market and better estimates of future state of the economy. On the shares and not influenced by Citigroup announced a loss amounting to 7,6 billion dollars last quarter of 2009, large negative result was expected by the market and when shares of the Bank Increase 2.4%.
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The new year began encouraging the main stock indexes of the Old Continent, after the past five sessions brought the fourth consecutive weekly rise in pan-European index Dow Jones Stoxx 600. The index, which monitors the securities markets in 17 Western European countries, plus Greece, added 0.4 percent to 259.15 points today, which is the highest value for the last 15 months, according to Bloomberg. In comparison with its level of last week’s closing Dow Jones Stoxx 600 rose 2,1 percent. Measure of regional stock climbed more strongly by 0.7% until about the data on unemployment in the United States, which showed that 85 thousand more jobs were in the U.S. economy closed in December. And the data were disappointing today about unemployment in the euro area in November, which increased more than expected to 10%. Meanwhile, unemployment in the European Union reported a new record. However, today’s session ended with increases in most European markets, excluding Spain and Austria after Germany’s exports continued to rise in support of the country’s economy. The index of blue chip DAX in Germany rose by 0.3% to 6 037.7 points, to account for weekly growth of 1.4 percent. Today it became clear that German exporters saw growth opportunities in China for his business. France’s CAC 40 added 0.5 percent to 4 045, points, and the London FTSE 100 ended with a minimal growth of 0.1% to 5 534 points. The value of the two indexes rose by 2.8 percent and 2.2 percent on a weekly basis. With the strong growth is an excellent basis on the stock exchange index in Switzerland Swiss Market. He added 1% to 6 617.9 points, despite news that unemployment in the country reached a record level of 1998
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The news that some of the biggest Chinese financial companies plan to increase their capital fell by nearly 4% the indexes of stock exchanges in Shanghai. Most markets in Asia and Pacific region also closed today’s session of the negative territory, and significant reductions were indexes in India, Indonesia and Hong Kong. The main index in China Shanghai Composite slipped 3.6% to 3 171 points and the exchange in Hong Kong Hang Seng was down by 1.8% to 22 210.4 points. This week it became clear that the five largest banks in China have submitted to financial regulators their preliminary plans to increase capital by issuing new shares. Depreciation of the dollar to 14-year low against the Japanese yen was strong pressure on share prices of Japanese exporters. The exchange in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell by 0.6 percent to 9383.2 points, after the country’s Finance Minister Hirohisa Fuji said the government must take unusual measures to currency movements. During today’s session, the currency markets the Japanese yen rose to ¥ 86.30 per dollar, which is the strongest rate of July 1995, cited by Bloomberg. Growth in the yen damages to domestic producers because their products more expensive on foreign markets and reduce their earnings in other currencies, after being converted back into Japanese yen. In South Korea Cospi was down by 0.8 percent to 1599.5 points, after the business confidence of local manufacturing companies fell to its lowest level in four months in November. In Australia the S & P / ASX 200 is lower by 0.3 percent to 4708.6 points after news that the capital costs in the private sector fell by 3.9 percent in the third quarter. Today it became clear that Taiwan’s economy has contracted by 1.29 percent in the third quarter over the same period last year.
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