- 123jump.com Staff
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
Market traded higher on strong earnings from industrial and tech companies but caught cautious wind on new home sales data release. Nasdaq Stock Market won''t raise its 2.7 billion-pound offer for LSE and extended its offer to shareholders by two weeks. Caterpillar Q4 profit rose 4.3 percent on increased demand for machinery in China and India. Asia ends lower on weakness in tech issues and banking shares, Europe finishes lower with mining shares, while Canada gained on oil prices.
- Elena
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
European stocks closed in the negative on Friday, as weakness in mining shares offset gains from cosmetics giant L''Oreal. Resource stocks Xstrata and Antofagasta led decliners, dragged by weaker metals prices. Industrials also declined, including French defense company EADS, down 1.6%. Automakers were also in focus, with Porsche, down 1.8%, and BMW up 1.2%. The German DAX 30 closed down 0.4%, the French CAC-40 slipped 0.5%, and the U.K. FTSE 100 lost 0.7%.
- Elena
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
Wall Street reversed from earlier gains, reflecting cautiousness on rising long-term interest rates in the bond market after stronger-than-expected economic data were released. Reports of robust durable goods orders and new home sales in December pressured bond prices, sending their yields to five-month highs. Shares of financial services companies declined, with American International Group and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. each falling about 1%. Merrill Lynch slid 2%, while Morgan Stanley lost 1%.
- Elena
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
U.S. stock markets opened in the positive Friday, as government data showed an improving manufacturing sector, with orders of durable goods up 3.5% in December, in line with expectations. Better-than-expected forecast from Caterpillar Inc. also provided a boost. Technology stocks were supported by a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit from Microsoft. Caterpillar shares rose 2.8%, while Microsoft gained 1.8%.
- Ivaylo
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
The London market dropped in mid-day trade on Friday, following a sell-off overnight on US markets. Banks, mining stocks and oil large-caps all were trading in the red, only some defensive stocks made small gains. The more cautious sentiment put pressure across the board. Oil companies fell as crude prices fell below $55 a barrel. The benchmark FTSE 100 Index dropped 15.2, or 0.2%, to 6254.10 at mid-day in London.
- Elena
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
U.S. stock futures indicated a mixed opening Friday, with traders digesting stronger-than-expected sales growth at Microsoft vs. somewhat disappointing results from Dow components Caterpillar and Honeywell. Microsoft added 1.9% in pre-open trading on better-than-forecast sales increase. Caterpillar reported higher quarterly earnings, missing expectations. The stock rose 2%. Larger-than-expected rise in durable goods orders in December helped lift sentiment.
- Elena
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
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- Ivaylo
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
Asian markets finished mostly lower, following U.S. decline overnight, as markets in Japan fell on weakness in tech stocks and in Hong Kong banking shares led the decline. In Japan, sentiment was impacted negatively as US market suffered its biggest decline in two months. Retail companies dropped after the government announced the core consumer price index missed expectations. Stocks rebounded after two days of losses in China. In South Korea tech stocks weighed on the benchmark index.
- Ivaylo
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
European shares declined on Friday morning, with chemical and industrial firms leading the decline after U.S.-inspired selling offset gains at cosmetics giant L''Oreal. Industrials such as Siemens and defense company EADS also traded lower. Futures on German 10-year bonds also declined on Friday. The U.K. FTSE 100 index retreated 0.6%, German DAX Xetra 30 index dropped 0.8% and the French CAC-40 index slipped 1%.
- Ivaylo
- 26 Jan, 2007
- New York City
Precious metals hit their strongest levels of the year Thursday, although gold eventually retreated from all of its gains due to a turn lower in crude oil and a rise in Treasury yields. Silver sustained its advance. Platinum, palladium and copper gained as well. All energy stocks declined, while Arabica coffee futures rose. Raw sugar slipped to a one-year low on producer selling and pressure from local and small speculators.
- 123jump.com Staff
- 04 Jan, 2008
- New York City
Stocks in India edged higher bucking the global trend. Sensex in Mumbai jumped 1.7% or 342 to 20,687 and the broader index CNX Nifty increased 1.6% to 6,274. Industrials, banks, and miners led the gainers in the market. Of the BSE stocks, 1470 shares declined, 1437 advanced, and 17 remained unchanged. Among the Sensex shares, 16 slid and the rest remained unchanged.
- 123jump.com Staff
- 04 Jan, 2008
- New York City
Stocks in Hong Kong surged after a slump in the last two days of trading. Hang Seng Index gained 2.4% or 632.41 to 27,519.69 and gained 0.5% for the the week.Hang Seng China Enterprises index gained 2.8% to 15,903.40. Commodities miners rose after CLAS research said investors should buy shares of Chinese gold and coal miners. China coal rose 3.5% and Zhaojin mining climbed 7.1%. Zijin Mining jumped 7.2% after Goldman Sachs raised a target on the stock.
- 123jump.com Staff
- 25 Jan, 2007
- New York City
Microsoft reported fiscal second quarter earnings drop of 28% on deferred revenue from Vista. The company also said earnings in the third quarter will be between 45 cents and 46 cents. The company stock has risen 12% in the year but stagnated between $22 and $31 in the last five years. The company has returned more than $35 billion in stock buybacks and dividends in the last three years.
- 123jump.com Staff
- 25 Jan, 2007
- New York City
A flurry of negative earnings from energy, drug companies and homebuilders dragged averages in NY lower. Peabody Energy, BJ Services, Bristol-Myers and Toll Bros led the decliners. Canadian stocks declined after the earnings at Suncor and Petro-Canada fell, on lower oil and gas prices and higher operating costs. European stocks fell from a six-year high after a U.S. report on December existing home showed a decline of 0.8% and 12% in 2006. Copper prices gained for the fifth session in a row.
- Elena
- 25 Jan, 2007
- New York City
European stocks finished in the red Thursday as gains from Siemens and Nokia failed to offset declines from auto and chemical stocks. Nokia rose 5% and Siemens rose 6% on strong financial results. On the side of the losers, automakers DaimlerChrysler and Peugeot slipped more than 2.2%. The U.K.''s FTSE 100 dropped 0.7% to 6,269.30. In France, the CAC-40 lost 0.5% at 5,609.20. Germany''s DAX 30 closed down 0.4% at 6,719.58.