| Weekly news |
Previous |
Actual |
Expected |
Monday
06th of December |
Building Permits m/m |
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Tuesday
07th of December |
CAD Cash Rate |
4.75% |
|
4.75% |
| GBP Halifax HPI m/m |
1.8% |
|
0.3% |
Wednesday
08th of December |
NZD Official Cash Rate |
3.0% |
|
3.0% |
Thursday
09th of December |
CNY Trade Balance |
27.2B
|
|
21.2B |
| Unemployment Claims |
436K |
|
427K |
Friday
10th of December |
US Trade Balance |
-44.0B |
|
-43.5B |
Equities
- Asian stocks advanced Monday after Fed’s Chairman, Bernanke, announced that US Federal Reserve is considering purchasing more treasuries
- The MSCI Asia Pacific Index advanced 0.2% to 133.70 in Tokyo
- US stocks rose Friday, amid improved economic data and efforts by the European Central Banks to curb the region’s debt crisis
- The S&P 500 increased 0.3% to 1,224.67 while the DJIA gained 0.2%, to 11,381.56
- European stocks advanced last week as the ECB delayed its withdrawal of emergency liquidity measures and bought Portuguese and Irish government bonds
- According to traders the ECB was buying Portuguese and Irish bonds Thursday in 100mn eur tranches; this was four times the previous amount
- The Stoxx 600 rose 1.6% to 270.94 this past week
Bonds
- Treasuries rose Friday, after Fed’s Chairman announced it may decide to buy Treasuries in order to stimulate growth and tackle the persisting unemployment
- Treasury 10-year yields fell to 2.96 in London
- Japanese bonds rose Monday on speculation the central bank will ease monetary policy further to easy pressure on the strengthening yen
- The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond fell five basis points to 1.155% as of 3:46 p.m. in Tokyo
Commodities
- Monday, oil advanced 0.5% to $89.35 following speculations that demand for oil will increase amid a US report showing an increase in the US service industry
- Monday, silver gained to the highest level since 1980 as the gold ratio dropped to the lowest in more than three years, spurring demand for the metal among investors who seek safe haven investments
- Silver for immediate delivery advanced as much as 1.7% to $29.915 an ounce, the highest price since March 1980, and traded at $29.7663 by 3:31 p.m. Singapore time
- Monday, gold for immediate delivery climbed 0.3% to $1,418.51 an ounce at 3:35 p.m. Singapore time. Spot delivery for the precious metal rose 3.7% last week, the second straight weekly gain
Currencies
- Monday, the dollar gained versus the yen after Ben S. Bernanke said a renewed recession “doesn’t seem likely.”
- The dollar rose to 82.91 yen as of 6:58 a.m. in London from 82.53 yen in New York on Dec. 3. The dollar gained to $1.3341 per euro from $1.3414. The euro was at 110.62 yen from 110.73 yen
- Monday, Australia’s currency fell to 98.85 US cents from 99.31 last week. It reached 99.39 cents on Dec. 3. The currency bought 81.95 yen from 81.97. New Zealand’s dollar declined 0.3% to 76.35 U.S. cents and traded at 63.31 yen from 63.22
- Friday, Canada’s dollar advanced on improving prospects over crude demand
- The Canadian currency gained 1.7% to C$1.0039 per US dollar
| Enquities |
| America North |
| Index |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| S&P 500 INDEX |
1224.71 |
0.26% |
2.97% |
-0.09% |
10.88% |
15.01% |
10.74% |
-18.75% |
| DOW NONES |
11382.09 |
0.17% |
2.62% |
-0.54% |
8.94% |
14.60% |
9.56% |
-16.43% |
| RUSSELL 2000 |
756.42 |
0.69% |
3.23% |
2.69% |
17.57% |
19.31% |
25.49% |
-3.88% |
| RUSSELL 1000 |
678.87 |
0.32% |
2.97% |
0.27% |
11.56% |
15.50% |
12.20% |
-17.30% |
| NASDAQ |
2591.46 |
0.47% |
2.24% |
0.48% |
16.01% |
16.78% |
18.10% |
-4.34% |
| America South |
| Index |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| BRAZIL BOV |
69766.09 |
0.34% |
2.26% |
-3.91% |
4.52% |
13.12% |
3.20% |
6.04% |
| MEXICO BOLSA |
37385.91 |
-0.04% |
1.30% |
2.94% |
14.17% |
20.63% |
16.45% |
19.61% |
| Europe |
| Index |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| DAX INDEX |
6944.11 |
-0.05% |
3.67% |
2.81% |
12.82% |
16.93% |
19.36% |
-12.55% |
| FTSE 100 |
5730.34 |
-0.26% |
3.23% |
-2.47% |
5.35% |
11.79% |
7.67% |
-11.65% |
| STOXX 600 |
270.74 |
-0.07% |
3.27% |
-0.45% |
3.76% |
10.72% |
8.72% |
-26.80% |
| STOXX 50 |
2768.77 |
-0.49% |
3.70% |
-3.73% |
0.55% |
8.43% |
-4.86% |
-37.28% |
| Asia |
| Index |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| SHANGHAI |
2857.177 |
0.52% |
-0.32% |
-8.70% |
5.97% |
11.89% |
-13.86% |
-43.25% |
| BSE SENSEX |
20087.23 |
0.60% |
3.52% |
-4.37% |
8.23% |
17.35% |
17.46% |
1.47% |
| NIKKEI 225 |
10167.23 |
-0.11% |
0.41% |
5.62% |
9.31% |
2.69% |
1.44% |
-35.95% |
| MSCI ASIA PAC. EX. JAP. |
465.82 |
0.67% |
3.18% |
-3.85% |
10.79% |
22.75% |
13.15% |
-14.88% |
| S&P/ASX 200 |
4688.6 |
-0.12% |
1.52% |
-2.33% |
2.47% |
5.38% |
-0.29% |
-28.97% |
| Commodities |
| Name |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| WTIC CRUDE FUTURE |
89.16 |
-0.03% |
4.00% |
1.92% |
13.94% |
16.23% |
4.76% |
4.45% |
| GOLD SPOT $/OZ |
1412.8 |
-0.09% |
3.40% |
1.37% |
13.02% |
15.81% |
21.65% |
76.07% |
| SILVER SPOT $/OZ |
29.5375 |
0.45% |
8.79% |
10.45% |
48.86% |
69.32% |
59.53% |
104.34% |
| Currencies |
| Pair |
Last Price |
1D Ret. |
5D Ret. |
1M Ret. |
3M Ret. |
6M Ret. |
1Y Ret. |
3Y Ret. |
| AUD-USD X-RATE |
0.9875 |
-0.56% |
2.53% |
-2.57% |
7.62% |
21.85% |
8.20% |
12.36% |
| EUR-CHF X-RATE |
1.3015 |
-0.37% |
-0.85% |
-3.22% |
-0.15% |
-6.16% |
-13.90% |
-21.30% |
| EUR-GBP X-RATE |
0.84667 |
-0.44% |
0.45% |
-1.83% |
1.22% |
2.72% |
-6.09% |
17.31% |
| EUR-JPY X-RATE |
110.17 |
-0.51% |
-0.39% |
-2.51% |
1.61% |
1.12% |
-16.98% |
-32.38% |
| EUR-USD X-RATE |
1.3301 |
-0.84% |
1.34% |
-4.45% |
3.30% |
11.56% |
-10.29% |
-9.13% |
| GBP-CHF X-RATE |
1.5371 |
0.09% |
-1.30% |
-1.42% |
-1.36% |
-8.65% |
-8.33% |
-32.91% |
| GBP-JPY X-RATE |
130.11 |
-0.08% |
-0.84% |
-0.69% |
0.38% |
-1.58% |
-11.62% |
-42.37% |
| GBP-USD X-RATE |
1.571 |
-0.43% |
0.88% |
-2.66% |
2.06% |
8.58% |
-4.48% |
-22.53% |
Sources: Bloomberg, FT, WSJ