Week of U.S. stock exchanges started with minimal increases in the main indexes in anticipation of a stream of quarterly reports of several large U.S. companies next five days. The index of 30 largest companies and often traded Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.1 percent to 102.29 points up to 10 hours after the start of the session, after having slid 2.5 percent by the end of the Friday session. The broader S & P 500 has remained almost unchanged at the level of 1065 points while the Nasdaq Exchange main index Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.2% to 2 182.89 points. The only U.S. economic data today showed that business confidence in the housing sector continues to decline. It showed the index of the National Association of residential builders in the U.S. (NAHB), which fell for the third consecutive month in July, reaching 14 points from 16 points in June. It is in the negative zone below 50 points the past four years. In this week’s expected financial performance of 122 companies by S & P 500 past the second quarter, after today’s session will come reports IBM. Shares of technology company that participates in the index Dow Jones IA, rose 1 percent to 129.32 dollars.
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The U.S. indexes rose minimally, led by technology companies, and businesses for basic consumer goods. Throughout the trading Thursday shares were under pressure from the data for production activity and employment, which highlighted concerns about the speed of economic recovery. The index of 30 leading U.S. companies – Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 0.24% to a level of 10 434.17. Broader S & P 500 rose 0.13% 1 116.04 points and the Nasdaq added 0.05 percent to 2 307.16 points. Some experts have warned investors about a possible short-term drop in the market. “The market may be about to test the May bottoms sometime in the summer, but at the end of the year I think it will be the growth of 5-10%, said on CNBC Maury Fertig, CEO of Relative Value Partners. The series of U.S. economic data today showed that manufacturing activity index of the Philly Fed fell to 8 from 21.4 in May – its lowest level in 10 months, and new applications for unemployment benefits have increased unexpectedly by 12 thousand last week to 472 thousand, as economists had expected a decrease to 450 thousand. At the same time the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for more than two weeks has increased by 88 thousand to 4.57 million. This shows that the labor market to the greatest economy the world has not yet stabilized, although the gross domestic product began to grow in the middle of last year.
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The U.S. shares failed to initiate growth in the first day of the new month after positive data for factory and construction sector turned with less impact on the market to ongoing concerns about the Debt Crisis in Europe and the consequences of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. After a negative start to the session came indexes of green in the middle of trade, but then fell again. Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with a decline of 1.1 percent to 10,023 points. Decrease in the S & P 500 stood at 1.7 percent to 1072 points, with the Nasdaq Composite retreated 1.5 percent to 2222 points. Shares of BP continued downward trend in the European session and lost in New York 14.97% of its value. The company said it continues to fail to deal with caused by the oil spill that has already cost her nearly $ 1 billion. Serious losses registered securities and other groups associated with the sector, but also with ecological disaster of April 20. When Anadarko Petroleum decrease amounted to 19.55% in Transocean – of 11.85 percent at Halliburton – of 14.8 percent, and for Cameron International Corp. – Of 11.9 percent. All four companies are involved in the business of BP – the ownership of the oil field, the system for notification of accidents, etc. These companies own and BP have lost nearly 40% of its total market capitalization since the oil platform sank Deepwater Horizon.
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Increased sales of shares in the final minutes of the session on Wall Street withdrew completely strong increases in indexes of morning trading. Positive wave that swept the securities markets in Asia and Europe today, failed to remain in the U.S. by Dow Jones IA complete a psychological level of 10 thousand points for the first time in three months. Even better than expected sales figures for new homes in U.S. orders for durable goods production could not support indexes. New orders for the production of durable goods recorded a 2.9% increase on a monthly basis in April, which was twice the expected. Meanwhile, sales of new homes in the U.S. rose 15 percent to its highest level in two years. Despite the good economic data index of the 30 largest U.S. stock and liquid companies Dow Jones IA fell 0.7 percent to 9 974.45 points. The broader index S & P 500 has lost 0.6 percent to 1 067.95 points and Nasdaq Exchange main index Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7% to 2 195.88 points. Since the beginning of May and the three U.S. indexes fell by about 10%. Global stock markets were extremely volatile during this month after pessimism gripped investors worries that the massive budget deficit and debt of several countries in Europe may lead to the second stage of the financial crisis.
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The latest this week in the U.S. trading session began with sharp decreases in the three main index, which shortly afterwards took up uncertainly, as S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite even managed to move into positive territory. Yesterday’s free fall of the quotes caused by renewed worries among investors about the state of U.S. economy and debt crisis of Europe, launched a period of correction on Wall Street. All three indexes have lost about 4 percent of its value and thus fell 10% below its highest point this year. Dow Jones industrial average, which unites 30 largest actively traded companies in the U.S. remained almost unchanged at a level of 10,070 points and a half hours after the start of the session. The broader S & P 500 added 0.5 percent to 1 076.98, and meanwhile the index for all companies by the exchange Nasdaq – Nasdaq Composite, rose by 0.4% to 2 213.26 points. In addition, the debt crisis in Europe also quotes outweigh the news that the Senate has approved a broad reform of the financial sector in the U.S., designed to prevent financial crises in the future. The bill aims to strengthen the control of big banks, investment firms on Wall Street and to increase protection for consumers. Debates on the law on several occasions been blocked due to lack of sufficient votes. It must be approved by the House of Representatives before U.S. President can sign it and it came into force.
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For the second day this week, U.S. indexes continued to climb, as higher oil prices helped the good performance of companies in the energy sector. Good financial results of Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola have also contributed to the optimism of investors. Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2 percent to 11 117 points, 20 of 30 stocks closed in the composition of the green, led by oil company Exxon Mobil, whose shares rose 1.16 percent. Shares of two other companies in the Dow Jones IA – Coca-Cola and IBM, have lost their positions despite the good financial results for the quarter. Shares of Coca-Cola dropped by 0.1 percent after the largest soft drink producer in the world announced weaker than expected sales growth in the U.S. Higher than forecast profits of IBM, announced before the start of the session, failed to offset disappointing gross profit margin and the company’s shares lost 0.3 percent of the price. S & P 500 added 0.8 percent to 1 207.17 points, as energy companies were among the most profitable, supported by oil, which closed nearly 1 percent growth level of 83.85 dollars a barrel.
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The U.S. shares rose in today’s session, led by energy companies led by Chevron. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 0.64% to 10 997.35 points, having briefly crossed the barrier of 11 000 points for the first time since September 2008. It was not the only barrier that was crossed this week as the yield on 10-year U.S. government bonds exceeded 4%. The broader index S & P 500 rose 0.67 percent to 1 194.37 points, technological Nasdaq rose 0.71 percent to 2 454.05 points. This is the sixth consecutive increase weekly for U.S. stocks – the longest series of positive in April 2009. Such series earlier today and noted European shares. Chevron rose most (2.4 percent) among the components of the DJIA, after the oil giant expects that its branches for processing and marketing will move into profit for first quarter. Oil slumped to nearly 85 dollars a barrel, after trading in Tuesday’s had reached 18-month high. Gold hit a one-year peak of 1 161.30 dollars an ounce, while the euro rose to 1.3498 against the dollar due to news of financial assistance to Greece. Overall, expectations are that first-quarter profits of companies by S & P 500 will increase by 37% yoy. The problem is that much of this optimism is already calculated into stock prices.
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The U.S. shares saw its best performance since the beginning of January after leading index Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed the week with growth of 2.3 percent. Investors relax after employment data in February proved to be not as bad as expected. The U.S. economy lost 36 thousand jobs in February instead of the expected 56 thousand. Shonberger Todd, managing director at LandColt Trading, however, warn that enthusiasm can quickly be cooled. In his temporary jobs figures are overstated, and while they do not become a permanent long-term prospects remain unclear. Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 1.2 percent in today’s session at 10 566 points per week which represents an increase of 2.3 percent. Growth of the DJIA today is the largest of 16 February onwards. The index was led by further growth at Boeing (3,6%), American Express (3,4%) and Alcoa (3,2%). Broader index S & P 500 rose by 1.4 percent to 1 139 points or weekly growth of 3.1 percent. Technological Nasdaq increased by 1.5% to 2 326 points after Apple announced a new Tablet PC that the company will begin to be sold on 3 April, which led to a rise in its shares by 3.9 percent.
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The exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group plans to develop technology to connect its system to commercial contracts with Brazil’s BM & FBovespa SA within the commercial partnership between the two exchanges. The system will allow the United States and Brazil to be marketed as Brazilian and U.S. stocks. Technology is expected to be implemented during the second half of 2010, subject to approval by regulatory authorities. Under the agreement for commercial partnership between the two exchanges, Nasdaq will disseminate market data related to trade BM & FBovespa, a Brazilian market will perform the same service for New York-based operator.
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The American stocks fell after a strong dollar negatively affected by commodity-related securities and prudent estimates Wal-Mart Stores for the Christmas season cause concerns about consumer spending. Suppressing the appreciation of the dollar price of oil and led to a decrease in prices of shares of energy companies. GSPOILI, index of oil and gas sector of the S & P, dropped by 1.5 percent. Dow Jones IA, which comprises the largest and most liquid stock company, retreated 0.89 percent to 10 999.28 points. Broader index S & P 500 off 0.99 percent to 1 087.58 points and Nasdaq Composite, which brings together companies from the Stock Exchange Nasdaq, closed with a fall of 0.74% to 2 150.8 points. Wal-Mart, the largest chain retailer in the world, reported higher quarterly profits and shares, rose by 0.5 percent to 53.24 dollars, but forecasts for the key Christmas season profit lower than expected from the market. 3Com’s shares jumped 31 percent to 7.46 dollars after the biggest company for producing the world’s PCs – Hewlett-Packard announced plans to acquire the company for the manufacture of network equipment against the amount of 2,7 billion dollars.
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