Today’s session began with increases for the main stock indexes in the United States, which yesterday recorded its first decline for the past six days. Investors ignored news of the decline of the index of consumer confidence in the University of Michigan to 66 points in November from 70.6 in October. The index of the 30 largest stock companies Dow Jones IA increased by 0.8% to 10 280.5 points an hour and a half after the beginning of the session. Broader index S & P 500 advanced by 0.6 percent to 1094.1 points while the index of companies by the exchange Nasdaq – Nasdaq Composite, rose by 0.6 percent to 2160.9 points. Best of all companies in the composition of the Dow Jones IA presented Walt Disney, after the company issued a profit of 895 million dollars in the third quarter. Shares of Walt Disney risen by nearly 5 percent to 30.45 dollars per share and its market capitalization has increased by 34 percent since the beginning of the year. Before the start of trading sessions it became clear that the U.S. trade deficit was a record for the observed past nine years, increased almost 20 percent on a monthly basis in September. The negative balance of trade balance increased to 36.5 billion dollars, mainly because the price of oil and imports from China.
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The American stocks retreated from their 13-month peak after shares of energy producers fell following the oil price, and withdrew the progression induced by 3Comot acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. The U.S. exchanges opened with slight decreases in the indexes, but then quotes several times changed the direction of their movement, while investors assessed the financial performance of the largest chain retailer in the world, Wal-Mart and the data of initial request for assistance in unemployment. Initial unemployment in the United States continue to decline, the number of Americans who have applied for the first time applications for social benefits amounted to 502 thousand for the week to November 7. This is the lowest since January so far. Dow Jones IA, which comprises the largest and most liquid stock companies, lost 0.6 percent to 10 234.73 points. Broader index S & P 500 gave up 0.6% to 1 092.2 points, and Nasdaq Composite, which brings together companies from the exchange Nasdaq, is down by 0.47% to 2 156.8 points. Wal-Mart announced today that its profit for the third fiscal quarter increased by 3.2 percent annually to 3.25 billion, or 84 cents per share, which exceeded market expectations. Direction predicted earnings per share in the range of 3.57 up to 3,61 dollars for the whole year 2009.
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U.S. indexes rose on Thursday as energy shares rose, influenced by the price of oil, which climbed to their highest level of a year. This helped to give the movement indexes from the first hours after the opening of the session when the market was under the influence of the results of Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, which disappointed investors. The indexes went up to a new annual peak. The index of the 30 most liquid stock companies Dow Jones IA added to the 0.5 percent to 10,062.94 points, after the previous session passed the psychological limit of 10000 points. The wider S & P 500 climbed 0.4 percent to 1096.94 points and the index of companies in the Nasdaq stock exchange ended with a growth of 0.1 percent to 2173.29 points. Shares of Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp. by adding 1.5% to its value after oil jumped more than 77 dollars a barrel. Citigroup dropped by 5 percent, while Goldman Sachs fell by 1.9 percent. Weakness in financial shares dominated the beginning of the session when the Dow Jones IA down again than 10000 points. The data published by the Ministry of Energy of the United States, which showed that reserves of gasoline fell unexpectedly, caused sharp increases in oil prices, which sparked and interest in the oil companies and turn the market.
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Last week proved to be win-win for U.S. indexes and bring them loss of around 2% over the previous Friday. The reason for this was a string of disappointing economic data, led to today’s report on the labor market in the largest economy in the world in September. He wavered investors about the pace of recovery in the U.S. economy because unemployment in the country has risen to 9.8 percent in September, the highest level in 26 years. Employers in the United States are abbreviated 263 thousand jobs in the past month, which significantly exceeded analysts’ expectations. Meanwhile, factory orders unexpectedly fell in August by 0.8 percent on a monthly basis, with expectations for a monthly growth of 0.7%.
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