There is not much good news to support the market.
18 Feb 2009
US Market
The Dow open at 7546 and close at 7555 +3.03 (+0.04%), the lowest one is 7480 at 10:11 am
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (-0.19%), Tech (+0.42%), Health Care (-0.08%), Consumer Staples (+0.72%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.77%), Industrials (-0.37%), Energy (-0.18%), Telecom (-1.04%), Materials (-0.21%), Utilities (-1.29%).
The EUR seems stable a bit, it came to the lowest point at 1.25142 at 2/18 23:20 and start moving up to 1.26407 at 5:02pm
The GBP is climbing from yesterday 2009/2/18 low at 1.40976 and back to 1.43806 at 5:04pm
The AUD is climbing from 0.6340 yesterday to 0.6453 at 5:05pm +0.6337 and around 0.6405 at 4:59pm
The JPY suddenly weaker last time high 93.89 and now is 93.49 at 5:06 pm
The CAD move down from yesterday high 1.2644 to 1.25121 at 5:08 pm
The Gold price is Feb is 976.5 and Mar is 975.6 at 5:09 pm
The Crude Oil March is 34.75and April is 37.88 at 5:09pm
Japan Market
The Nikkei open at 7604 and closed at 7557 +23.21(+0.31%)
UFJ closed at 439 –2 previous 437
Fast Retailing closed at 10180 previous 10320 140(+1.39%)
Canon closed at 2320 previous 2315 +5(0.21%)
Toyota closed at 3120 previous 3060 +60 (+1.96%)
HK Market
The HS Index open at 12873 and closed at 13023 +7.3 (+0.06%) the turnover volume is 354.83M previous 428M .
The 005 closed at 56.1 previous 56.7 (-1.058%) turnover 22.17M previous is 43.7M
The 3988 closed at 2.16 previous 2.14 0.06(+2.885%) turnover 282M previous is 627M
The 1398 closed at 3.35 previous 3.37 -0.02 (-0.593%) turnover 269M previous day is 347M
China market
The Shanghai Market opened at 2224 and closed at 2227 with less volume 1083M previous day 1352M previous close 2209
The BOC RMB3.28 previous day RMB3.28 , 0%
The ICBC RMB3.82 previous day RMB3.84 –0.52%
Release Reports
International –US Time
Thursday, February 19, 2009
12:30 a.m. JPN: Jan Tokyo area department store sales
12:30 a.m. JPN: Jan Nationwide department store sales
4:00 a.m. ITA: Dec Foreign Trade EU
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan BoE broad money provisional estimates
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan BoE capital issuance
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan CML mortgage lending figures
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan Public Sector Net Borrowing, GDP Expected: -7.5B Previous: +14.9B
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan Public Sector Net Cash Requirements, GBP Expected: -14B Previous: +44.2B
8:30 a.m. CAN: Jan Composite Leading Indicators Index(LII) Previous: -0.6%
6:50 p.m. JPN: Dec All Industry Activity Index (on month) Previous: -2.3%
N/A JPN: Feb Economic Report
N/A JPN: Feb BoJ interest rate decision
US – US Time
Thursday, February 19, 2009
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Feb 14 Week: Expected: +5K. Previous: -8K.
8:30 a.m. Jan Producer Price Index: Expected: +0.8%. Previous: -2.2%.
8:30 a.m. Jan Producer Price Index,ex-food & energy: Expected: +0.1%. Previous: +0.1%.
10:00 a.m. Jan Conference Board Leading Indicators Expected: +0.1%. Previous: +0.3%.
10:00 a.m. Feb Philadelphia Fed Business Index: Expected: -27.0. Previous: -24.3.
10:00 a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Feb 6: Previous: -1.2%.
10:30 a.m. EIA Natural Gas Inventories For Feb 13
11:00 a.m. US Energy Dept Oil Inventories For Feb 13
18 Feb 2009
US Market
The Dow open at 7546 and close at 7555 +3.03 (+0.04%), the lowest one is 7480 at 10:11 am
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (-0.19%), Tech (+0.42%), Health Care (-0.08%), Consumer Staples (+0.72%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.77%), Industrials (-0.37%), Energy (-0.18%), Telecom (-1.04%), Materials (-0.21%), Utilities (-1.29%).
The EUR seems stable a bit, it came to the lowest point at 1.25142 at 2/18 23:20 and start moving up to 1.26407 at 5:02pm
The GBP is climbing from yesterday 2009/2/18 low at 1.40976 and back to 1.43806 at 5:04pm
The AUD is climbing from 0.6340 yesterday to 0.6453 at 5:05pm +0.6337 and around 0.6405 at 4:59pm
The JPY suddenly weaker last time high 93.89 and now is 93.49 at 5:06 pm
The CAD move down from yesterday high 1.2644 to 1.25121 at 5:08 pm
The Gold price is Feb is 976.5 and Mar is 975.6 at 5:09 pm
The Crude Oil March is 34.75and April is 37.88 at 5:09pm
Japan Market
The Nikkei open at 7604 and closed at 7557 +23.21(+0.31%)
UFJ closed at 439 –2 previous 437
Fast Retailing closed at 10180 previous 10320 140(+1.39%)
Canon closed at 2320 previous 2315 +5(0.21%)
Toyota closed at 3120 previous 3060 +60 (+1.96%)
HK Market
The HS Index open at 12873 and closed at 13023 +7.3 (+0.06%) the turnover volume is 354.83M previous 428M .
The 005 closed at 56.1 previous 56.7 (-1.058%) turnover 22.17M previous is 43.7M
The 3988 closed at 2.16 previous 2.14 0.06(+2.885%) turnover 282M previous is 627M
The 1398 closed at 3.35 previous 3.37 -0.02 (-0.593%) turnover 269M previous day is 347M
China market
The Shanghai Market opened at 2224 and closed at 2227 with less volume 1083M previous day 1352M previous close 2209
The BOC RMB3.28 previous day RMB3.28 , 0%
The ICBC RMB3.82 previous day RMB3.84 –0.52%
Release Reports
International –US Time
Thursday, February 19, 2009
12:30 a.m. JPN: Jan Tokyo area department store sales
12:30 a.m. JPN: Jan Nationwide department store sales
4:00 a.m. ITA: Dec Foreign Trade EU
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan BoE broad money provisional estimates
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan BoE capital issuance
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan CML mortgage lending figures
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan Public Sector Net Borrowing, GDP Expected: -7.5B Previous: +14.9B
4:30 a.m. UK: Jan Public Sector Net Cash Requirements, GBP Expected: -14B Previous: +44.2B
8:30 a.m. CAN: Jan Composite Leading Indicators Index(LII) Previous: -0.6%
6:50 p.m. JPN: Dec All Industry Activity Index (on month) Previous: -2.3%
N/A JPN: Feb Economic Report
N/A JPN: Feb BoJ interest rate decision
US – US Time
Thursday, February 19, 2009
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims For Feb 14 Week: Expected: +5K. Previous: -8K.
8:30 a.m. Jan Producer Price Index: Expected: +0.8%. Previous: -2.2%.
8:30 a.m. Jan Producer Price Index,ex-food & energy: Expected: +0.1%. Previous: +0.1%.
10:00 a.m. Jan Conference Board Leading Indicators Expected: +0.1%. Previous: +0.3%.
10:00 a.m. Feb Philadelphia Fed Business Index: Expected: -27.0. Previous: -24.3.
10:00 a.m. DJ-BTMU Business Barometer For Feb 6: Previous: -1.2%.
10:30 a.m. EIA Natural Gas Inventories For Feb 13
11:00 a.m. US Energy Dept Oil Inventories For Feb 13
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