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20 March 2009
US Market
The Dow open at 7490 and close at 7400 +-85.78(-1.15%) and high is 7523 at 9.51pm
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (-8.04%), Tech (+0.43%), Health Care (-2.50%), Consumer Staples (-1.32%), Consumer Discretionary (-1.20%), Industrials (-0.55%), Energy (+1.36%), Telecom (-0.77%), Materials (+1.35%), and Utilities (+1.22%).
AAPL 101.62, AIG 1.62, GE 10.13, SBUX 11.59, INTC 15.15 ,BAC 6.93,CSCO 16.23,C 2.6 NXY 16.43,SU 26.98

General Electric (GE 10.13, -0.19) continues working to restore its credibility with investors. The company held an investor meeting today, during which the company explored its asset holdings and reaffirmed it expects its troubled capital arm to post a profit for the first quarter and full year

The EUR trade at 1.3673 at 4:56pm.
The GBP trade at 1.4551 at 4.56pm
The CAD trade at 1.2336 at 4:56pm
The JPY 94.59 at 4:56pm
The Gold price is 963 at 4:56 pm
The Crude Oil March is 51.33 at 4:56pm

Japan Market is holiday

HK Market
The HS Index open at 13157 and closed at 12833 -297(-2.26%) the turnover volume is 438.9 and previous is 485M
The 005 open at 42.7 and closed at 41.45 with volume 44.81 previous 50.36M
The 3988 open at 2.37 and closed at 2.27 with turnover 381M previous 297M
The 1398 open at 3.49 and closed at 3.31 with turnover 297M and previous 375M

Hang Seng Index 12833.51 -297.41 -2.26%
HSI - Finance 18114.86 -510.96 -2.74%
HSI - Utilities 34617.32 -194.55 -0.56%
HSI - Properties 16230.66 -421.91 -2.53%
HSI - Commerce & Industry 7257.49 -135.58 -1.83%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 7495.96 -235.47 -3.05%
Hang Seng China H-Financials Index 9901.02 -470.28 -4.53%
Hang Seng Composite Index 1798.15 -47.21 -2.56%

Last update: 20-03-2009 16:10

Hang Seng China 50 Index 4360.93 -89.32 -2.01%
Hang Seng China AH Premium Index 151.14 +5.51 +3.78%


China market

The Shanghai Market opened at 2265 and closed at 2281 with volume 1336 and previous is 1277M
The BOC RMB3.44 –0.29%
The ICBC RMB3.78 +0.27%

Release Reports

International –US Time
Friday, March 20, 2009
3:00 a.m. GER: Feb PPI
3:45 a.m. FRA: 4Q Survey on Labor Activity and Employment Status
5:00 a.m. ITA: 4Q Labor Force
5:30 a.m. UK: 4Q BoE on UK banks external claims
6:00 a.m. EU: Jan Indus Production
8:30 a.m. CAN: Jan Total Retail Sales Previous: -5.4%
8:30 a.m. CAN: Jan New Vehicle Sales Previous: -14.8%

US Market
Friday, March 20, 2009
No major economic indicators scheduled.

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