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16 March 2009
US Market
The Dow open at 7167 and close at 7223(+0.75%) and low is 7106 at 12:21pm
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (+0.31%), Tech (-0.11%), Health Care (+3.31%), Consumer Staples (+1.75%), Consumer Discretionary (+0.81%), Industrials (-0.52%), Energy (-0.72%), Telecom (+0.43%), Materials (+0.83%), and Utilities (+1.39%).
AAPL 95.93, AIG 0.50 ,GE 9.62, SBUX 10.56 ,INTC 14.70 ,BAC 5.76,CSCO 15.51,C 1.78 NXY 14.25 ,SU 25.56

S&P downgraded GE rating from AAA to AA+ with a stable outlook. CDS spreads on GE tightened following the downgrade action.

According to HSBC report, the EU data showed that retail sales in the Eurozone dropped in January for an eight consecutive month to 2.2%.

The UK government bonds gained, as the Bank of England began buying back its debt as part of its quantitative easing policy.

The EUR trade at 1.2975 at 4:57pm.
The GBP trade at 1.4158 at 4:59pm
The CAD trade at 1.2665 at 4:59pm
The JPY 98.14 at 4:59pm
The Gold price is 929 at 4:59 pm
The Crude Oil March is 44.26 at 4:59pm

Japan Market
The Nikkei open at 7630 and closed at 7704 +134.87(+1.78%)
UFJ closed at 441 +22(+5.25%)
Sumitomo Financial 3020 +170(+5.96%)
Fast Retailing closed at 10150 +180(+1.80%)
Canon closed at 2595 +120(+4.84%)
Toyota closed at 2940 (0%)
The JPY is 98.12

HK Market
The HS Index open at 12976 and closed at 12884 +286(+3.6%) the turnover volume is 467M previous 439M
The 005 open at 39.3 and closed at 40 with volume 37.59M, Previous 45M.
The 3988 open at 2.27and closed at 2.33 with turnover 601M previous 562M
The 1398 open at 3.38 and closed at 3.45 turnover 433M previous 635M

Hang Seng Index 12976.71 +450.91 +3.60%
HSI - Finance 18187.15 +733.58 +4.20%
HSI - Utilities 34945.40 +151.18 +0.43%
HSI - Properties 16590.38 +685.13 +4.31%
HSI - Commerce & Industry 7389.34 +227.17 +3.17%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 7599.35 +316.83 +4.35%
Hang Seng China H-Financials Index 10300.51 +428.33 +4.34%
Hang Seng Composite Index 1825.26 +57.34 +3.24%
Hang Seng China 50 Index 4348.97 +124.83 +2.96%
Hang Seng China AH Premium Index 141.27 -4.80 -3.29%

China market

The Shanghai Market opened at 2122 and closed at 2153 with volume 613M and previous 710M
The BOC RMB3.4 +0.59%
The ICBC RMB3.69 +0.27%

Release Reports

International –US Time
Monday, March 16, 2009
5:00 a.m. ITA: Feb CPI
5:30 a.m. UK: Feb London Retail Sales Monitor
8:30 a.m. CAN: 4Q Capacity Utilization Previous: 77.4%
7:50 p.m. JPN: Jan Tertiary Industry Index (on month) Previous: -1.6%



Monday, March 16, 2009
8:30 a.m. Mar Empire State Fed Manufacturing Survey: Expected: -31.70. Previous: -34.65.
9:00 a.m. Jan Tsy International Capital: Previous: +$24.4B.
9:15 a.m. Feb Industrial Production: Expected: -1.0%. Previous: -1.8%.
9:15 a.m. Feb Capacity Utiliztion: Expected: 71.4%. Previous: 72%.
1:00 p.m. Mar NAHB Housing Index: Previous: 9.

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