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24 April 2009
US Market
The Dow index open 7957 and close at 8076 and high is 8128 at 3.08pm. +119.23(+1.5%)
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (+2.45%), Tech (+2.53%), Health Care (+0.20%), Consumer Staples (+0.11%), Consumer Discretionary (+2.67%), Industrials (+1.77%), Energy (+2.65%), Telecom (-0.55%), Materials (+4.41%), and Utilities (-0.29%).
Dow +119.23 at 8076.29, Nasdaq +42.08 at 1694.29, S&P +14.31 at 866.23

AAPL 123.9, AIG 1.46 GE 12.11, SBUX 13.51, INTC 15.62,BAC 9.1,CSCO 18.42,C 3.19 NXY 19.80,SU 25.54
The EUR trade at 1.3147 at 5.47 pm.
The GBP trade at 1.4546 at 5:47 pm
The CAD trade at 1.2182 at 5:47 pm
The NZD trade at 0.5655 at 5:47pm
The AUD trade at 0.7145 at 5:47pm
The JPY 96.58 at 5.47 pm
The Gold price is 913 at 5:47 pm
The Crude Oil is 48.96 at 5.47 pm

The Dow future is trading from -104 in the early morning to afternoon –143 and –129 at 5:49pm

Japan Market

The Nikkei index open at 8783 and close at 8726, high is 8840 +18.35(+0.21%)
Fast Retailing 10,110 -160(-1.55%)
UFJ 508 +14(+2.83%)
Toyota 3790 -20(-0.52%)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 3170 +80 (2.58%)

HK Market
The HS Index open at 15160 and close at 14840 -418(-2.74%), April Future is 14994, the turnover volume is 530M Previous 517M
The 005 open at 52.8 and close at 51.75 with turnover 35.55M previous 20M
The 3988 open at 2.85and close at 2.76 with turnover 450M and previous 355M
The 1398 open at 4.24 and close at 4.02 with turnover 778M and previous 409M

HSBC London price is 466- 10 (-2.1%) at 6:01pm
Hang Seng Index 14840.42 -418.43 -2.74%
HSI - Finance 21470.87 -685.65 -3.09%
HSI - Utilities 35830.34 -204.25 -0.57%
HSI - Properties 19508.90 -692.89 -3.43%
HSI - Commerce & Industry 8176.40 -199.64 -2.38%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 8641.43 -337.75 -3.76%
Hang Seng China H-Financials Index 11335.12 -504.02 -4.26%
Hang Seng Composite Index 2049.59 -68.26 -3.22%
Last update: 27-04-2009 16:01
Hang Seng China 50 Index 4773.87 -133.33 -2.72%
Hang Seng China AH Premium Index 137.75 +3.76 +2.81%
China market

The Shanghai Index open at 2443 and close at 2405 with volume 1031M and previous 1087M
BOC close at RMB3.46
ICBC close at RMB3.99

Release Reports
International
Monday, April 27, 2009
2:10 a.m. GER: May Consumer climate survey
3:30 a.m. ITA: Apr Consumer Confidence Index Expected: 100.5 Previous: 99.8
4:30 a.m. UK: Mar Major British Banking Groups stats, Mortgage Approvals Previous: 28200
7:50 p.m. JPN: Mar Retail Sales, prelim
7:50 p.m. JPN: Apr Provisional Trade Statistics for 1st 10 days of Month

Monday, April 27, 2009
10:30 a.m. Apr Dallas Fed Mfg Production Index: Previous: -22.3.
%.
Earning report :
29/4 Starbuck, 28/4 NXY

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