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The US market are at the edge, did short last night, both the

SKF, SDS, DXD are all climbed up. The short strategy keeps on in US market. Further short when it is high, buy GLD and UUP dollars bullish fund

For HK, I believe not much direction before 1/5 and index settlement. But keep believe the around 15300 - 16000 in end of April

21 April 2009

US Market
The Dow index open 8129 and close at 7841 and high is 8129 at open -289(-3.56%)
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (-11.42%), Tech (-3.15%), Health Care (-1.94%), Consumer Staples (-1.74%), Consumer Discretionary (-4.40%), Industrials (-4.95%), Energy (-4.38%), Telecom (-2.86%), Materials (-5.21%), and Utilities (-1.36%).

Dow -289.60 at 7841.73, Nasdaq -64.86 at 1608.21, S&P -37.21 at 832.39


AAPL 120.5 ,AIG 1.29 GE 11.35, SBUX 11.37, INTC 15.00,BAC 8.02,CSCO 17.31,C 2.94 NXY 18.15,SU 23.44

The EUR trade at 1.2962 at 5:32 pm.
The GBP trade at 1.4585 at 5:32 pm
The CAD trade at 1.2350 at 5:32 pm
The NZD trade at 0.5568 at 5:33pm
The AUD trade at 0.7022 at 5:33pm
The JPY 98.30 at 5.33 pm
The Gold price is 889 at 5:33 pm
The Crude Oil is 46 at 5.33pm

The Dow future is trading from -11 in the early morning to afternoon +23 and then +14 at 5:35pm

Japan Market

The Nikkei index open at 8802 and close at 8711, high is 8802 -213(-2.39%)
Fast Retailing 10,300 -60(-0.57%)
UFJ 491 -5(-1%)
Toyota 3720 -150(-3.87%)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 2980 -50 (-1.65%)

HK Market
The HS Index open at 15065 and close at 15285 -465(-2.95%), April Future is 15237, the turnover volume is 575M Previous 570M
The 005 open at 51.45 and close at 52.15 with volume 59.5M previous 29.17M
The 3988 open at 2.86and close at 2.95 with turnover 623M and previous 727M
The 1398 open at 4.35 and close at 4.41 with turnover 374M and previous 463M


HSBA.L trading high in London -3.5 (0.76%)at 455.5P @5:42PM HK Time
Hang Seng Index 15285.89 -465.02 -2.95%
HSI - Finance 22308.93 -714.43 -3.10%
HSI - Utilities 36030.06 +494.12 +1.39%
HSI - Properties 20108.11 -750.81 -3.60%
HSI - Commerce & Industry 8347.72 -273.91 -3.18%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 9039.09 -190.95 -2.07%
Hang Seng China H-Financials Index 12025.76 -206.70 -1.69%
Hang Seng Composite Index 2117.66 -61.77 -2.83%
Last update: 21-04-2009 16:01
Hang Seng China 50 Index 5013.09 -113.33 -2.21%
Hang Seng China AH Premium Index 137.29 +0.97 +0.71%
China market

The Shanghai Index open at 2523 and close at 2535 with volume 1549M and previous 1405 M
BOC close at RMB3.53
ICBC close at RMB4.12

Release Reports
International
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
2:00 a.m. GER: Mar PPI
4:30 a.m. UK: Mar Inflation
8:30 a.m. CAN: Feb Wholesale Trade Previous: -4.2%.
9:00 a.m. CAN: Bank of Canada interest rate decision Overnight Rate Previous: 0.5%.
7:50 p.m. JPN: Mar Provisional Trade Statistics Trade Balance (on-year change Previous: 82.4B.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
7:45 a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Apr 18: Previous: +0.8%.
8:55 a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Apr 18: Previous: +0.9%.
4:30 p.m. Apr 17 API Oil Industry Report For Apr 17
5:00 p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Apr 18: Previous: -51.

Earning report : 21/4 : Coca-cola (KO), Merck (MRK) Bank of NY (BK)
22/4 : AT&T (T), Wells Fargo (WFC), McDonald’s (MCD) , Morgan Stanley (MS)
22/4 APPLE, 29/4 Starbuck, 28/4 NXY

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