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walking at the edge, be careful, hedge your holding. Buy AUD tonight

The currency reflect strong dollar is running. It may be the indication that the equity market will be pointing South. Be careful. Hedge your holding

The Gold climb back to 880 from last night 860. Hope my friend little to me and buy some last night.

Daily Report

07 April 2009

US Market
Last Friday, the Dow opened at 8016 and close at 7975 and high at 8016 –41.74(-0.52%)
Sector performance (% change on day): Financials (-2.93%), Tech (-1.06%), Health Care (+0.60%), Consumer Staples (-0.01%), Consumer Discretionary (-1.22%), Industrials (+0.67%), Energy (-1.67%), Telecom (-0.21%), Materials (-2.14%), and Utilities (-1.17%).
Dow -41.74 at 7975.85, Nasdaq -15.16 at 1606.71, S&P -7.02 at 835.48

AAPL 118.45, AIG 1.10 GE 11.94, SBUX 11.42, INTC 15.86,BAC 7.48,CSCO 17.53,C 2.72 NXY 18.73,SU 24.02

The EUR trade at 1.3268 at 5:17 pm.
The GBP trade at 1.4626 at 5:17 pm
The CAD trade at 1.2428 at 5:17 pm
The JPY 100.36 at 5:17 pm
The Gold price is 878 at 5:17 pm
The Crude Oil is 50.4 at 5:17pm

7 April : ALCOA INC


The Dow future is at trading from –16 in the morning to afternoon –85. Based on the strong dollar effect and the lower oil price and stable gold price.
The US Market will be pointing south tonight. Besides, the economic result like chain store sales, consumer confidence and oil inventory etc release tonight may give excuse for trader to sell.

Japan Market

The Nikkei index open at 8838 and close at 8832 –25.08(-0.28%)
Fast Retailing 11,110 -140(-1.24%)
UFJ 507 -6 (-1.16%)
Toyota 3740 +0 %)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 3570 -40 (-1.1%)

HK Market

The HS Index open at 14922 and close at 14928 –69.07(-0.46%) the turnover volume is 509M Previous 621M
The 005 open at 50.15 and close at 52.05 with volume 31.8M previous 65M
The 3988 open at 2.7 and close at 2.73 with turnover 673M and previous 578M
The 1398 open at 4.19 and close at 4.26 with turnover 686M and previous 448M

HSBA.L trading high in London -2.83% at 438 P@5:24PM HK Time
Hang Seng Index 14928.97 -69.07 -0.46%
HSI - Finance
21842.56 -32.64 -0.15%
HSI - Utilities
35175.02 +347.92 +1.00%
HSI - Properties
19554.58 -182.21 -0.92%
HSI - Commerce & Industry
8133.75 -81.12 -0.99%
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index 8772.65 -31.80 -0.36%
Hang Seng China H-Financials Index 11803.21 +38.53 +0.33%
Hang Seng Composite Index 2058.31 -11.73 -0.57%
Last update: 07-04-2009 16:01
Hang Seng China 50 Index 4906.88 -8.96 -0.18%
Hang Seng China AH Premium Index 138.54 +1.81 +1.32%


China market

The Shanghai Index open at 2422 and close at 2439 with volume 2422 M
BOC close at RMB3.58
ICBC close at RMB4.11

Release Reports

International
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
4:30 a.m. UK: Feb Industrial Production Monthly Expected: -1.5% Previous: -1.9%
4:30 a.m. UK: Feb Industrial Production Yearly Expected: -12.8% Previous: -9.9%
4:30 a.m. UK: Feb Manufacturing Output Monthly Expected: -1.6% Previous: -2.9%
4:30 a.m. UK: Feb Manufacturing Output Yearly Expected: -14.3% Previous: -12.8%
5:00 a.m. EU: 4Q GDP Quarterly 2nd Estimate Expected: -1.5% Previous: -0.2%
5:00 a.m. EU: 4Q GDP Yearly 2nd Estimate Expected: -1.3% Previous: +0.6%
6:00 a.m. FRA: Feb OECD CPI
7:01 p.m. UK: Mar NIESR GDP Estimates
7:01 p.m. UK: Mar Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index
7:01 p.m. UK: Mar REC & KPMG Report on Jobs
7:50 p.m. JPN: Mar Provisional Trade Statistics for 1st 20 days of Month
7:50 p.m. JPN: 4Q Balance of Payments
7:50 p.m. JPN: Feb Current Account Balance (surplus value in yen) Expected: 1.1T Previous: 172.8B
10:00 a.m. CAN: Mar Ivey Purchasing Managers Index, Current Month Previous: 45.2
7:50 p.m. JPN: Mar Foreign Reserves (US dollars) Previous: 1.01T

US Market
Monday, April 6, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
7:45 a.m. ICSC Chain Store Sales Index For Apr 4: Previous: +1.1%.
8:55 a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index For Apr 4: Previous: +0.2%.
2:00 p.m. Mar Federal Reserve FOMC Minutes
3:00 p.m. Feb Consumer Credit: Expected: -$2.9B. Previous: +$1.76B
4:30 p.m. API Oil Industry Report For Apr 3
5:00 p.m. ABC/Wash Post Consumer Conf For Apr 4: Previous: -49.

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