Market Update

Record Dow Jones Average

123jump.com Staff
01 Oct, 2007
New York City

After four hours of trading market averages in New York reached higher with Dow Jones at a new high. NCR spun-off its data warehousing division Teradata. Nokia is reported to be in advanced discussion with digital mapping company Navteq for a price of $1.8 billion. Of the S&P500 stocks 406 traded higher. Walgreen fell 14% after reporting a decline in earnings on highe generic drug costs. A H Belo plans to spinoff newspaper busines from the TV operations.

Earnings Warning from Citi and UBS

123jump.com Staff
01 Oct, 2007
New York City

Stocks by mid-day traded higher despite earnings warning from Citigroup and UBS. Citigroup expect earings in the third quarter to fall 60% from a year ago. UBS in Switzerlnad also reported that it will report its first quarterly loss in nine years. Citigroup to record a loss of $5.9 billion arising from credit market turmoil and UBS to record a loss of 4 billion francs or $3.4 billion. Stocks of both companies traded higher after warnings.

Tokyo Stocks Rise in Tankan Suvey

123jump.com Staff
01 Oct, 2007
New York City

Stocks in Japan closed higher by 0.4% to 16,845.96. Tankan survey showed that large corporation have optimistic outlook for the businee and plan to invest in expanding their businesses. Of the Nikkei 225 stocks 196 closed higher. Sony completed its public offering in its life insurance unit near the high end of the filing range. Mitsubishi Motors led the stocks in the index with a rise of 5.2%. Yen weakened.

Nasdaq Leads with 11.9% Rise

123jump.com Staff
28 Sep, 2007
New York City

On the last day of the third quarter stocks closed lower. For the quarter Nasdaq led the three popular indexes with a rise 3.8% and for the year with a gain of 11.9%. European indexes closed lower. Crude oil crossed $83 a barrel and gold surged $10 to close above $750 per ounce. Copper traded at elevated level.

Ninth Record Close in India

123jump.com Staff
28 Sep, 2007
New York City

Sensex in Mumbai trading closed up 0.8% to 17,219, despite broader market decline. Of the total stocks traded on BSE, 1,392 fell, 1,362 gained, 58 were unchaged. Wholesale inflation has been on the decline according to government data. Strong fund flows, expectations of healthly profit increase, and steady participation from retail investors have taken index to a new high for two weeks in a row. Banks rose sharply. ICICI Bank jumped to a record on raising $2 billion. For the week Senex up 4.4%.

U.S. Consumer Spending Rises, Dollar Drops

123jump.com Staff
28 Sep, 2007
New York City

Consumer spending rose 0.6% and personal income added 0.3% in August according to the Commerce Department. Consumers showed resilience in the aftermath of credit market turmoil. Construction spending fell 0.2% from July and 1.7% from a year ago. Chicago purchase index rose to 54.2. The strenght in the consumer spending surprised the market in the early trading but indexes dropped. Unemployment in Japan rose in August and retail sales fell in Germany. Euro at yet another record to dollar.

Orange Netherlands Sold for 1.3 B Euros

123jump.com Staff
28 Sep, 2007
New York City

Deutsche Telekom agreed to purchase Orange Netherlands from France Telecom for 1.33 billion euros in cash. After the acquistion the T-Mobile unit in the Netherlands will jump to market leader from its fourth ranking with 4.5 million subscribers. The acquisition is expected to generate savings of 1.1 billion euros. Vodafone will be second in the market. European stocks on the last day of trading were fractionally lower after a volatile quarter.

Weak Economic Growth in Japan

123jump.com Staff
28 Sep, 2001
New York City

In Tokyo trading Japan

Oil Rallies, U.S. Indexes Edge to Peaks

123jump.com Staff
27 Sep, 2007
New York City

U.S. markets advanced on lower than expected claims for unemployment, share buybacks, and rising energy prices. Second quarter U.S. GDP growth rate was revised lower to 3.8% from 4%. Unemployment claims fell 15,000 at the end of the last week, but new homes sales fell by 8.3% in August. Energy and mining stocks rallied in the U.S. European indexes closed higher led by a rise in UK, France, and Germany. Brazil, India, Hong Kong, and Singapore closed at a record high.

Home Prices, British Air Order Lift UK

123jump.com Staff
27 Sep, 2007
New York City

London stocks closed higher 0.8% to close at 6,486.40 by financial stocks. Of the FTSE 100 stocks, 73 closed higher. UK home prices rose in September by 0.7% according to a report from Nationwide Building Society. Home prices added 9% from a year ago to 184,723 pounds. Northern Rock is in talks with J C Flowers, private equity group for a possible asset sale. British Air splits an order for 36 planes between Airbus and Boeing.

Sensex Rallies Again

123jump.com Staff
27 Sep, 2007
New York City

Sensex in Mumbai, India closed at a record high for the fourth day in a row. Industrials, financials, and IT companies led the advance. Of the 30 stocks i Sensex, 21 closed higher. East India Hotels have severed their ties with Hilton Hotels for its marketing and cobranding parnership. Tata Sons acquires a stake in Praj Industries. Rajesh Exports soars ahead of stock split. Bharat Heavy receives 750 crore rupees power plant order from the Steel Authority of India.

Financials Surge in Tokyo

123jump.com Staff
27 Sep, 2007
New York City

In Tokyo trading, Nikkei gained 2.4% to 16,832.22. The sharp rise in financial stocks helped the index. Three largest banks and real estate companies rallied as investors hoped that troubled U.S. credit market may stabilize in the near future. The talks of investment in Bear Stearns helped as well. Exporters gained as the BoJ board member suggested that the U.S. credit market trouble are not likely to hurt exports from Japan. Resona Holdings led the gainers in the Nikkei index.

Records in Australian Dollar and Stocks

123jump.com Staff
27 Sep, 2007
New York City

ASX 200 index gained 0.9% to close at 6,538.10 on a sharp rise in energy and metals mining companies. Mining companies rallied ahead of iron ore price negotiations. BHP Biliton, Rio Tinto, and Fortescue jumped with expectations that iron ore price may be raised by more than 30%. Australian dollar reached a two decade high against the U.S. dollar. Carry traders are exploiting yield differential between the U.S. and Australian short term government bonds.

GM Leads U.S. Stocks, Sallie Mae Deal in Trouble

123jump.com Staff
26 Sep, 2007
New York City

Stocks in New York trading closed higher afer General Motors and its labor union agreed on preliminary details of healthcare fund. GM is likely to seed the fund with cash and securities worth more than $30 billion and potentially remove the liability of future expenses from its books. In economic news August durable spending fell 4.9%. Tech and financial stocks rallied in New York and Europe. Asian markets closed higher. Oil recovered and gold and copper fell. India closed record high.

UK GDP up 0.8%

123jump.com Staff
26 Sep, 2007
New York City

FTSE 100 index in London trading closed 0.6% to 6,433. Financial stocks led the rally. The BoE auction for as much as 10 billion pounds did not attract borrowers. The auction for emergency loan is an attempt by the bank to provide liquidity in the financial systems. Second quarter economic growth in UK was reported at 0.8%, higher than the previous estimate of 0.7%. Of the FTSE 100 stocks, Northern led the gainers with a rise of 12% and DSG International led the decliners with a fall of 4%.