Elena
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
Wall Street rallied on Thursday, cheered by signals that weakness across global stock exchanges had been overcome. The Dow Jones industrials rose more than 100 points, boosted by General Motors, up 1.9% and Citigroup, rising 1.2%. Retail stocks were in focus, with Nordstrom leading the sector higher after reporting strong same-store sales growth in February. The stock rose 5.2%. Kohl''s Corp. gained 2.7% after its sales handily beat the 2.9% gain estimate with an increase of 4.4%.
Elena
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
Wall Street advanced sharply Thursday, receiving a lift from recovering global markets and looking past lackluster retail sales reports for February. A strengthening U.S. dollar also contributed to the gains. Retailers posting disappointing results included Wal-Mart, Costco Wholesale, Limited Brands and others. However, Nordstrom''s and Target Corp.''s same-store sales beat estimates. Nordstrom rose 4.8%, while Target gained 2.1%.
Ivaylo
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
London stocks kept their upward momentum on Thursday on a rally in the mining sector. Mining stocks led the plunge last week because they are largely seen as a proxy on global growth. Kazakhmys led the gainers in the sector. The market was also boosted by anticipated news that the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee had left interest rates on hold at 5.25%. The gains in mining stocks helped the FTSE 100 advance 43.1 points to 6,199.6 by late morning.
Elena
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
U.S. stock futures advanced on Thursday, boosted by solid gains in overseas markets and strength in the U.S. dollar vs. the Japanese yen. The dollar rose 1.2% at 116.97 yen. Sluggish retailer sales in February and a rate hike from the European Central Bank failed to hurt the upside trend. Among pre-market highlights, Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals fell 21% as U.S. Dept. of Health found its Neumune drug ''technically unacceptable''.
Ivaylo
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Thursday, as investors neglected a weaker finish on US market and resorted to buying in domestic-consumption-related stocks on optimism over the regional growth outlook. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 Index shrugged off a weaker morning session with traders focusing on a wide range of large-caps and commodity-related issues. HK, South Korea and Taiwan also advanced, while Australia bucked the trend and declined.
Elena
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
Wal-Mart Stores said Thursday its February same-store sales rose 0.9%, missing estimates of an increase by 1.5%. Warehouse retailer Costco Wholesale reported 4% rise in its February same-store sales, missing the average analyst estimate of 5.1% growth. Limited Brands said Thursday its February same-store sales rose 3%, coming shy of analyst estimates of same-store sales increase by 4%.
Ivaylo
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
The market opened with an upward bias and rallied more than 500 points on strong cement, banking, construction and telecom shares. Upbeat global markets also supported the benchmark index. Hindustan Lever led the rally, together with Gujarat Ambuja and BHEL. There were no decliners of the Sensex stocks. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stated the economy was expected to grow by over 9% during 2006-07.
Ivaylo
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
European stocks on Thursday were off to a solid start before interest-rate decisions from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England, with a gain for commodity producers and a batch of mostly well-received earnings from companies including Dutch insurer Aegon and French utility Suez leading the way. The German DAX Xetra 30 rose 0.4%, the French CAC 40 rose 0.5% and the U.K. FTSE 100 rose 0.4%.
Ivaylo
08 Mar, 2007
New York City
Gold and silver futures on Wednesday continued their upward trend, as higher energy prices combined with a weaker U.S. dollar to push the metals higher. High-grade copper futures closed higher, boosted by short covering and higher gold and silver futures prices. Of the energy stocks only natural gas declined. Arabica coffee and raw sugar both declined.
123jump.com Staff
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
Volatility in New York trading remained at elevated level. Weekly oil report showed a sharp fall in crude oil inventory but still above five-year average, sparking a rally in oil. Fed Survey showed that economic expansion is healthy in the most regions of the country, but few regions are experiencing a slow down. Energy stocks rallied but telecom stocks fell. Saks same store rose in February. Friendly Ice Cream said that it will consider selling the company. D R Horton fell on cautious outlook.
123jump.com Staff
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
Market averages traded in a choppy manner on weak economic data, cautionary outlook in the housing market and falling crude oil inventories. A report from Federal Open Market Committee noted that the economic growth is likely to remain weak for the year and moderating inflationary pressures over a period of time. Cautious outlook from homebuilder D R Horton for the current year lowered the sector. Weekly supplies of crude oil report showed a decline in crude oil inventory.
Elena
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
European stocks finished modestly higher on Wednesday, supported by gains in the shares of truck maker Scania on merger-and-acquisition speculation. Stocks traded mostly flat on cautiousness ahead of key interest-rate decisions tomorrow. Scania climbed 3.7% after Volkswagen lifted its stake in the Swedish truck maker, thus putting pressure on Scania to merge with Germany''s Man AG. The German DAX 30 added 0.3%, the French CAC 40 rose 0.3%, and the U.K. FTSE 100 also gained 0.3%.
Elena
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
U.S. stock markets traded in a tight range Wednesday. The Dow erased earlier gains to join the Nasdaq and S&P 500 in the negative territory. The blue-chip average decline followed a notable increase by the oil price. Crude oil rose 91 cents to $61.60 after weekly inventory data showed an unexpected drop in oil supplies last week. Shares of major energy companies advanced, including Exxon Mobil, up nearly 1%.
Elena
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
U.S. stock markets opened little changed Wednesday, looking for direction after heavy recent losses and the partial recovery in the previous session''s rally. The Dow was weighed by AT&T and American Express, each falling over 1%. Clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters fell 3.7% after the company''s Q4 report failed to impress investors. CV Therapeutics fell 26% after the drug maker said its only approved drug failed to show adequate improvement over a placebo at treating heart disease.
Ivaylo
07 Mar, 2007
New York City
London equities were firmer on Wednesday in spite of the benchmark index dipping 29 points from leading financial stocks that began trading without rights to the latest dividend payments. Sentiment was given a boost from strengthening US markets and property companies were higher as JP Morgan named British Land and Great Portland Estates as two of its top picks in the European sector. The FTSE 100 was off 14 points at 6,125.8 having been more than 30 points lower earlier in the session.
