Ivaylo
26 Jun, 2006
Metals
Gold, had started markedly weaker after the U.S. currency advanced to its most robust levels in nearly two months. While changing, the metals kept within the trading bands they have been in for a week and a half. The metals gradually recovered during the course of the day, due to a move up in the Dow industrials, and also the euro bouncing back above the psychologically important $1.25 mark later in the day.
123jump.com Staff
25 Jun, 2006
New York City
Arcelor board, after defending itself from Mittal Steel for more than five months, agreed to recommend its offer to shareholders. The combined company will be called Arcelor Mittal and will be headquarted in Luxembourg. Severstal will be paid 140 million euros break-up fee. The combined company will have $70 billion in revenue and 335,000 employees. Arcelor Mittal will be three times larger than its nearest rival Nippon Steel. A new round of mergeres in steel industry are likely.
123jump.com Staff
23 Jun, 2001
New York City
Merger news on AB Ports, durable goods orders for the month of May and earnings failed to sway market to close higher. Market see-sawed for the most of the day but closed lower at close. European and Latin American markets closed higher but Asian markets closed lower. Gold and oil closed higher by a fraction. Solectron, Family Dollar, Gerber Scientific, Del Monte Foods and A G Edwards reported earnings. Nasdaq down 0.4%, S&P 500 lost 0.6% and Dow dropped 0.2% for the week.
123jump.com Staff
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Martket averages maintained a positive bias. Merger news and economic report on durable goods kept averages charging ahead. Durable goods orders in May fell 0.3% after dropping 4.8% in April. Goldman Sachs led group acquired the Associated British Ports Honding in a bid valued at $5.17 billion. European markets closed up by a fraction and in the overnight trading most Asian markets closed lower across the region. Latin markets closed higher led by more than 1% gain in Mexico and Brazil.
Elena
23 Jun, 2006
Frankfurt
European stocks closed near the unchanged mark as rally in the energy sector partly offset concerns over economic growth and global interest rate increases. The French Total rose 2.4%, Royal Dutch Shell advanced 1.4% on upgrade from Deutsche Bank, and gas explorer BG Group climbed 2.7%. The German DAX 30 ended down 0.1%, the French CAC 40 rose 0.3%, and London FTSE added 0.1%.
Elena
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Stocks traded near the flat line as cautiousness ahead of Fed Reserve meeting on interest rates next week offset merger-and-acquisition news in the energy sector worth $21 billion. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. fell 4.7% after it agreed to acquire Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources in separate cash deals totaling $21.1 billion. Shares of Kerr-McGee soared 37%, while Western Gas Resources surged 46%.
Elena
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Stocks dropped at opening as a government report showed the first back-to-back decline in durable goods orders in two years, giving a surprising sign that the economy is modereating at a faster pace than largely expected. Factory orders dropped 0.3% in May after a sharper 4.7% plunge in April. The weakness was mostly contributed by big declines in orders for commercial aircraft, down 17.9%.
Elena
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Oracle reported Q4 earnings, in line with the upwardly revised guidance that the software company provided last week. Oracle posted net income of 24 cents per share on revenue of $4.85 billion to 20 cents per share on $3.88 billion in revenue last year. Excluding special items, the company earned 29 cents per share, a penny above analyst estimates.
Elena
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Reportedly, Univision rejected the proposed bid, telling the group it needed to increase its offer. The group''s offer was slightly more than $35 per share and below the $40 per share the company had reportedly been seeking.
Ivaylo
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Markets in Asia continued to follow American markets Friday morning, as U.S. data, showing the economy may be slowing, weighed Japanese stocks down led by automakers Nissan and Honda and tech exporters including Fujitsu and Hitachi. Analysts said although recent U.S. economy data is bad news for Japanese exporters, large conglomerates are less dependent on stateside consumers than in earlier decades.
Ivaylo
23 Jun, 2006
New York City
Europe
Ivaylo
23 Jun, 2006
Metals
Gold also may have found some difficulties approaching the key $600 psychological area, as it reached overnight $598.30 an ounce and then pulled back. The precious metals may also have suffered a bit from a relatively poor performance by the mining stocks. However it is hard to deny the bearish impact of the dollar jump.
123jump.com Staff
22 Jun, 2006
New York City
Market averages closed lower on rate worries and investors nervousness a week before rate meeting. Averages declined led by a near 1% decline in Nasdaq averages. European and Asian markets closed higher but markets in Latin America close lower. Gold declined $5.60 and crude oil less than 1%. In overnight trading Japan closed 3.4%. Oracle revenue rose 25% and earnings gained 27% meeting the expectations.
Elena
22 Jun, 2006
Frankfurt
European markets closed higher, although British Airways overshadowed the positive trading sentiment. The company closed down 5.9% after the carrier disclosed that the U.K. Office of Fair Trading and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into the carrier and other airlines over pricing and fuel surcharges. The German DAX 30 rose 0.55%, the French CAC 40 gained 0.6%, and London FTSE 100 rose 0.3%.
Elena
22 Jun, 2006
New York City
Stocks traded lower Thursday morning on lingering concerns over an economic slowdown and higher interest rates. In economic news, the Conference Board said its Index of Leading Economic Indicators slipped by 0.6% in May, slightly above forecasts. According to another government report, jobless claims rose by 11,000 to 308,000 last week.
