Market Update
Major Global Averages Extend Weekly Gains and Bond Yields Ease
Barry Adams
02 Dec, 2022
New York City
Stocks rebounded from the lows of the session but major averages closed higher for the week.
Benchmark indexes faced selling pressure in the morning after the U.S. economy added more-than-expected jobs in November, fueling worries that the Fed may change its mind about moderating future rate hikes.
The strength of the labor market was not reflected in the labor participation rate as fewer people returned to labor force, despite the surge in cost of living and rising wages.
For the week, the benchmark indexes S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed higher for the second week in a row amid rate path moderation optimism.
November Job Growth Shows Labor Market Strength
The U.S. economy added 263,000 net new jobs in November and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Leisure and hospitality, health care, and government led the net job gains but employment declined in retail trade and in transportation and warehousing.
Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.1%, and the employment-population ratio, at 59.9%, were little changed in November and have shown little net change since early this year.
These measures are each 1.3 percentage points below the levels in February 2020, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the report noted.
Monthly job growth has averaged 392,000 so far in 2022, compared with 562,000 a month in 2021.
In November, average hourly earnings for all employees rose by 18 cents or 0.6% to $32.82 and extended gains to 5.1% over the last twelve months.
U.S. Markets Overview
The S&P 500 index fell 0.1% to 4,071.70 and the Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.2% to 11,461.50.
For the week, the S&P 500 index increased 1.1% and the Nasdaq Composite index rose 2.1%.
Crude oil fell $1.04 to $80.17 cents a barrel and natural gas declined 50 cents to $6.23 a thermal unit.
The yield on 2-year Treasury notes inched up to 4.28%, 10-year Treasury notes to 3.49% and 30-year Treasury bonds to 3.55%.
Stock Movers
Marvell Technology declined 3.8% to $43.67 after the chipmaker reported weaker-than-anticipated quarterly results.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 27% to $1.54 billion, near the lower end of the company's guidance on August 25.
In the third quarter, the company swung to a profit of $13 million from a loss of $63 million or 2 cents from a loss of 8 cents diluted share a year ago.
The company guided fourth quarter revenue of $1.4 billion and breakeven on diluted earnings per share.
Asana Inc dropped 11.1% to $16.06 after the work management platform operator reported wider loss than a year ago in its latest quarter.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 41% to $141.4 million and net loss expanded to $100 million or 49 cents from $69.2 million or 37 cents a year ago.
UiPath Inc increased 11.5% to $14.41 after the company reported quarterly results that surprised investors.
The enterprise automation software developer said the third quarter revenue increased 19% to $262.7 million.
Net loss in the quarter declined to $57.7 million from $122.7 million or 10 cents from 23 cents a year ago.
European Markets Advance 7th Week
European markets edged down in Friday's trading led by the oil and gas sector.
Across the eurozone, benchmark indexes closed higher for the week and closed up for the seventh week in a row.
Market sentiment was positive on the optimism that the Federal Reserve would moderate future rate hikes but Friday's jobs report kept investors on edge after stronger-than-expected job additions.
Eurozone Wholesale Inflation Drops
The eurozone wholesale inflation dropped to 30.8% in October from 41..9% in September, Eurostat said Friday.
The annual wholesale price increase was fueled by a 65.8% jump in energy prices after soaring 108.0% in September.
Producer prices, excluding food, rose 14.0% after rising 14.5% in September.
Compared to September, producer prices fell 2.9% after energy prices declined 6.9%.
Euro, Pound Rally Second Week
The bond yields declined on the hopes that future rate hikes will be moderated in the eurozone after the Federal Reserve consider slowing rate increases in December.
The yield on 10-year German Bunds edged down to 1.82%, French bonds eased to 2.3%, the UK Gilts to 3.14% and Italian bonds to 3.75%.
The euro inched higher for the second week in a row and closed at $1.05 and the British Pound advanced to $1.228.
The euro and the British pound closed at six-month highs.
Natural Gas Extends Weekly Losses
Brent crude oil declined 98 cents to $85.89 a barrel and Dutch TTF gas fell 2.5% to 136.56 euros MWh.
For the year so far, natural gas prices are still up 53% and Brent crude oil ahead by 23.6%.
Europe Markets Overview
The DAX index increased 0.3% to 14,529.39, the CAC-40 index fell 0.2% to 6,742.25 and the FTSE 100 index declined 2.26 points to 7,556.23.
For the week, the DAX index increased 0.06%, the CAC-40 index increased 0.5% and the FTSE 100 index increased 0.9%.
Europe Stock Movers
Resource stocks in London and across the eurozone declined ahead of the OPEC meeting on December 4th in Vienna, Austria.
BP Plc, TotalEnergies, Shell Plc, Equinor and Repsol SA dropped between 0.6% and 1.5%.
Standard Chartered, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Allianz, UBS and Unicredit dropped as much as 1.5% but managed to close higher after a recovery in the afternoon trading.
Credit Suisse soared 9.5% to 2.95 Swiss francs.
Wizz Air Holdings increased 0.03% to 2,300.79 pence after the deep discount carrier reported a 70% rise in passenger traffic from a year ago in November.
Asian Markets Overview
The Nikkei 225 average in Tokyo dropped to a three-week low and the yen edged higher as bond yields fell around the world.
China also initiated steps to unwound zero-Covid measures across many cities including Shanghai after sustained protests in several cities rocked the nation.
investors in India reacted to corporate news and awaited the next rate hike decision from the Reserve Bank of India.
The RBI is set to announce its rate decision after a three-day meeting ending on December 7 and investors are hoping for a rate hike of 35 basis points.
Passenger vehicle sales in India rose 32% from a year ago and sales were above 300,000 level for the sixth month in a row in November.
Auto sales are set to reach a new high above 3.6 million vehicles and 2-wheeler sales to 18 million vehicles in the current fiscal year ending in March 2023.
The Nikkei index closed down 1.6% to 27,777.90, the Shanghai Composite index fell 0.3% to 3,156.14, the Hang Seng index declined 0.33% and the Sensex index eased 0.7% to 62,868.50.
European markets closed higher for the seventh week in a row after inflation pressures eased and the euro advanced.
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Euro and Pound Rally Second Week, Eurozone Wholesale Inflation Eases
Bridgette Randall
02 Dec, 2022
Frankfurt
European markets edged down in Friday's trading led by the oil and gas sector.
Across the eurozone, benchmark indexes closed higher for the week and closed up for the seventh week in a row.
Market sentiment was positive on the optimism that the Federal Reserve would moderate future rate hikes but Friday's jobs report kept investors on edge after stronger-than-expected job additions.
Eurozone Wholesale Inflation Drops
The eurozone wholesale inflation dropped to 30.8% in October from 41..9% in September, Eurostat said Friday.
The annual wholesale price increase was fueled by a 65.8% jump in energy prices after soaring 108.0% in September.
Producer prices, excluding food, rose 14.0% after rising 14.5% in September.
Compared to September, producer prices fell 2.9% after energy prices declined 6.9%.
Bond Yields Ease; Euro, Pound Rally Second Week
The yield on 10-year German Bunds edged down to 1.82%, French bonds eased to 2.3%, the UK Gilts to 3.14% and Italian bonds to 3.75%.
The euro inched higher for the second week in a row and closed at $1.05 and the British Pound advanced to $1.228.
The euro and the British pound closed at six-month highs.
Natural Gas Extends Weekly Losses
Brent crude oil declined 98 cents to $85.89 a barrel and Dutch TTF gas fell 2.5% to 136.56 euros MWh.
For the year so far, natural gas prices are still up 53% and Brent crude oil ahead by 23.6%.
Markets Overview
The DAX index increased 0.3% to 14,529.39, the CAC-40 index fell 0.2% to 6,742.25 and the FTSE 100 index declined 2.26 points to 7,556.23.
For the week, the DAX index increased 0.06%, the CAC-40 index increased 0.5% and the FTSE 100 index increased 0.9%.
Europe Stock Movers
Resource stocks in London and across the eurozone declined ahead of the OPEC meeting on December 4th in Vienna, Austria.
BP Plc, TotalEnergies, Shell Plc, Equinor and Repsol SA dropped between 0.6% and 1.5%.
Standard Chartered, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Allianz, UBS and Unicredit dropped as much as 1.5% but managed to close higher after a recovery in the afternoon trading.
Credit Suisse soared 9.5% to 2.95 Swiss francs.
Wizz Air Holdings increased 0.03% to 2,300.79 pence after the deep discount carrier reported a 70% rise in passenger traffic from a year ago in November.
Earnings: Asana, Marvell Technology, PagerDuty, UiPath
Scott Peters
02 Dec, 2022
New York City
Asana Inc dropped 11.1% to $16.06 after the work management platform operator reported wider loss than a year ago in its latest quarter.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 41% to $141.4 million and net loss expanded to $100 million or 49 cents from $69.2 million or 37 cents a year ago.
Marvell Technology declined 3.8% to $43.67 after the chipmaker reported weaker-than-anticipated quarterly results.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 27% to $1.54 billion, lower end of the company's guidance on August 25.
In the third quarter, the company swung to a profit of $13 million from a loss of $63 million or 2 cents from a loss of 8 cents diluted share a year ago.
The company guided fourth quarter revenue of $1.4 billion and breakeven on diluted earnings per share.
PagerDuty Inc increased 4.8% to $23.59 after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and GAAP-based loss expanded.
The cloud computing company said fiscal third quarter revenue increased 31% to $94.2 million and reported 710 customers with annual revenue of $100,000.
Loss in the fiscal third quarter increased to $32.5 million from $26.3 million or 36 cents from 31 cents a diluted share a year ago.
PagerDuty guided fourth quarter revenue between $98 million and $100.0 million, an increase between 25% and 27% from a year ago.
For the full fiscal year 2023, the company guided revenue between $368.0 million and $370.0 million, an increase of 31% from a year ago.
UiPath Inc increased 11.5% to $14.41 after the company reported quarterly results that surprised investors.
The enterprise automation software developer said the third quarter revenue increased 19% to $262.7 million.
Net loss in the quarter declined to $57.7 million from $122.7 million or 10 cents from 23 cents a year ago.
U.S. Economy Adds 263K Net New Jobs In November
Brian Turner
02 Dec, 2022
New York City
The U.S. economy added 263,000 net new jobs in November and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Leisure and hospitality, health care, and government led the net job gains but employment declined in retail trade and in transportation and warehousing.
Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.1%, and the employment-population ratio, at 59.9%, were little changed in November and have shown little net change since early this year.
These measures are each 1.3 percentage points below the levels in February 2020, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the report noted.
Monthly job growth has averaged 392,000 so far in 2022, compared with 562,000 a month in 2021.
In November, average hourly earnings for all employees rose by 18 cents or 0.6% to $32.82 and extended gains to 5.1% over the last twelve months.
Stocks Lacked Direction After Strong November Jobs Report
Barry Adams
02 Dec, 2022
New York City
Stocks on Wall Street headed lower after hotter-than-expected November jobs data raised the fear that the Fed may stick with its aggressive rate hike regime.
The bond yields rose and crude oil prices traded nearly unchanged in early afternoon trading.
For the week, the benchmark indexes S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are set to close higher for the second week in a row.
November Job Additions Ahead of Expectations
The U.S. economy added 263,000 net new jobs in November and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Leisure and hospitality, health care, and government led the net job gains but employment declined in retail trade and in transportation and warehousing.
Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.1%, and the employment-population ratio, at 59.9%, were little changed in November and have shown little net change since early this year.
These measures are each 1.3 percentage points below the levels in February 2020, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the report noted.
Monthly job growth has averaged 392,000 so far in 2022, compared with 562,000 a month in 2021.
In November, average hourly earnings for all employees rose by 18 cents or 0.6% to $32.82 and extended gains to 5.1% over the last twelve months.
Markets Overview
The S&P 500 index declined 0.7% to 4,049.23 and the Nasdaq Composite index fell 0.9% to 11,374.94.
Crude oil fell 56 cents to $80.64 cents a barrel and natural gas declined 24 cents to $6.49 a thermal unit.
The yield on 2-year Treasury notes inched up to 4.32%, 10-year Treasury notes to 3.56% and 30-year Treasury bonds to 3.60%.
Stock Movers
Marvell Technology declined 3.8% to $43.67 after the chipmaker reported weaker-than-anticipated quarterly results.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 27% to $1.54 billion, lower end of the company's guidance on August 25.
In the third quarter, the company swung to a profit of $13 million from a loss of $63 million or 2 cents from a loss of 8 cents diluted share a year ago.
The company guided fourth quarter revenue of $1.4 billion and breakeven on diluted earnings per share.
Asana Inc dropped 11.1% to $16.06 after the work management platform operator reported wider loss than a year ago in its latest quarter.
Revenue in the fiscal third quarter increased 41% to $141.4 million and net loss expanded to $100 million or 49 cents from $69.2 million or 37 cents a year ago.
UiPath Inc increased 11.5% to $14.41 after the company reported quarterly results that surprised investors.
The enterprise automation software developer said the third quarter revenue increased 19% to $262.7 million.
Net loss in the quarter declined to $57.7 million from $122.7 million or 10 cents from 23 cents a year ago.
The eurozone wholesale inflation dropped to 30.8% in October from 41..9% in September, Eurostat said Friday.
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