Asian stocks rose, with a regional index advancing for the first time in five weeks, after Australiacut key interest rates by more than forecast and on signs manufacturing output in China and the U.S. is improving.
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Saturday, 5 May 2012
U.S.STOCK
U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday as the Nasdaq fell 1 percent after the April payroll report came in well below expectations.
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S&P
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 23.00 points, or 1.65 percent, at 1,368.57.
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DOLLAR
The dollar last traded down 0.4 percent at 79.86 yen, but against the Australian and New Zealand dollars it gained 0.8 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, as investors shed riskier currencies that are highly linked to global growth.
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EURO
The euro fell as low as $1.3078, its lowest since April 19, and last traded at $1.3084, down 0.5 percent. Against the yen, the euro was down 0.9 percent at 104.48, down 0.9 percent.
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BRENT CRUDE
Brent dropped as low as $111.76 a barrel before trading on the contract’s premium to U.S. futures pushed the spread out to $14.93 a barrel in late activity, up more than $1 from Thursday’s levels.
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U.S.CRUDE
U.S. crude dropped nearly 4 percent, off $4.05 to settle at $98.49 a barrel, breaking below $100 for the first time since February. U.S. crude posted a 6.1 percent weekly loss.
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OIL
Oil tumbled 2.5 percent on Friday, with U.S. crude below $100 a barrel for the first time since February, as an abrupt slow-down in U.S. hiring soured economic sentiment and technical triggers intensified selling.
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SHANGHAI COPPER
Inventories of copper in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 4.0 percent from last Friday to their lowest since February, data showed.
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LME COPPER
Copper stocks in LME-monitored warehouses fell by 4,575 tonnes to 230,625 tonnes, a low dating back to October 2008.
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COPPER
Copper’s most-active July contract in New York closed at $3.7210 a lb, down 1.50 cents.
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U.S.GOLD
U.S. gold futures for June delivery settled up $10.40 an ounce at $1,645.20, with trading volume about 10 percent below their 30-day average, preliminary Reuters data showed.
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GOLD
Gold has dropped $150 from a peak in late February after a strong run of U.S. data cast serious doubts over whether the Federal Reserve would launch a third round of government bond purchases, or quantitative easing, also known as QE3.
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U.S. MARKET UPDATE
U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday as the Nasdaq fell 1 percent after the April payroll report came in well below expectations.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 89.16 points, or 0.68 percent, at 13,117.43. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 11.15 points, or 0.80 percent, at 1,380.42. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 35.47 points, or 1.17 percent, at 2,988.83.
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Friday, 4 May 2012
Asian Stocks
Asian shares fell for a second successive day on Friday as another batch of lacklustre U.S. data stoked concerns that the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is faltering.
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U.S.STOCK
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as economic data sent mixed signals on the recovery a day before the April payrolls report, while shares of Green Mountain plunged after poor results.
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U.S.TREASURIES
U.S. government debt prices rose slightly on Thursday as data showing a bigger-than-expected pullback in growth in the U.S. services sector offset a surprisingly large drop in U.S. claims for jobless benefits.
On slightly below-average trading volume, the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR was up just 1/32 for the day, yielding 1.93 percent.
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FTSE
The FTSE 100 closed 8.44 points higher, or 0.2 percent, at 5,766.55 points, having traded only 87 percent of its 90-day volume average.
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EURO
The euro was little changed at $1.3156, having bounced off the previous day’s two-week low after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Thursday gave no strong hints about the possibility of more monetary stimulus.
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BRENT CRUDE
Brent crude finished down 1.8 percent, racking up a 3 percent loss in two straight days, its biggest two-day percentage loss since Feb.28.
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U.S.CRUDE
U.S. crude ended 2.6 percent lower, the biggest one-day percentage loss since Dec. 14.
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OIL
Oil was steady after tumbling in the previous session on the shaky data and a build-up in U.S. inventories.
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PLATINUM
Platinum was down 1.6 percent on the day at $1,531.74 an ounce, while palladium fell 1 percent to $658.97 an ounce.
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SHANGHAI COPPER
The most-traded copper contract for August delivery on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was nearly flat at 58,110 yuan ($9,200) a tonne.
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