CFD Markets News and Forecasts — 26-12-2017

The main stock indexes of Wall Street fell slightly on Tuesday after the fall in Apple shares by almost 2.8% due to a report on weak demand for the iPhone X.

In the segment of macroeconomic news should be noted the report of S & P / Case-Shiller, which showed that the housing price index for 20 megacities rose in October at 6.4% per annum after an increase of 6.2% in September. Economists expected to see the growth of the indicator at 6.3%.

In addition, the report presented by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond showed that activity in the manufacturing sector of the region deteriorated significantly in December, and was below the average expert predictions. According to the report, the December index of industrial activity fell to +20 points against +30 points in November. The latter value was the highest since October, when the index was +12 points. It was predicted that the figure would drop to +22 points.

The components of the DOW index ended multidirectional (15 in positive territory, 15 in negative territory). The growth leader was the shares of The Home Depot, Inc. (HD, + 1.11%). Outsider were shares of Apple Inc., (AAPL, -2.79%).

The S & P sector closed mixed. The commodities sector grew most (+ 0.8%). The consumer goods sector showed the greatest decrease (-0.4%).

At closing:

DJIA -0.03% 24.746.48 -7.58

Nasdaq -0.34% 6,936.25 -23.71

S & P -0.11% 2,680.50 -2.84

U.S. stock-index futures were lower on Tuesday in light trading volumes, dragged down by the shares of Apple (AAPL) and a bunch of chipmakers. The largest technology stock by weight was down 2.6% in pre-market after it was reported that analysts had lowered iPhone X shipment projections for the first quarter of 2018 due to weak demand.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 22,892.69 -46.49 -0.20%

Hang Seng -

Shanghai 3,305.89 +25.43 +0.78%

S&P/ASX -

FTSE -

CAC -

DAX -

Crude $58.61 (+0.24%)

Gold $1,284.90 (+0.48%)

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

FedEx (FDX) reiterated with Buy at Argus; target $290

Intel (INTC) reiterated with Buy at Mizuho; target $47

NIKE (NKE) target raised to $78 from $68 at DA Davidson; maintained Buy rating

EUR/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2009 (1982)

$1.1962 (3996)

$1.1929 (616)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.1857

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.1791 (4624)

$1.1746 (3647)

$1.1698 (3905)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options and PUT options with the expiration date January, 5 is 94158 contracts (according to data from December, 22) with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2200 (5584);

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.3494 (2714)

$1.3468 (2479)

$1.3434 (859)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.3365

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.3330 (2083)

$1.3290 (2826)

$1.3245 (2796)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date January, 5 is 33087 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3500 (4724);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date January, 5 is 34230 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,3300 (2826);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.03 versus 1.03 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 22

* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.

(raw materials / closing price /% change)

OIL 58.49 +0.03%

GOLD 1278.60 -0.02%

(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei +36.42 22939.18 +0.16%

TOPIX +2.85 1831.93 +0.16%

Hang Seng +210.95 29578.01 +0.72%

CSI 300 -13.06 4041.54 -0.32%

Euro Stoxx 50 -17.39 3553.39 -0.49%

FTSE 100 -11.32 7592.66 -0.15%

DAX -36.95 13072.79 -0.28%

CAC 40 -21.25 5364.72 -0.39%

DJIA -28.23 24754.06 -0.11%

S&P 500 -1.23 2683.34 -0.05%

NASDAQ -5.40 6959.96 -0.08%

S&P/TSX -17.36 16165.27 -0.11%

(pare/closed(GMT +3)/change, %)

EUR/USD $1,1868 +0,03%

GBP/USD $1,3365 -0,13%

USD/CHF Chf0,989 +0,07%

USD/JPY Y113,26 -0,07%

EUR/JPY Y134,29 -0,15%

GBP/JPY Y151,37 -0,18%

AUD/USD $0,7715 +0,21%

NZD/USD $ 0,7022 +0,09%

USD/CAD C$1,2721 -0,13%