Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 01-02-2013.

European stocks posted their biggest weekly decline this year as a report showed the U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter and Spain’s markets regulator lifted a ban on shorting equities.

The benchmark Stoxx 600 fell 0.5 percent to 288.2 this week, its biggest drop since the end of 2012.

Spanish banks slumped, with Banco de Sabadell SA plunging 14 percent and Bankia tumbling 25 percent, as the country’s stock-market regulator, known as CNMV, said on Jan. 31 that it wouldn’t extend a ban on shorting stocks.

Santander lost 7.7 percent after the country’s largest lender set aside money for further loan losses in its home market. The bank reported fourth-quarter profit of 401 million euros ($549 million), missing the average analyst estimate of 801.6 million euros.

National benchmark indexes retreated in 12 of western Europe’s 18 markets this week.

FTSE 100 6,347.24 +70.36 +1.12% CAC 40 3,773.53 +40.93 +1.10% DAX 7,833.39 +57.34 +0.74%

Saipem (SPM) plunged 36 percent. Europe’s largest oil-services company by sales lowered its forecast for earnings before interest and taxes in 2012 to about 1.5 billion euros. Ebit will fall to about 750 million euros in 2013, the company said. It predicted that earnings from onshore projects would slump by about 80 percent this year.

Imagination Technologies rallied 18 percent. Morgan Stanley upgraded the British maker of chip technology for phones and tablet computers to overweight, the equivalent of buy, from equal weight.

Swedbank AB (SWEDA) jumped 12 percent as the second-best capitalized major lender in the European Union proposed a dividend of 9.90 kronor a share, compared with 5.30 kronor a year earlier. The lender posted net income of 4.34 billion kronor ($690 million) in the fourth quarter, beating the 3.54 billion-krona average analyst estimate.

U.S. stock futures rose as data showed hiring increased in January after accelerating more than previously estimated at the end of 2012.

Global Stocks:

European stocks climbed before a report that may show American payrolls increased in January and as BT Group Plc reported earnings that beat analyst estimates.

According to Eurostat, in December, the unemployment rate in the euro area remained at 11.7%, while it was expected to increase to 11.9%. The index of manufacturing activity in the region PMI Markit grew from 46.1 to 47.8 (vs. 47.4).

In January, the index of manufacturing activity in Britain PMI Markit fell to the level of 50.8 against 51.2 pips. in December (revised from 51.4), were weaker than forecast 51.

In January, a preliminary CPI inflation in the eurozone fell to the level of 2% y / y vs. 2.2% in December. Analysts had expected the index to remain flat.

BT Group rose 5.4 percent to 262 pence, the highest price since February 2008, after the U.K.’s biggest fixed-line phone company posted third-quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of 1.55 billion pounds ($2.46 billion). That compared with the average analyst estimate for profit of 1.53 billion pounds.

Santander SA, Spain’s largest bank, lost 2.9 percent to 6 euros as the nation’s market regulator, CNMV, allowed short- selling restrictions on the country’s stocks to lapse. Bankia SA retreated 7.1 percent to 47.5 euro cents.

Electrolux retreated 4.7 percent to 160.10 kronor after the world’s second-biggest appliance maker posted fourth-quarter net income of 291 million kronor ($45.9 million). That missed the average analyst estimate of 368 million kronor.

FTSE 100 6,307.81 +30.93 +0.49%

CAC 40 3,761.27 +28.67 +0.77%

DAX 7,809.95 +33.90 +0.44%

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index retreating a second day from the highest since August 2011, after mixed reports on Chinese manufacturing. Japanese shares advanced on earnings and a weaker yen.

Nikkei 225 11,191.34 +52.68 +0.47%

Hang Seng 23,721.84 -7.69 -0.03%

S&P/ASX 200 4,921.1 +42.31 +0.87%

Shanghai Composite 2,419.02 +33.60 +1.41%

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd., the biggest mainland developer listed in Hong Kong, slumped 2.3 percent after home prices in China posted their biggest gain in two years, sparking concern that the government will introduce additional property curbs.

NEC Corp. surged 8.5 percent after the maker of telecommunications equipment returned to profit in the third quarter from a loss a year earlier.

Asian stocks swung between gains and losses on the busiest day of Japan’s earnings season after the country’s industrial production missed estimates and U.S. growth unexpectedly stalled. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. jumped after raising its operating profit forecast.

Nikkei 225 11,138.66 +24.71 +0.22%

Hang Seng 23,729.53 -92.53 -0.39%

S&P/ASX 200 4,878.78 -17.91 -0.37%

Shanghai Composite 2,385.42 +2.95 +0.12%

Whitehaven Coal Ltd., subject of an unsuccessful takeover proposal from Nathan Tinkler last year, fell 5.5 percent after saying first-half earnings will drop on lower prices.

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a builder of power plants and residential buildings, slid 5.4 percent after its parent’s profit fell.

Kawasaki Heavy rose 7.2 percent.

Datang International Power Generation Co. jumped 6.9 percent after saying its 2012 profit probably more than doubled.

European stocks fell for a second day, paring their biggest monthly advance since July, as companies from AstraZeneca Plc to Banco Santander SA (SAN) slid after reporting earnings.

AstraZeneca lost 3.2 percent after the drugmaker forecast that profit and sales will slide this year. Santander and Royal Dutch Shell Group Plc both declined more than 2.5 percent as fourth-quarter earnings missed analysts’ estimates.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) retreated 0.5 percent to 287.22 at the close, as more than two stocks fell for every one that rose.

National benchmark indexes retreated in 15 of the 18 western-European markets today.

FTSE 100 6,276.88 -46.23 -0.73% CAC 40 3,732.6 -32.92 -0.87% DAX 7,776.05 -35.26 -0.45%

AstraZeneca (AZN) slid 3.2 percent to 3,053 pence, its biggest selloff in nine months, after forecasting falling profit because of increased competition from generic medicines.

Santander declined 3.5 percent to 6.18 euros as Spain’s largest lender set aside money for further loan losses in its home market. The bank reported fourth-quarter profit of 401 million euros ($545 million), missing the 801.6 million-euro average estimate of analysts.

Shell fell 2.8 percent to 2,241 pence after Europe’s biggest oil company reported fourth-quarter profit, excluding one-off items and inventory changes, of $5.6 billion. That missed the $6.2 billion average analyst estimate in a Bloomberg survey. Net income advanced 3 percent to $6.7 billion.

TeliaSonera AB (TLSN) slid 1.7 percent to 45.89 kronor as Sweden’s largest phone company said that fourth-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and one-off items declined 3.2 percent to 8.97 billion kronor ($1.4 billion).

Lonmin Plc posted the biggest gain on the Stoxx 600, surging 14 percent to 360 pence. The mining company reported a 17 percent increase in platinum sales in the first quarter, saying it has successfully restarted and increased production.

Ericsson AB rallied 7.6 percent to 74 kronor. The world’s largest maker of wireless networks reported a 5 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter to 66.9 billion kronor, exceeding the average analyst estimate of 65.8 billion kronor. The company also reported a net loss of 6.46 billion kronor after writing off its wireless-chip alliance with STMicroelectronics (STM) NV.

Major U.S. stock indexes were down today, ending trading in the red, but the results showed a significant increase in January.

At the close of the growth of the major U.S. stock indexes in January range from 4% for the Nasdaq index is up nearly 6% for the index Dow, S & P index showed an increase of 5%. , Bloomberg said that the current January is the best since 1997.

Growth indices in the current month was largely justified solution to the question "budget cliff", as well as relatively strong quarterly reports of companies.

Despite the fact that both factors are positive can be called a stretch (the question "budget break" has not been solved completely, in fact - the main part of the issue has to be addressed in the coming months, and expectations for quarterly reports have been traditionally under-reported), they do less lead to redirection of capital flows to the bond market in the stock markets, with the result that stocks Wall Street renewed multiyear highs. This led to what is on the market by the end of the month intensified speculation repeat scenario in 1994, when the price of U.S. government bonds have fallen.

Market grew in January, also in spite of the signs of inhibition of recovery of the housing market in the U.S., as signaled virtually every report on this area, we leave for a month.

By the end of January on the market increased expectations approximation correction after recent gains.

On the last day of January, the major U.S. stock indexes are in a small minus, market participants estimate the mass of economic data released today in Japan, Europe and America. The data for the most part, went mixed.

I have not received today the market is also positive from the quarterly reports. Session report include data from Facebook (FB). Profits and revenues of the world's largest social network in the last reporting quarter was higher than the average forecast of analysts, but, despite this, the FB shares tumbled in early trading more than 6%. Later, they played almost fall.

Profit Facebook for the 4th quarter of 2012 was $ 64 million in the 4th quarter 2011 profit was at the level of $ 302 million in revenue for the 4th quarter increased compared with the same period of 2011 by 40% (to $ 1.6 billion).

Most of the components of the index DOW show negative growth (20 of 30). At the moment, the leader shares in AT & T (T, +0.99%). Maximum loss carry stock Intel Corporation (INTC, -1.54%).

Most sectors of the S & P is in the red zone. The maximum loss is the commodity sector (-0.5%). Looks better than other tech sector (+0.2%).

At the close:

Dow -49,84 13,860.58 -0.36%

Nasdaq -0.18 3,142.13 -0.01%

Change % Change Last

Nikkei 225 11,138.66 +24.71 +0.22%

Hang Seng 23,729.53 -92.53 -0.39%

S&P/ASX 200 4,878.78 -17.91 -0.37%

Shanghai Composite 2,385.42 +2.95 +0.12%

FTSE 100 6,276.88 -46.23 -0.73%

CAC 40 3,732.6 -32.92 -0.87%

DAX 7,776.05 -35.26 -0.45%

Dow -49,84 13,860.58 -0.36%

Nasdaq -0.18 3,142.13 -0.01%

S&P -3.85 1,498.11 -0.26%