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Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 08-11-2012.
European stocks were little changed, after yesterday sliding the most in two weeks, as a selloff in auto manufacturers overshadowed results from Swiss Re Ltd. and Hermes International (RMS) SCA that beat analysts’ estimates.
PSA Peugeot Citroen SA (UG) and Valeo SA both lost more than 4.5 percent as analysts downgraded their shares. Swiss Re gained 1.9 percent after saying smaller losses from natural disasters helped net income surge in the third quarter. Hermes advanced 2 percent as sales rose because of increased demand in Asia.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.1 percent to 270.8 at 4:30 p.m. in London, after earlier climbing as much as 0.6 percent.
National benchmark indexes fell in 15 of the 18 western- European (SXXP) markets.
FTSE 100 5,776.05 -15.58 -0.27% CAC 40 3,407.68 -1.91 -0.06% DAX 7,204.96 -27.87 -0.39%
Greece’s ASE slumped 3.8 percent even as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras obtained a parliamentary majority for a package of austerity measures needed to release further financial aid from the European Union.
Stocks briefly declined after euro-area finance ministers were said to delay a decision on whether to provide further financial aid to Greece.
The ECB left its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.75 percent. Draghi reiterated that the central bank will buy the debt of countries that ask it to intervene in their bond markets.
The Bank of England held its key interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent.
Peugeot dropped 6 percent to 4.47 euros after Citigroup Inc. lowered its recommendation for Europe’s second-biggest carmaker to sell from neutral, citing the company’s struggles with cash.
Valeo declined 4.7 percent to 33.16 euros after UBS AG downgraded France’s second-largest car-parts maker to neutral from buy, saying consensus estimates for European auto suppliers remained too high and all companies will face earnings downgrades.
Pirelli & Cie. lost 2.8 percent to 8.50 euros after brokerages including Exane BNP Paribas said the tiremaker may lower its forecasts. Exane projected sales of 6.1 billion euros ($7.8 billion) in 2012, rather than the current guidance of 6.4 billion euros.
Hermes gained 2 percent to 223.60 euros after the French maker of Birkin bags and silk scarves said third-quarter sales advanced 24 percent from a year earlier to 848.6 million euros. The average analyst’s estimates had called for 803.8 million euros. Excluding currency swings, sales rose 16 percent.
Siemens AG (SIE) added 1.8 percent to 80.27 euros after Europe’s largest engineering company announced that it plans to cut costs by 5 billion euros as it prepares for lower profit in 2013.
BTG Plc (BTG) soared 7.6 percent to 352.4 pence after the drugmaker reported first-half adjusted earnings per share of 5.6 pence, compared with 3.9 pence a year earlier. It reiterated its 2013 revenue forecast.
U.S. stock futures maintained gains after a report showed fewer Americans than forecast filed claims for unemployment insurance last week.
Global Stocks:
Nikkei 8,837.15 -135.74 -1.51%
Hang Seng 21,566.91 -532.94 -2.41%
Shanghai Composite 2,071.51 -34.22 -1.63%
FTSE 5,802.64 +11.01 +0.19%
CAC 3,425.85 +16.26 +0.48%
DAX 7,249.04 +16.21 +0.22%
Crude oil $85.65 +1,43%
Gold $1715.20 +0.07%
Bank of America (BAC) was upgraded to a Buy from Hold at ISI Group.
AT&T target lowered to $32 from $36 at Hudson Square Research.
European stocks pared their advance, following yesterday’s biggest slide in two weeks, as carmakers dropped, offsetting results from Swiss Re Ltd. and Hermes International SCA that exceeded analysts’ estimates.
In Greece, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras obtained a parliamentary majority for a package of austerity measures needed to unlock further financial aid from the European Union.
The bill on pension, wage and benefit cuts was approved with 153 votes in favor in the 300-seat Parliament early today, according to acting speaker Athanasios Nakos. A total of 128 lawmakers voted against the bill, while 18 abstained and one member was absent.
The ECB will leave its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.75 percent, according to the median economist estimate. The Bank of England will hold its key interest rate at a record low of 0.5 percent, economists predicted before an announcement at 12 p.m. in London.
Swiss Re added 1.6 percent to 66.95 Swiss francs after reporting third-quarter net income of $2.18 billion, beating the average analyst estimate of $1.35 billion. The world’s second- biggest reinsurer said it will consider a special dividend if it fails to find an alternative way to deploy its excess capital.
Siemens advanced 3.7 percent to 81.78 euros after saying it plans to save 6 billion euros in two years as it prepares for lower profit in 2013. Siemens said it will cut costs by 5 billion euros, with an additional 1 billion euros from improving marketing and less complexity. The program will cost 1 billion euros in 2013, and profit will decline to as little as 4.5 billion euros next year from 5.18 billion euros in 2012.
FTSE 100 5,803.23 +11.60 +0.20%
CAC 40 3,419.9 +10.31 +0.30%
DAX 7,264.85 +32.02 +0.44%
Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark poised for its biggest drop in six weeks, as investors turned their attention to the U.S. budget debate and China’s Communist Party began a meeting to choose new leaders.
Nikkei 225 8,837.15 -135.74 -1.51%
S&P/ASX 200 4,483.82 -32.64 -0.72%
Shanghai Composite 2,071.51 -34.22 -1.63%
Li & Fung Ltd., a supplier of clothes and toys that gets 60 percent of sales in the U.S., lost 2.9 percent in Hong Kong.
Canon Inc., a camera manufacturer that depends on Europe for almost a third of its sales, sank 2.5 percent in Tokyo after the European Commission cut its growth forecast for the monetary union.
Komatsu Ltd. dropped 2.2 percent after Japan’s machinery orders fell more than expected.
Asian stocks advanced for a second day, with News Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. lifting the regional benchmark index on earnings that cheered investors, as U.S. President Barack Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney to win a second term.
Nikkei 225 8,972.89 -2.26 -0.03%
Hang Seng 22,087.07 +142.64 +0.65%
S&P/ASX 200 4,516.46 +31.66 +0.71%
Shanghai Composite 2,105.73 -0.27 -0.01%
News Corp., the media company run by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, gained 3.2 percent in Sydney after reporting profit that topped estimates.
Nissan surged 4.1 percent after analysts said its earnings forecast was conservative and Chinese customers are returning to the carmaker’s dealerships.
Zijin Mining Group Co. climbed 3.6 percent in Hong Kong, pacing gains among gold producers as the precious metal rose on speculation the U.S. will continue monetary easing after Obama’s victory.
European stocks fell the most in two weeks as the European Commission cut its growth forecast for the region and concern over an impending fiscal crisis in the U.S. increased after the re-election of President Barack Obama.
Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) slumped the most in six months after predicting that its annual output will be at the bottom of its target. Holcim Ltd. (HOLN), the world’s largest cement maker, slid 2.4 percent as earnings missed analysts’ estimates. BNP Paribas SA jumped 1.1 percent after third-quarter net income more than doubled. Hochtief AG (HOT) advanced 3.1 percent after reiterating full-year profit targets.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index (SXXP) declined 1.4 percent to 271.04 at the close of trading, erasing an earlier gain of as much as 0.7 percent.
Brussels-based European Commission projected the 17- nation euro economy will expand 0.1 percent in 2013, down from a May forecast of 1 percent. It cut the estimate for Germany, Europe’s largest economy, to 0.8 percent from 1.7 percent.
National benchmark indexes declined in all of the 18 western European markets today except Denmark.
FTSE 100 5,791.63 -93.27 -1.58% CAC 40 3,409.59 -69.07 -1.99% DAX 7,232.83 -144.93 -1.96%
In the euro area, September retail sales decreased more than economists estimated, a report showed. Sales fell 0.2 percent from August, when they rose 0.2 percent, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said. Economists had forecast a decline of 0.1 percent.
Rhoen-Klinikum AG (RHK) fell 5 percent to 14.53 euros after the hospital operator said profit this year will be hurt by lower revenue at two hospitals and costs from Fresenius SE’s failed takeover bid. The company already cut its earnings forecast in July.
William Demant Holding A/S (WDH) declined 5.1 percent to 468.80 kroner, the lowest price in nine months. The Nordic region’s largest maker of hearings aids cut its 2012 profit forecast. The company now sees earnings before interest and taxes “on par with or just short of” the 2011 level, compared with its earlier guidance for an increase.
Hochtief added 3.1 percent to 39.77 euros, its biggest gain in three weeks. Germany’s largest builder reiterated its full- year profit targets and reported a third-quarter pretax profit of 354.7 million euros, compared with a loss of 101.6 million euros a year earlier.
Alstom SA (ALO) advanced 1.4 percent to 27.98 euros. The French maker of power equipment and high-speed trains reported first- half earnings that beat analysts’ estimates on higher sales and orders for trains. Income from operations in the six months ended Sept. 30 rose 12 percent to 703 million euros, the company said. That exceeded the 689 million-euro average of six analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Net income rose 11 percent to 403 million euros, also beating forecasts.Starting session at a significant disadvantage, the indices continued to decline, resulting in a significant drop in the completed session
Note that in today's session, the Dow showed the greatest decline this year.
As already noted, the reason for the negative sentiment in the markets have concerns about the deteriorating situation in Europe, and brought no change to the U.S. Congress elections.
A share markets have given negative speculation about the "fiscal cliff" in the U.S. (automatic spending cuts and tax increases, if prior to 1 January, the U.S. Congress has reached agreement on the new parameters of the budget and the debt threshold before January 1, and in this case, the benefits will be canceled tax for a total of $ 600 billion).
This problem is not new, it has been in the field of view before, but after the elections sharpened attention on her stronger. Although the presidential election was won by Obama, who, unlike Romney, after the election, may soon begin to address this problem, the political divisions in Congress could significantly slow down the decision of the matter.
As market participants' attention was riveted to the middle of the session of the House, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, who expressed an opinion on the "fiscal cliff."
All components of the index DOW are in the red zone. The maximum losses are bank stocks Bank of America (BAC, -6.54%), JPMorgan Chase (JPM, -5.43%). Smallest decline exhibit shares Walt Disney Co. (DIS, -0,50%) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, -0,52%)
All sectors of the S & P index fell. Maximum loss demonstrates the financial sector (-2.6%). The least declining service sector (-1.1%).
At the close:
Dow -312.95 12,932.73 -2.36%
Nasdaq -74.64 2,937.29 -2.48%
S & P -33.86 1,394.53 -2.37%
Change % Change Last
Nikkei 225 8,972.89 -2.26 -0.03%
Hang Seng 22,087.07 +142.64 +0.65%
S&P/ASX 200 4,516.46 +31.66 +0.71%
Shanghai Composite 2,105.73 -0.27 -0.01%
FTSE 100 5,791.63 -93.27 -1.58%
CAC 40 3,409.59 -69.07 -1.99%
DAX 7,232.83 -144.93 -1.96%
Dow -312.95 12,932.73 -2.36%
Nasdaq -74.64 2,937.29 -2.48%
S&P -33.86 1,394.53 -2.37%
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