Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 11-11-2014.

Stock indices closed higher as investors weighed corporate earnings reports.

Investors monitored closely a further escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine.

Henkel AG shares climbed 4.8% after raising its forecast.

Vodafone Group Plc shares increased 6.1% after reporting the better-than-estimated services revenue in its second accounting quarter.

Indexes on the close:

Name Price Change Change %

FTSE 100 6,627.4 +16.15 +0.24%

DAX 9,369.03 +17.16 +0.18%

CAC 40 4,244.1 +21.28 +0.50%

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, as investors weighed corporate earnings and equity valuations after benchmarks closed at a fourth straight record.

Global markets:

Nikkei 17,124.11 +343.58 +2.05%

Hang Seng 23,808.28 +63.58 +0.27%

Shanghai Composite 2,470.59 -3.08 -0.12%

FTSE 6,618.27 +7.02 +0.11%

CAC 4,243.66 +20.84 +0.49%

DAX 9,371.68 +19.81 +0.21%

Crude oil $77.53 (+0.14%)

Gold $1153.80 (-0.52%)

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Upgrades:

Downgrades:

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) downgraded to Mkt Perform from Outperform at Keefe Bruyette

Other:

European stock indices are trading higher fir a second day in a row amid good corporate earnings. UK's FTSE 100 index is up 0.08% trading at 6,616.60 points. Germany's DAX 30 gained 0.25% at 9,375.53 points and France's CAC 40 is up 18.57 points, a plus of 0.25% currently trading at 4,20.59 points.

The DOW Jones and S&P 500 continued to rise in yesterday's trading session to all-time highs. The DOW Jones was up 39.81 points closing with a plus of 0.23% at 17,613.71, the S&P500 gained +0.31% closing at 2,038.26 points. Biotechnology and the transportation sector were the biggest winners.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.25% closing at 23,803.52, China's Shanghai Composite lost -0.12% closing at 2,470.59.

Japan's Nikkei closed strong with a gain of 2.05% at 17,124.11 hitting a seven-year high and the Japanese yen fell as there are speculations about Prime Minister Shinzo Abe postponing a rise in sales tax and snap elections being held.