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Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 18-03-2019.
Major US stock indices rose moderately amid a rally in the raw materials sector and expectations of the Fed meeting later this week. .
The two-day Fed meeting on monetary policy starts on Tuesday. According to the FedWatch CME Group tool, markets see zero chance of a rate hike at the March meeting. Nevertheless, investors will look for clues about the estimates of the central bank's economy, as well as the rate of further increase in interest rates.
The focus of market participants was also data on the US housing market. According to a report by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the US Housing Market Condition Index (HMI) remained stable at 62 at March, while economists had forecast growth to 63. According to the report, the HMI component, which reflects sales expectations for the next six months, grew by three points to 71, the index measuring current sales conditions increased by two points to 68, and the component measuring traffic of potential buyers fell by four points to 44.
Most of the components of DOW finished trading in positive territory (21 out of 30). The growth leader was the shares of The Goldman Sachs Group. (GS, + 2.04%). The outsider was The Boeing Co. (UNH; -1.84%).
Almost all sectors of the S & P recorded an increase. The raw materials sector grew the most (+ 1.4%). The health and utility sectors ended the session unchanged.
At the time of closing:
Dow 25,914.10 +65.23 +0.25%
S & P 500 2,832.94 +10.46 +0.37%
Nasdaq 100 7,714.48 +25.95 +0.34%
U.S. stock-index flat on Monday, following best weekly performance this year and ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later this week.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 21,584.50 | +133.65 | +0.62% |
Hang Seng | 29,409.01 | +396.75 | +1.37% |
Shanghai | 3,096.42 | +74.67 | +2.47% |
S&P/ASX | 6,190.50 | +15.30 | +0.25% |
FTSE | 7,277.78 | +49.50 | +0.68% |
CAC | 5,406.96 | +1.64 | +0.03% |
DAX | 11,647.65 | -38.04 | -0.33% |
Crude | $58.62 | +0.17% | |
Gold | $1,305.90 | +0.23% |
Wall Street. Stocks before the bell
(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)
ALTRIA GROUP INC. | MO | 56.71 | -0.04(-0.07%) | 1176849 |
Amazon.com Inc., NASDAQ | AMZN | 1,713.50 | 1.14(0.07%) | 30007 |
Apple Inc. | AAPL | 186.18 | 0.06(0.03%) | 143939 |
AT&T Inc | T | 30.73 | 0.06(0.20%) | 36262 |
Boeing Co | BA | 370 | -8.99(-2.37%) | 365506 |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 132 | -0.67(-0.51%) | 102285 |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 125.5 | 0.19(0.15%) | 5318 |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 53.3 | 0.10(0.19%) | 26334 |
Citigroup Inc., NYSE | C | 65.31 | 0.12(0.18%) | 10616 |
Facebook, Inc. | FB | 164.65 | -1.33(-0.80%) | 140937 |
FedEx Corporation, NYSE | FDX | 178.93 | 0.95(0.53%) | 2385 |
Ford Motor Co. | F | 8.44 | 0.01(0.12%) | 26118 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., NYSE | FCX | 12.48 | 0.13(1.05%) | 18094 |
General Electric Co | GE | 9.99 | 0.03(0.30%) | 145695 |
General Motors Company, NYSE | GM | 38.08 | 0.01(0.03%) | 3126 |
Google Inc. | GOOG | 1,185.04 | 0.58(0.05%) | 3427 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | HPQ | 19.88 | -0.06(-0.30%) | 4918 |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 182.51 | 0.28(0.15%) | 3680 |
Intel Corp | INTC | 54.45 | 0.12(0.22%) | 21590 |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 139.78 | 0.35(0.25%) | 2636 |
International Paper Company | IP | 45.99 | 0.48(1.05%) | 4464 |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 137.81 | 0.21(0.15%) | 7318 |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 106.66 | 0.11(0.10%) | 805386 |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 185.76 | 0.43(0.23%) | 4038 |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 116.15 | 0.24(0.21%) | 73842 |
Nike | NKE | 87.4 | 0.60(0.69%) | 8949 |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 41.68 | -0.10(-0.24%) | 17134 |
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 102.69 | 0.25(0.24%) | 6441 |
Starbucks Corporation, NASDAQ | SBUX | 70.99 | 0.32(0.45%) | 4585 |
Tesla Motors, Inc., NASDAQ | TSLA | 275.77 | 0.34(0.12%) | 67319 |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 45.44 | 0.14(0.31%) | 13818 |
Twitter, Inc., NYSE | TWTR | 31.21 | -0.01(-0.03%) | 25724 |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 251.41 | 0.01(0.00%) | 2905 |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 58.45 | 0.06(0.10%) | 10478 |
Visa | V | 156.2 | 0.74(0.48%) | 13207 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 98.41 | -0.01(-0.01%) | 4992 |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 112.79 | -2.17(-1.89%) | 232303 |
Yandex N.V., NASDAQ | YNDX | 36.9 | 0.92(2.56%) | 14220 |
NIKE (NKE) target raised to $95 from $92 at Telsey Advisory Group
BBC's Europe editor, Katya Adler, tweeted: "Whisper it quietly but suggestions in some EU quarters of possible EU leaders emergency #Brexit summit on 28 March .. Depending on how/when/how many ‘meaningful votes’ there are in Parliament between now and then. Though little evidence of appetite for said extra summit."
| Index | Change, points | Closed | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIKKEI 225 | 163.83 | 21450.85 | 0.77 |
| Hang Seng | 160.87 | 29012.26 | 0.56 |
| KOSPI | 20.43 | 2176.11 | 0.95 |
| ASX 200 | -4.4 | 6175.2 | -0.07 |
| FTSE 100 | 42.85 | 7228.28 | 0.6 |
| DAX | 98.22 | 11685.69 | 0.85 |
| CAC 40 | 55.54 | 5405.32 | 1.04 |
| Dow Jones | 138.93 | 25848.87 | 0.54 |
| S&P 500 | 14 | 2822.48 | 0.5 |
| NASDAQ Composite | 57.62 | 7688.53 | 0.76 |
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