Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 27-02-2017.

Major US stock indexes showed a slight increase. Investors expect the US president's speech Donald Trump at a joint session of both houses of Congress on Tuesday.

Investors will be closely watching Trump comments on his proposed tax reform and his plans for the Affordable Care Act.

As it became known today, new orders for US-made capital goods unexpectedly fell in January after three consecutive months of strong growth, slightly changing views on the fact that the production is recovering from a prolonged downturn in the background of commodity prices. The Commerce Department reported Monday that non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, closely watched gauge of business spending plans, fell 0.4 percent after a revised increase of up to 1.1% in December.

However, contracts for the purchase of housing on the secondary market in the US fell in January, pointing to a lack of reserves in the regions of the Midwest and West. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on Monday, the index of pending home sales, based on contracts signed in the past month fell by 2.8% to 106.4. The index of pending home sales for December was revised up to 109.5.

DOW index components closed mostly in the red (19 of 30). Most remaining shares fell McDonald's Corporation (MCD, -1.31%). leaders of growth were shares of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, + 1.94%).

Most Sector S & P index recorded an increase. Most utilities sector fell (-0.5%). Leaders of growth were the health sector (+ 0.6%).

At the close:

Dow + 0.08% 20,838.19 +16.43

Nasdaq + 0.28% 5,861.90 +16.59

S & P + 0.10% 2,369.73 +2.39

Major U.S. stock-indexes дшееду срфтпув on Monday, ahead of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Investors will be closely watching Trump's address for clues on his proposed tax reform and his plans to overhaul the Affordable Healthcare Act. Trump's promise a few weeks ago of a "phenomenal" tax announcement helped rekindle a post-election rally, driving the main U.S. markets to record highs.

Most of Dow stocks in negative area (18 of 30). Top loser - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ, -1.15%). Top gainer - Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, +1.72%).

Most of S&P sectors in positive area. Top loser - Utilities (-0.3%). Top gainer - Basic Materials (+0.5%).

At the moment:

Dow 20796.00 +9.00 +0.04%

S&P 500 2365.50 +0.50 +0.02%

Nasdaq 100 5338.00 -5.25 -0.10%

Oil 54.17 +0.18 +0.33%

Gold 1264.20 +5.90 +0.47%

U.S. 10yr 2.34 +0.02

U.S. stock-index futures were flat as investors awaited President Trump's speech to Congress, scheduled for Tuesday. In addition the focus was on the statement by Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., who told CNBC on Monday that Wall Street is unpredictable and "could go down 20 percent tomorrow".

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 19,107.47 -176.07 -0.91%

Hang Seng 23,925.05 -40.65 -0.17%

Shanghai 3,229.17 -24.26 -0.75%

FTSE 7,243.92 +0.22 0.00%

CAC 4,838.70 -6.54 -0.13%

DAX 11,808.73 +4.70 +0.04%

Crude $54.44 (+0.83%)

Gold $1,256.70 (-0.13%)

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

Upgrades:

Downgrades:

Tesla (TSLA) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman; target lowered to $185 from $190

Other:

Сhevron (CVX) added to Franchise Pick List at Jefferies

Apple (AAPL) target raised to $150 from $135 at Mizuho

Stocks in Europe dropped by the most in three weeks, finishing Friday's session by stepping back from 14-month highs as investors questioned the prospects for U.S. tax policy changes under U.S. President Donald Trump. "European equities are on the back foot into the weekend, continued profit-taking dragging indices from recent highs. This stems from more tempered optimism towards Trump tax changes," with "pudding wanted for proof," by investors, said Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, in a note.

U.S. stocks staged a last-minute rally on Friday, with major indexes turning positive ahead of the closing bell and the Dow extended its record-setting streak as investors shrugged off concerns the rally was overdone. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose for a fifth straight week, while the Dow brought its string of weekly gains to three.

Investors maintained a cautious stance to start the week, with Asian stocks broadly lower ahead of President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday, and a batch of Federal Reserve speakers and economic data. Japan led the declines amid a rising yen, which has pushed to the high end of its six-week trading range with the dollar at ¥112.