Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 28-12-2012.

European stocks fell in the year’s last full week of trading, snapping a five-week rally, as the deadline neared for a U.S. lawmakers to agree a deal to halt $600 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts.

President Barack Obama is due to meet at 3 p.m. in Washington with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who are Republicans, along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats. The president had been negotiating one- on-one with Boehner.

Obama returned early from his holiday in Hawaii yesterday as lawmakers disputed which party would be responsible for missing the deadline for a debt deal, a failure that could hurt the U.S. credit rating and cause an economic recession.

Confidence among U.S. consumers declined more than forecast in December as the budget debate soured Americans’ outlook for the economy. The Conference Board’s sentiment index fell to 65.1 from a revised 71.5 reading the prior month, figures from the New York-based private research group showed.

National benchmark indexes retreated in 16 of western Europe’s 18 markets this week. France’s CAC 40 dropped 1.1 percent and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index declined 0.3 percent. Germany’s DAX also slipped 0.3 percent, paring this year’s rally to 29 percent.

Bankia tumbled 40 percent for the biggest drop on the Stoxx 600 this week. Spain said the lender has a negative value of 4.15 billion euros in an exercise to determine how much of the rescued lender remains in shareholders’ hands. The stock will be excluded from the benchmark IBEX 35 as of Jan. 2.

Bankia group, including its parent, Banco Financiero y de Ahorros, is set to receive 18 billion euros of European funds, making it the largest recipient of the country’s bank bailout.

Banco Popular Espanol, Spain’s sixth-biggest bank, declined 7.3 percent.

Clariant (CLN) rose 4.3 percent after selling units for 502 million Swiss francs ($550 million). The specialty-chemicals maker said it will get about 460 million francs in cash for selling the textile chemicals, paper specialties and emulsions businesses to SK Capital Partners, a U.S. buyout company.

Porsche advanced 7.2 percent. The maker of the 911 sports car won an appeals court ruling in New York state dismissing a lawsuit by hedge funds that accused the German carmaker of concealing a plan to corner the market in Volkswagen AG shares.

Atari SA retreated 6.4 percent after the video-game maker said it sees a “significant” fiscal-year loss. Atari also forecast a second-half operating loss exceeding its deficit in the first half and said it’s looking at all additional means of raising or preserving cash.

U.S. stock futures fell amid concern talks between President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers may not yield a budget deal by the year-end deadline.
Global Stocks
Nikkei  10,395.18+72.20 +0.70%
Hang Seng 22,666.59+46.81 +0.21%
Shanghai Composite 2,233.25+27.35 +1.24%
FTSE  5,923.01-31.29 -0.53%
CAC  3,639.12-35.14 -0.96%
Crude oil $91.06 +0.21%
Gold $1662.60 -0.07%

The decrease observed in the indices of stock markets in Europe against the background of the U.S., where the issue remains unresolved threat "fiscal cliff."

The leader of the Democratic majority in the Senate, Harry Reid, said that the prospect of an agreement between Democrats and Republicans is becoming dimmer.

This means that from 1 January in the U.S. at the same time may increase taxes for all Americans and reduce the social costs.

Speaking in the Senate, Harry Reid said that the time to reach an agreement by Monday, Dec. 31, remains. Senators and President Obama returned to Washington, while members of the House of Representatives continue to recess.

Experts say that if the "fiscal cliff" happens, the U.S. economy faces a recession.

It also remains unclear fate Kipra.Na last week the international rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the sovereign rating of Cyprus from "B" to "CCC +" and short-term rating - with a "B" to "C" the European Union is a difficult situation: save or not to save Cyprus from financial ruin. This is stated in an article published in the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Germany initially claimed that the aid will go to Cyprus by the end of the year. But now the silence around Cyprus. And not because they forgot about it. Unexpected delay in care due to the fact that the report of the German military intelligence BND said that the island packed with Russian oligarchs and their money of dubious origin ", - stated in the article.

FTSE 100 5,951.31 -2.99 -0.05%

DAX 7,633.47 -22.41 -0.29%

CAC 3,646.42 -23.88 -0.77%

Spanish paper Bankia fallen by 25% - to the lowest since the IPO in July 2011, 41.3 cents on news that the troubled bank stocks will be excluded from the index IBEX 35 as of 2 January.

Atari capitalization decreased by 4.2% after a video game developer said that he could get a "significant" loss for the current financial year.

Asian stocks rose, with Japanese shares posting their biggest annual advance since 2005, after a report that the country’s consumer prices fell fanned speculation the central bank will respond to government calls for more asset purchases.

Nikkei 225 10,395.18 +72.20 +0.70%

S&P/ASX 200 4,671.3 +23.34 +0.50%

Shanghai Composite 2,233.25 +27.35 +1.24%

Canon Inc., the world’s biggest camera maker, increased 2.1 percent, leading gains among Japanese exporters.

Toshiba Corp. climbed 5 percent after the manufacturer said it’s in talks to sell a stake in its Westinghouse Electric atomic-power unit.

BHP Billiton Ltd., Australia’s largest oil producer, advanced 1.1 percent after crude and metal prices rose.

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index headed for a second month of advance, as the yen touched a 27-month low on prospects for more stimulus and China’s industrial companies’ profit gained.

Nikkei 225 10,322.98 +92.62 +0.91%

S&P/ASX 200 4,647.96 +12.77 +0.28%

Shanghai Composite 2,205.9 -13.23 -0.60%

Mazda Motor Corp., an automaker that gets 28 percent of its sales in North America, advanced 7.1 percent in Tokyo as newly installed premier said “bold’ monetary policy is one of the three pillars of his economic measures.

Guangzhou R&F Properties Ltd., a builder in the southern Chinese city, rose 0.8 percent in Hong Kong, whose equity market reopened after a two-day holiday.

SK Telecom Co., the mobile telephone carrier among 119 companies trading without rights to year-end dividends on South Korea’s benchmark index, dropped 4.1 percent.

European stocks were little changed as U.S. jobless-benefit claims dropped and home sales climbed to a two-year high, offsetting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comments that a budget deal is unlikely.

President Barack Obama is pressing for U.S. lawmakers to craft an interim deal to avert more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. Republican House leaders hold a conference call with their rank- and-file members today to discuss the path forward, according to a leadership aide who asked for anonymity.

A Labor Department report showed fewer Americans than forecast filed claims for unemployment insurance last week. Applications for jobless benefits decreased by 12,000 to 350,000 in the week ended Dec. 22. Economists forecast 360,000.

National benchmark indexes climbed in 13 of the 18 western European markets. France’s CAC 40 (CAC) rallied 0.6 percent, Germany’s DAX advanced 0.3 percent and the U.K.’s benchmark FTSE 100 was little changed.

Clariant rose 3 percent to 12.20 Swiss francs after selling units for 502 million francs ($550 million). The specialty chemicals maker said it will get approximately 460 million francs in cash for selling the textile chemicals, paper specialties and emulsions businesses to SK Capital Partners, a U.S. buyout company.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) gained 1.1 percent to 73.46 euros. Chief Financial Officer Friedrich Eichiner said he is confident the carmaker has surpassed its 2011 profit total, according to a report by Die Welt.

A gauge of mining shares on the Stoxx 600 advanced 0.7 percent. Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) rose 0.9 percent to 3,541.5 pence and 0.8 percent to 2,156.5 pence, respectively.

After the session, the major U.S. stock indexes began to decline under the pressure of the lack of progress in addressing the "fiscal cliff" and confounding expectations of macroeconomic data. But by the end of trading were able to recover their losses after House Speaker John Boehner said lawmakers will meet for talks on December 30.

Today to resume talks on the "fiscal cliff," but their start was not very successful: Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Congress, in particular, commented on the issue of "fiscal cliff" as follows - "it seems to be something that we're going."

Timothy Geithner also said yesterday that on 31 December the U.S. debt ceiling to reach, and he will have to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent default two months.

In addition, the index had a drop in consumer confidence in December - had dropped more than expected to 65.1 from 73.7 points. The rest statistics show evidence of: the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to 350 thousand at an average 360 ​​thousand expectations, new home sales rose in November by 4.4% to 0.377 million, and the index of business activity in the industry Chicago Fed, which tracks the industry dynamics in the Midwest rose to 93.7 points from 92.1 points.

Most of the components of the index DOW dropped in price (24 of 30). Lost more than 1% shares Alcoa (AA, -1.26%) and Cisco Systems (CSCO, -1.36%).

Most sectors of the S & P is below the zero mark. Maximum losses in the sectors of Public Utilities (-0.3%) and conglomerates (-0.3%).

American developer of microchips Marvell Technology Group lost 3.5% of value of shares on news that the court found the company guilty of violating two patents owned by Carnegie Mellon University. It is also reported that the Marvell Technology Group would have to pay a fine of $ 1.17 billion

Quotes solar manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne soared by 7.4%, after it became aware of the opening of a credit line in the amount of about $ 475 million Bank of Bank of Beijing.

Shares of weapons of Smith & Wesson Holding rose 3.8% on reports of plans to repurchase shares for $ 15 million

At the close:

Dow 13,096.31 -18.28 -0.14%

Nasdaq 2,985.91 -4.25 -0.14%

S & P 500 1,418.10 -1.73 -0.12%

Change % Change Last

Nikkei 225 10,230.36 +150.24 +1.49%

S&P/ASX 200 Closed

Shanghai Composite 2,219.13 +5.52 +0.25%

FTSE 100 5,954.3+0.12 0.00%

CAC 403,674.26+21.65 +0.59%

DAX 7,655.88+19.65 +0.26%

Dow13,096.31-18.28-0.14%

Nasdaq2,985.91-4.25-0.14%

S&P 5001,418.10-1.73-0.12%