Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: stock news — 30-05-2012.

European stocks dropped the most in a week as Italy failed to meet its maximum target at a debt sale, Spain struggled to bolster its banking system and a Greek poll showed increased support for parties opposed to spending cuts.

Italian bonds fell for a fourth day, the longest stretch of losses in more than a month. The nation’s borrowing costs rose at an auction today as it sold 5.73 billion euros ($7.1 billion) of five-year and 10-year securities, short of its maximum target of 6.25 billion euros.

In Greece, a VPRC opinion poll for Epikaira magazine showed that anti-austerity group Syriza had the support of 30 percent of voters, compared with 26.5 percent for New Democracy, which backs the terms of a European Union bailout. Greece holds new elections on June 17.

National benchmark indexes slipped all the 18 western European markets. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 dropped 1.7 percent and Germany’s DAX fell 1.8 percent, while France’s CAC 40 (CAC) slid 2.2 percent. Greece’s ASE Index slumped 3.2 percent.

BASF dropped 2 percent to 56.79 euros after Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cited Deputy Chief Executive Officer Martin Brudermueller as saying the company isn’t seeing the kind of dynamism it expected in Asia. BASF is considering taking a partner in India, where a backlog of policy changes is holding back growth, the official said.

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto declined 2.5 percent to 1,707.5 pence and 4.1 percent to 2,801 pence, respectively. Copper fell for a second day, poised for the biggest monthly drop since September.

Fiat Industrial SpA, the truck and tractor manufacturer that Italian carmaker Fiat SpA spun off in 2011, gained 1 percent to 7.97 euros after saying it will merge with tractor unit CNH Global and move its primary listing to New York.

U.S. stocks fell, putting the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on pace for its worst month since September, after a gauge of pending home sales dropped by the most in a year and concern that Greece will leave the euro grew.

Global stocks slumped while U.S. Treasury 10-year yields slid to a record and the euro weakened to a two-year low. An opinion poll showed most Greeks want to see the terms of an international financial rescue revised. In the U.S., the index of pending home resales dropped 5.5 percent, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed today. The median forecast of economists surveyed called for no change.

Earlier today, equity futures briefly pared losses as the European Commission called for direct euro-area aid for troubled banks, and touted a Europe-wide deposit-guarantee system and common bond issuance as antidotes to the debt crisis now threatening to overwhelm Spain.

RIM sank 7.5 percent to $10.39, the lowest level since 2003. An exodus of customers to Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Google Inc.’s Android devices has taken a toll on sales and profit, putting pressure on management to make changes. An operating loss would be the company’s first since 2004.

Sears Holdings Corp., the department-store chain controlled by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, and Kohl’s Corp. led declines in retail stocks ahead of tomorrow’s industrywide monthly sales report.

Sears, based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, declined 8.6 percent to $52.55 for the largest drop in the S&P 500. Kohl’s slumped 2.7 percent to $49.25, while Macy’s Inc. fell 1.7 percent to $38.34.

Resistance 3:1363 (May 10-11 high)

Resistance 2:1348/50 (area of May 14-15 highs)

Resistance 1:1334 (area of session high, May 29 high and МА (200) for D1)

Current price: 1314,60

Support 1:1314 (area МА (200) for Н1 and session low)

Support 2:1294 (May 23 low)

Support 3:1288 (low of May)

U.S. stock futures fell on concern Greece will leave the euro while Spain’s default risk hit a record as it struggles to recapitalize banks.

Global stocks fell as an opinion poll showed most Greeks want to see the terms of an international financial rescue revised.

A report from the National Association of Realtors today will probably show pending home sales in the U.S. were unchanged in April.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei  8,633.19 -23.89 -0.28%

Hang Seng 18,690.22 -365.24 -1.92%

Shanghai Composite 2,384.67 -4.97 -0.21%

FTSE  5,307.86 -83.28 -1.54%

CAC  3,034.23 -50.47 -1.64%

DAX 6,319.41 -77.43 -1.21%

Crude oil $89.26 (-1.65%)

Gold $1547.80 (-0.06%)B

01:30 Australia Retail sales (MoM) April +0.9% +0.2% -0.2%

01:30 Australia Retail Sales Y/Y April +1.8% +1.8%

04:00 Japan BOJ Governor Shirakawa Speaks

Resistance 3 : $1.5775 (May 23 high)

Resistance 2 : $1.5715/25 (area of May 24-28 high)

Resistance 1 : $1.5645 (session high)

The current price: $1.5612

Support 1 : $1.5605 (May 29 low)

Support 2 : $1.5530 (Jan 24-25 low)

Support 3 : $1.5500 (psychological low)

Change % Change Last

Nikkei 225 8,657.08 +63.93 +0.74%

S&P/ASX 200 4,114.4 +46.37 +1.14%

Shanghai Composite 2,390.68 +29.31 +1.24%