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vendredi 7 mai 2010

Disturbed by Greece, Wall Street closed down.



In the wake of European financial markets, U.S. markets end week on a drop of 1.34%. The Dow Jones lost 6% in five days. The risk of contagion from problems in the Greek rest of Europe disturb investors overseas.

A week ending nightmare on Wall Street. On the Trail European financial centers this Friday, U.S. markets fall at the close. The Dow Jones coward 1.34% to 10,380 points, the Nasdaq lost 2.33% to 2266 points while the S & P 500 drops 1.53% to 1.111 points.
For the week, the record is logically negative for the U.S. indices: the Dow Jones lost 6%, the Nasdaq fell 8% and the S & P 500 dropped 6.5%.
During the session, investors have tried in vain to recover their emotions on Thursday. Yesterday the NYSE has been the victim of a serious incident of trading: the Dow Jones lost more than 1,000 points in full session, or more than 9% before ending at -3.2%. Barack Obama on Friday held a press conference to speak on the subject and reassure the markets: "The regulators are studying this carefully in order to protect investors and prevent it happening again, and they will their findings public, and their recommendations on appropriate measures, "he said.

Europe worries still:
The U.S. president, who traded with Angela Merkel on the Greek case, wanted to calm the financial markets: "We've agreed on the importance of a vigorous policy response in the countries concerned and that a response Financial vigorous international community, "he said. The United States will continue to cooperate with EU authorities and the International Monetary Fund deal with the crisis of debt, he saidIn Europe, the Heads of State and Government of Europe were gathered in Brussels this evening.
In this tense environment, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the economy had created more jobs than expected in April: 290,000 jobs were created last month, is the highest number since March 2006. This is the fourth consecutive month of increase in the number of jobs in the United States. The unemployment rate has however increased from 9.7% to 9.9% last month. Moreover, the consumer credit showed a surprise rebound in March 1.95 billion. Analysts had forecast a fall of 3.8 billion dollars in March.
These stories are considered "very encouraging" by Barack Obama, who hopes to again draw the spotlight on the national indicators.
It should be noted that the dollar lost some ground on Friday against the euro. The European currency fell below $ 1.26 this week, gaining 0.66% to 1.2734 dollars around 22 am, French time. A beginning of relief for some observers who believe that too much rebound in the greenback penalize the recovery in the U.S..

Goldman Sachs up:
Among the values to be followed today on Wall Street, investors will keep an eye on the values most affected Thursday by the incident of trading, as Procter & Gamble (-0.69% to 60.33 U.S. dollars) which for example, had plunged 37% artificially, without any new has, of course, been communicated to the company. The electronic stock market Nasdaq announced late Thursday the cancellation of transactions resulting in a change of more than 60% of the price of certain shares in the wild has lived 20 minutes between 2:40 p.m. ET Wall Street 3:00 p.m. (6:40 p.m. GMT and 1900 GMT).
The action of the bank Goldman gaining 0.66% at 143.27 dollars after the publication by the Wall Street Journal an article stating that the group has initiated discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an amicable settlement.
Kraft gained 2.94% to 30.07 dollars. The first food company in North America, released after the close of Wall Street's quarterly earnings yesterday: With a profit of 1.88 billion dollars to 1.16 dollars per share and a turnover up 26% 11.3 billion dollars, the group benefits from the integration of Cadbury in its accounts. Gross margin for the group appears to 36, 1% against 34.5% last year.

Oil ended the week down:
Oil ends at a drop Friday on the New York market, penalized by the nervousness of investors and their growing concern over the quality of the debt of countries in the euro area.
The contract on June U.S. light crude ended on a decline of two dollars, or 2.59%, to 75.11 dollars a barrel. At the same time, Brent yielded $ 1.52 (1.92%) to 78.31 dollars.
Oil markets are particularly concerned that Europe's financial difficulties weigh on growth in the United States and China, major energy consumers in the world.

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