Europe: News from the U.S. did not prevent the indices closed in positive territory
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Wednesday, December 23, most of the indices of European stock markets, despite the macroeconomic statistics from the U.S., still managed to complete the tender with a slight increase against the background of the increased cost of raw materials and the positive dynamics of shares of the banking sector. Above all, investors upset the final value of the index of consumer confidence in the University of Michigan. Example, in December of the reporting rate increased from 67.4 points to 72.5 points with the expected increase to 73.5 points. Sales of new homes in the U.S. in November, also looked very neoptimistichno, down from 430 thousand a month earlier to 355 thousand, while the predicted increase to 440 thousand
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), oil last week fell by 4.9 million barrels to 327.5 million barrels, with the expected decline of 0.9 million barrels. Gasoline inventories fell by 0.9 million barrels, while distillate stocks fell by 3.1 million barrels.
As a result of trades regional index Dow Jones Stoxx 600 added 0.08%. Italian FTSE MIB stronger on 0,55%, German DAX Index increased by 0,2%, while the French CAC 40 advanced to 0.32%. Leader of growth was the British FTSE 100, up 0.82%. Not supported by the overall positive dynamics of the Swiss SMI index and the Austrian ATX.
Equity National Bank of Greece, the largest lender in Greece, “recovered” at 1,65%. According to representatives of the country”s central bank, capital adequacy ratio at the Greek banks above the European average.
Paper Bank Sarasin strengthened by 2,7%. According to the newspaper Finanz und Wirtschaft, the financial results of the Bank for the year will be above the target level.
Maurel Prom Market capitalization increased by 4.15%. The French company, whose units engaged in exploration for oil, reported a successful work at the well OMGW-1 in Gabon.
Quotations second largest in British recruitment company Michael Page International rose to 3,22% after UBS analysts raised their recommendations on its securities to “sell” to “hold”.
Voestalpine shares have lost 1.39% of the cost. Austria”s largest steel producer will release 216 266 new shares, equivalent to 0.1% of registered securities company, provision of convertible bonds, maturing on 29 January.
Values of the basic indexes on closing are resulted in the table:
| Index | Country | Closing (items) | Delta day (items) | Change day (%) | value at beginning of year (the last closing in 2008) | Change YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATX | Austria | 2,463.09 | -3.58 | -0.15% | 1750.83 | 40.68% |
| BEL20 Index | Belgium | 2,489.56 | 0.46 | 0.02% | 1908.64 | 30.44% |
| FTSE 100 | United Kingdom | 5,372.38 | 43.72 | 0.82% | 4434.17 | 21.16% |
| DAX Index | Germany | 5,957.44 | 11.75 | 0.20% | 4810.2 | 23.85% |
| IBEX 35 INDEX | Spain | 11,967.50 | 76.7 | 0.65% | 9195.8 | 30.14% |
| FTSE MIB | Italy | 23,109.12 | 126.56 | 0.55% | 19460 | 18.75% |
| AEX | Netherlands | 332.83 | 0.35 | 0.11% | 245.94 | 35.33% |
| OMX Nordic 40 | Scandinavia | 823.33 | 2.28 | 0.28% | 625.8 | 31.56% |
| CAC 40 | France | 3,910.75 | 12.37 | 0.32% | 3217.97 | ce421.53% |
| SMI | Switzerland | 6,579.98 | -2.92 | -0.04% | 5534.53 | 18.89% |
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