United States: the players are reluctant to fix the profit before the end of the year

 

Monday, December 28, the U.S. stock market finished the trading session a small increase in the indices. In an effort to end the year on the “bull” the note, investors have played on a wave of optimism and celebratory rally support for oil and metals. Mortgage companies have jumped on the background of favorable news from the Treasury, and the airlines have come under a sale on the background of the consequences of a terrorist incident on board Northwest Airlines.

Following the session, the indicator of blue chips Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 26.98 points, or 0.26% to a level of 10,547.08 points, the index is a broad market Standard Poor “s 500 rose 1.30 points, or 0.12% to a mark 1,127.78 points and the index of high-technology Nasdaq Composite has left in plus on 5,39 points, or 0.24% to 2,291.08 points mark.

Against the background of strengthening oil stocks the major producers looked better than the market. In particular, Exxon Mobil added 0,61%, Chevron stronger on 0,44%. The February crude oil futures on Light-up trading on NYMEX prices increased by 72 cents, or 0.9% to a level of $ 78.77 per barrel.

The largest mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac soared by 21% and 27% respectively, against the backdrop of news that the Treasury will cancel dL are “ceiling” in terms of financial assistance for the next 3 years. Under the previous agreement, both companies have a limit on capital injections from the state at $ 200 billion, now up to 2012, in fact, Fannie and Freddie has become a “bottomless pit for public money.
 

Equities world”s largest provider of IT services to International Business Machines strengthened by 1,3% against the background of comments Barron”s, under which IBM stock could rise due to the rate of the company”s emerging markets, where nearly 2 billion people in the coming decades will pass into the middle class and will use computers.

The banking sector yesterday was not held in high esteem and was the worst on record among industry segments SP 500. Shares of one of the outsiders session Fifth Third lost 2.5%.
 

Airld93ines retreated after the news that Obama has ordered stricter screening processes for passengers before flights. That measure, obviously, followed attempts by extremists to undermine the plane Northwest Airlines - offender calmly went on board with an explosive device in his pocket. Equity Delta Air Lines, which owns Northwest Airlines, fell by 4,1%, and the paper AMR, which owns another major air carrier American Airlines, fell 4.5%.
 

The largest operators of shopping centers like Macy”s and Sears Holdings added more than 1% against the background of positive data on retail sales this festive season.

Europe: Investors go for the weekend with a nice potyazhelevshimi purses
Asia: investors are happy to have summed up the year
Latin America: another rise before the holidays
United States: the good macroeconomic indicators did not keep indices from the fall
Europe: prices of raw materials and statistics from the U.S. - another guarantee of success
Asia: bidders have relied on raw
Week on the world stage: United States approved a reform of health
Latin America: optimism prevail
Europe: posleprazdnichnaya session ended with a quiet growth