Forex - results of the day
Dow Jones (Dow Jones) the New York Stock Exchange fell 100.90 points (-0.94%) and closed at 10609.65. NASDAQ Index (Nasdaq) fell 28.75 points (-1.24%) and at the level of 2287.99. Index S & Pi 500 (SP 500) dropped to 12.43 points (-1.08%) and at the level of 1136.03.
The euro /dollar continued its decline in the U.S. session, and reached a level of 1.4335. Pressure on the euro exchange rate has investors concerned about the situation with the budget deficit in Greece.
supported the dollar, in turn, provide current data in the United States, in particular, high values of the index of business activity in New York and the index of industrial production.
increase demand for dollars contributed to the fall of stock indices, prices of oil and precious metals. Today the price of oil in New York fell during trading on the 1.54 dollar to the level of 77.85 dollars per barrel.
sales activity in the second half of the day were low. It is associated with long weekends in the United States. On Monday, the U.S. holiday, resulting in financial market in the country closed.
Next week, investors” attention will also be directed to the publication of financial statements of major American companies for the fourth quarter of 2009. These data have an appreciable effect on the behavior of U.S. stock indices.
index of business activity of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index) for January was 15.9 (forecast was 11.3, the previous value of 4.5).
Industrial Production Index (Industrial production) in the U.S. in December 0.6% (forecast 0.6%, the previous value of 0.8%). Capacity utilization capacity of the economy (Capacity utilization) in the U.S. for December 72.0 (71.8 forecast, the previous value of 71.3).
Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the U.S. for December was 0.1% (forecast was 0.2%, the previous value of 0.4%). The consumer price index excluding prices for food and energy prices (CPI excluding food and energy) in the U.S. for December was 0.1% (forecast was 0.1%, the previous value of 0.0%).
preliminary sentiment index value of the University of Michigan (Michigan sentiment index) in the U.S. for January 72.8 (73.5 forecast, the previous value of 73.4).
Today, January 18, is scheduled for release the following data:
at 04:30 GMT - the final value of the index of industrial production (Industrial output) in Japan for November (forecast 2.6% for the month, -3.9% for the year, the previous value of 2.6% for the month, -3.9% for the year).
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