Last closure
On Friday, April 4, trades in USA have come to the end with decrease, with the Nasdaq Composite Index sliding the most in two months, after large technology stocks from Google Inc. to Yahoo Inc. plunged as investors sold the bull market’s biggest winners. Google Class A shares sank 4.6% in the biggest drop since October 2012. Facebook Inc. lost 4.6%, bringing its two-day slide to 9.5%. Yahoo Inc. declined 4.2% to the lowest since November. An index of biotechnology stocks plunged 4.1%. GrubHub Inc. surged 31% in its trading debut. The Labor Department report showed that U.S. employers hired a net 192,000 people in March, fewer than the median economist estimate of 200,000. The government revised up the number of new hires in February to 197,000 from 175,000, showing that the bad winter had less of an impact on the jobs market than previously predicted. The release also showed that the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7% last month. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones has declined by 0.96%, S&P has lowered by 1.25%, Nasdaq has decreased by 2.60%.
European stock exchanges closed with growth of main indexes. Federal Statistics Office showed seasonally adjusted German factory orders increased 0.6% in February from January. Economists had forecast a gain of 0.2%. European equities climbed as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that policy makers could turn to asset purchases to combat persistent low inflation in the 18-nation euro zone. The Retail Purchase Managers Index for the Eurozone showed that the retail sector contracted for the second straight month in March with a reading of 49.2, higher than the prior month's 48.5 but below the 50 point threshold that separates expansion from contraction. House price inflation has increased once again, according to figures from the UK's biggest mortgage lender. The Halifax said prices in UK rose by 8.7% in the year to March, the highest inflation rate since October 2007. On the day’s result, British FTSE rose by 0.70%, CAC 40 (France) grew by 0.79%, DAX (Germany) has increased by 0.70%.
Mays’ contractual price on Brent oil, grew by $0.57 to $106.72 per barrel.
In Ukraine
Trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened by growth, day passed with positive dynamics. Value of the UX index has increased by 1.64% to 1081.83. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 9.2 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 3.8 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 37.3 million.
All ten shares of an index basket have risen. Leaders of growth were shares of Donbasenergo (+3.01%) and Enakievo Metallurgical Plant (+1.96%). The World Bank has predicted a fall in Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2014 by 3%, whereas in October 2013 the bank expected economic growth of 1.5-2%.
Premarket
External background at the opening is negative. German industrial output rose for a fourth consecutive month in February in a sign that growth in Europe’s largest economy continued to accelerate. Production, adjusted for seasonal swings, climbed 0.4% from January, when it gained a revised 0.7%. Economists predicted an increase of 0.3%.
The Asian indexes are decreasing today. Nikkei has lowered by 1.69%, Hong Kong Hang Seng declining by 0.62%.
Futures on American indexes are decreasing today from 0.37% to 0.61%.
Russian indexes as of 10:02 a.m. are decreasing — RTS decreasing by 2.03%, MICEX lowers by 1.55%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by decrease.
In Europe will be published Sentix Investor Confidence Index in the E.U. (11:30 a.m.).
St Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speech on monetary policy and the economic outlook in Los Angeles will start at 6:45 p.m.
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