Last closure
On Tuesday, April 8, trades in USA have come to the end with growth, as technology shares from Google Inc. to Facebook Inc. rallied. Yahoo! Inc., EBay Inc., Facebook and Google jumped more than 2.1%, after a technology selloff broadened yesterday to wipe out the year’s gains in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Alcoa Inc. added 1.9% after the close of regular trading as it reported earnings that topped analyst forecasts. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. are among S&P 500 companies reporting earnings this week. The Federal Reserve needs to be more specific about what economic conditions would prompt it to raise interest rates from current rock-bottom levels, a pair of top Fed officials normally at loggerheads on policy said on Tuesday. A third, meanwhile, warned that the Fed should be sure not to withdraw monetary policy accommodation before the economy is ready. The Job Openings and Labor Turnovers Survey showed 4.173 million openings in February. This was above expectations for 4.020 million and up from 3.984 million in January. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 0.06%, S&P has increased by 0.38%, Nasdaq grew by 0.81%.
European stock exchanges closed with decrease of main indexes, as investors weighed escalating tensions between America and Russia over the future of eastern Europe. UK manufacturing output grew by 1% in February from January. The rise - driven by pharmaceuticals, transport equipment, food, beverages and tobacco, - was the biggest since September, and ahead of forecasts. The year-on-year figure saw output 3.8% higher than in the same month of 2013. Ukraine sent forces into its eastern regions after pro-Russian protesters seized government buildings in Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv this week. The U.S. accused Russia of instigating the raids, amid increasing concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to make Ukraine a loose federation. The U.S. has said there is evidence that some protesters may be paid provocateurs. On the day’s result, British FTSE has declined by 0.49%, CAC 40 (France) has decreased by 0.25%, DAX (Germany) has lowered by 0.21%.
Mays’ contractual price on Brent oil, grew by $1.85 to $107.67 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 2.84% to 1086.29. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 7.9 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 6.8 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 34.1 million.
All ten shares of an index basket have risen. Leaders of growth were shares of Donbasenergo (+4.75%) and Ukrnafta (+4.18%). In 2013, shadow turnover of the funds made up UAH 280 billion in Ukraine. This figure exceeds annual tax revenues. Pro-Russia protesters in three eastern Ukrainian cities simultaneously attacked government buildings Sunday night. In Kharkiv, they were ousted by police early Tuesday. But in Donetsk and in Luhansk, the separatists have held tight. They have declared a “people’s republic” but have made it clear that they favor Crimean-style annexation by Russia.
Premarket
External background at the opening is neutral. Germany’s Trade Balance fell to 15.7 billion, from 17.3 billion in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 17.2 billion. Analysts had expected Germany’s Trade Balance to rise to 17.8 billion last month. The separatists who seized the building of the Ukrainian Security Service office in Luhansk have released 56 of the 60 hostages as of Wednesday morning. As of 01.00 on April 9, 51 unarmed people left the seized SBU building following negotiations. Five more people left the building at 04.00. Nobody was hurt. The Asian indexes are showing mixed dynamics today. Nikkei has lowered by 2.10%, Hong Kong Hang Seng increasing by 0.72%.
Futures on American indexes are changing today from -0.12% to +0.07%.
Russian indexes as of 10:00 a.m. are decreasing— RTS decreasing by 0.43%, MICEX lowers by 0.10%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market on neutral territory.
In Europe will be published trade balance in the U.K. (11:30 a.m.).
In the U.S. will be published wholesale inventories (05:00 p.m.), EIA petroleum status report (05:30 p.m.) and the Federal Open Market Committee minutes (09:00 p.m.).
ITT Investment group
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