Last closure
On Friday, October 24, trades in USA have come to the end with growth, as companies from Procter & Gamble Co. to Microsoft Corp. climbed after reporting earnings. Sales of new homes in the United States were nearly flat in September, after the government sharply revised downward what initially appeared to be an August surge in buying. New-home sales edged up 0.2% last month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 467,000. The report also revised down the August sales rate to 466,000, from 504,000. The pace of sales for newly built homes has improved a mere 1.7% so far this year compared with 2013. P&G added 2.3% after saying it would exit its Duracell battery business. Microsoft gained 2.5% as quarterly sales topped estimates on cloud-computing growth. SodaStream International Ltd. surged 15% after a report that it is testing PepsiCo Inc. brands. Amazon.com Inc. slid 8.3% after posting the biggest quarterly net loss since at least 2003. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 076.%, S&P has increased by 0.71%, Nasdaq grew by 0.69%.
European stock exchanges closed with decrease of main indexes as a draft communique showed 25 lenders are set to fail the European Central Bank’s euro-area bank health check. A group of 25 European banks have failed a key healthcheck of the region's financial system, exposing a 25 billion euro ($31.7 billion) shortfall on their books. The European Central Bank also found that all of the euro zone's banks have not been strict enough in identifying toxic assets, finding an additional 136 billion euros in non-performing loans. Of the 25 banks that have failed the ECB's test, which was a snapshot of their books at the end of last year, 12 of them have already covered their capital shortfall. UK economic growth slowed to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.9% in the second. Growth was broad-based across all major sectors. On the day’s result, British FTSE has declined by 0.47%, CAC 40 (France) has decreased by 0.69%, DAX (Germany) has lowered by 0.66%.
Novembers’ contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $0.70 to $86.13 per barrel.
In Ukraine
Trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened by decrease, day passed without certain dynamics. Value of the UX index has increased by 0.78% to 1115.77. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 7.4 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 7.8 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 37.3 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, six have risen. Leaders of growth were shares of Donbasenergo (+4.80%) and Azovstal Iron and Steel Works (+4.17%). Worse than market looked shares of Motor Sich (-0.50%).
The deficit of Ukraine's current account of the balance of payments in January-September 2014 amounted to $3.346 billion, which is 3.4 times lower than last year. According to the National Bank, for the second consecutive month agricultural products have been the largest export group and the only one, in which a growth was, recorded (8.3% from the same period last year).
Premarket
External background at the opening is neutral.
The Asian indexes are showing mixed dynamics today. Nikkei rose by 0.63%, Hong Kong Hang Seng declining by 0.67%.
Futures on American indexes are growing today from 0.27% to 0.33%.
Russian indexes as of 10:00 AM are rising — MICEX increasing by 1.36%, RTS growing by 1.35%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by growth.
In Europe will be published index IFO in Germany (11:00 AM).
In the U.S. will be published pending home sales (4:00 PM).
ITT Investment group
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