Last closure
On Friday, December 5, trades in USA have come to the end with growth, as investors weighed robust U.S. nonfarm payrolls for November against a drop in oil prices. Total nonfarm payroll employment added 321,000 in November, the largest gain since January 2012, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.8%. The latest nonfarm payroll employment far exceeded analysts' expectations of a 230,000 jump and an average monthly gain of 224, 000 over the past 12 months. Moreover, U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services narrowed slightly to 43.4 billion U.S. dollars in October from the revised 43.6 billion dollars in September. New orders for U.S. manufactured goods in October unexpectedly decreased 0.7%, the department said in a separate report Friday. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 0.33%, S&P has increased by 0.17%, Nasdaq grew by 0.24%.
European stock exchanges closed with growth of main indexes, amid speculation the European Central Bank will consider quantitative easing at its January meeting. German factory orders, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, climbed 2.5% after a revised increase of 1.1% in September. Economists had predicted a 0.5% increase. On the day’s result, British FTSE rose by 0.95%, CAC 40 (France) grew by 2.21%, DAX (Germany) has increased by 2.39%.
Januarys’ contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $0.57 to $69.07 per barrel.
In Ukraine
Trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened on neutral territory, day passed with negative dynamics. Value of the UX index has declined by 1.57% to 990.03. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 4.7 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 8.2 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 38.6 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, nine retreated. Worse than market looked shares of Avdiivka Coke Plant (-3.94%), Enakievo Metallurgical Plant (-3.72%) and Krukivsky Carriage Works (-3.41%).
In November consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 1.9%, reported the State Statistics Service. In particular, according to the SSS, in November the prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 1.3%, for footwear and clothes – by 2.4%, for housing and municipal services – by 4.4%, for healthcare services – by 2.4%, for education – by 0.1%.
Premarket
External background at the opening is neutral. Japan's economy contracted 1.9% in annual terms in the July-September period. Most economists had forecast an upward revision of earlier figures showing a 1.6% contraction. China November trade surplus leaps 61.4% to record $54.47 bn., beating August's previous record of $49.8 billion.
The Asian indexes are growing today. Nikkei rose by 0.08%, Hong Kong Hang Seng increasing by 0.13%.
Futures on American indexes are decreasing today from 0.06% to 0.12%.
Russian indexes as of 10:00 AM are showing mixed dynamics — MICEX increasing by 0.56%, RTS lowers by 0.17%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by decrease.
In eurozone will be published Sentix investor confidence index (11:30 AM).
In the U.S. will be published CB employment trends index (5:00 PM).
ITT Investment group
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