Last closure
On Thursday, January 23, trades in USA have come to the end with growth, after the European Central Bank announced a bond-buying program aimed at reviving the eurozone economy. Initial jobless claims decreased by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 307,000 in the week ended Jan. 17. Economists had expected 300,000 new claims. The prior week’s figure was revised up to 317,000 claims from an initially reported 316,000. Claims for the Jan. 10 week were the highest since last June. New claims were above 300,000 in each of the last three weeks, the longest such streak since July. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 1.48%, S&P has increased by 1.53%, Nasdaq grew by 1.78%.
European stock exchanges closed with growth of main indexes. In a Frankfurt news conference, ECB President Mario Draghi said the central bank will buy a total of €60 billion ($69 billion) a month in assets including government bonds, debt securities issued by European institutions and private-sector bonds. Separately, the Danish central bank cut its main interest rate, its second move this week. On the day’s result, British FTSE rose by 1.02%, CAC 40 (France) grew by 1.52%, DAX (Germany) has increased by 1.32%.
Februarys’ contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $0.51 to $48.52 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 1.70% to 1023.13. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 2.2 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 5.3 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 27.5 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, nine retreated. Better than market looked shares of Krukivsky Carriage Works (+0.08%). Worse than market looked shares of Donbasenergo (-4.60%).
Ukraine and the People's Republic of China have agreed to strengthen trade relations at the highest level, including realization of previously signed agreements on a swap line between two countries' currencies totaling 15 billion Chinese renminbi (about USD 2.44 billion ).
Premarket
External background at the opening is positive. China's manufacturing sector contracted barely in January, the latest survey from HSBC Bank showed on Friday with a PMI score of 49.8. That beat forecasts for 49.5 and was up from 49.6 in December - although it remains below the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction. The Asian indexes are growing today. Nikkei rose by 1.05%, Hong Kong Hang Seng increasing by 1.18%.
Futures on American indexes are slightly changing today from -0.03% to +0.05%.
Russian indexes as of 9:45 EET are rising — MICEX increasing by 1.38%, RTS growing by 2.79%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market on neutral territory.
In Europe will be published manufacturing PMI in Germany (10:30 EET) and Markit composite PMI in the E.U. (11:00 EET).
In the U.S. will be published manufacturing PMI (16:45 EET) and data on existing home sales (17:00 EET).
ITT Investment group
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