Last closure
On Monday, March 9, trades in USA have come to the end with growth, as investors hunted for buying opportunities after last week’s selloff. U.S. payrolls grew by a seasonally adjusted 295,000 in February, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.5%, the lowest level since May 2008 and within the Federal Reserve’s target zone for rate increases. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester reiterated Monday her belief the U.S. central bank is on track for rate hikes in the near future. “If incoming economic information continues to support my forecast, I would be comfortable with liftoff in the first half of this year,” Ms. Mester said in the text of a speech prepared for delivery before a meeting in Washington held by National Association for Business Economics. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 0.73%, S&P has increased by 0.39%, Nasdaq grew by 0.31%.
European stock exchanges closed with decrease of main indexes. The European Central Bank waded into debt markets Monday, sending yields across the eurozone close to record lows and heaping pressure on investors to scour further afield in search of returns. Germany's trade surplus narrowed slightly in January in adjusted terms, data from the country's statistics office showed Monday. Exports declined by 2.1% on the month, while imports dipped 0.3% the data showed. The trade surplus for the month was 19.7 billion euros. On the day’s result, British FTSE has declined by 0.51%, CAC 40 (France) has decreased by 0.55%, DAX (Germany) has increased by 0.27%.
April’s contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $1.20 to $58.53 per barrel.
In Ukraine
On Friday, 5 March, trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened on neutral territory, day passed with positive dynamics. Value of the UX index has increased by 0.64% to 1107.31. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 1.9 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 7.4 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 20.7 million.
All ten shares of an index basket, have risen. Leaders of growth were shares of Enakievo Metallurgical Plant (+3.21%) and Krukivsky Carriage Works (+2.24%). The inflation rate in Ukraine soared to 5.3% in February 2015, while inflation spiked 3.1% in January 2015. Thus, according to the State Statistics Office, the annual inflation rate increased from 28.5% in January 2015 to 34.5% in February 2015 year-on-year.
Premarket
External background at the opening is negative. China's consumer price index (CPI) increased 1.4% year-on-year in February, up by 0.6%age points from the previous month, beating market consensus. The Asian indexes are decreasing today. Nikkei has lowered by 0.67%, Hong Kong Hang Seng declining by 0.73%.
Futures on American indexes are decreasing today from 0.20% to 0.23%.
Russian indexes as of 10:00 EET are decreasing — MICEX decreasing by 0.84%, RTS lowers by 1.50%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by decrease.
In Europe will be published index IFO in Germany (11:00 EET) and data on GDP in the U.K. (11:30 EET).
In the U.S. will be published JOLTs job openings (16:00 EET).
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