Last closure
On Thursday, March 26, trades in USA have come to the end with decrease, spurred by the Yemen crisis. Military strikes in Yemen, pushing up prices of perceived havens such as gold and the yen. Oil prices also jumped on fears of a potential supply disruption from the Middle East. The latest weekly report on initial jobless claims saw claims total 282,000, beating expectations. Expectations were for claims to come in at 290,000, slightly lower from last week's 291,000 number. The US services sector expanded in March at its fastest pace since September. Purchasing Managers Index for the service sector rose to 58.6 in March from a final reading of 57.1 in February. A reading over 50 signals expansion in economic activity. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones has declined by 0.23%, S&P has lowered by 0.24%, Nasdaq has decreased by 0.27%.
European stock exchanges closed with decrease of main indexes, as global shares sell off. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said he’s confident that his bond-buying program will hit its targets in the first month of operation. “We count on reaching” the target of 60 billion euros ($65 billion) though the operation only started March 9, Draghi told. German GfK consumer sentiment index is set to rise to 10.0 points in April from 9.7 points in March, its highest level since October 2001, when the indicator was at 11.0 points. France's gross domestic product rose 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2014. France's GDP dropped from 0.2% for the same period in the previous year. On the day’s result, British FTSE has declined by 1.37%, CAC 40 (France) has decreased by 0.29%, DAX (Germany) has lowered by 0.18%.
April’s contractual price on Brent oil, grew by $2.71 to $59.19 per barrel.
In Ukraine
Trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened on neutral territory, day passed without certain dynamics. Value of the UX index has declined by 1.90% to 1027.24. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 3.7 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 18.6 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 37.8 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, six sretreated. Leaders of growth were shares of Raiffeisen Bank Aval (+6.22%).
The International Monetary Fund considers Ukraine's $3 billion in debt to Russia as an obligation of the private sector, not the official sector, IMF Deputy Spokesman William Murray said.
Premarket
External background at the opening is negative.
The Asian indexes are decreasing today. Nikkei has lowered by 0.95%, Hong Kong Hang Seng declining by 0.16%.
Futures on American indexes are changing today from -0.30% to +0.15%.
Russian indexes as of 9:43 EET are showing mixed dynamics — MICEX increasing by 0.11%, RTS lowers by 0.68%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market on neutral territory.
In the U.S. will be published GDP (14:30 EET) and Michigan consumer sentiment (16:00 EET).
ITT Investment group
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