Last closure
On Monday, May 4, trades in USA have come to the end with growth. New orders for U.S. factory goods recorded their biggest increase in eight months in March, boosted by demand for transportation equipment, but the underlying trend remained weak against the backdrop of a strong dollar. Federal Reserve governor Daniel Tarullo suggested that the Fed and other banking regulators should look for ways to simplify the complex set of capital rules imposed on small banks since the 2008 financial crisis. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B shares rose 1.9%. The conglomerate, controlled by Warren Buffett, said its net profit rose 10% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp. shares rose 2%. The bank said Monday it would offer shareholders the chance to vote on the board’s decision to give the chairmanship to Chief Executive Brian Moynihan. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones rose by 0.26%, S&P has increased by 0.29%, Nasdaq grew by 0.23%.
European stock exchanges closed with growth of main indexes, as data showed manufacturers raised prices for the first time in eight months. Eurozone Manufacturing PMI was higher than its earlier flash estimate of 51.9. The PMI has remained in expansionary territory for 22 months. Manufacturing production also rose in the region for the twenty-second successive month in April. Markit's purchasing manager's index for manufacturing, which accounts for about a fifth of the German economy, slipped to 52.1 from an 11-month high of 52.8 in March. Greece is still far from an agreement with its international creditors. Still, progress has been made, and the nation should have the cash to make a 200-million-euro ($223 million) payment to the International Monetary Fund this week. On the day’s result, British FTSE rose by 0.36%, CAC 40 (France) grew by 0.70%, DAX (Germany) has increased by 1.44%.
June’s contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $0.01 to $66.45 per barrel.
In Ukraine
On Thursday, Aril 30, trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened on neutral territory, day passed with negative dynamics. Value of the UX index has declined by 0.68% to 1186.12. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 3.1 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 31.6 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 46.7 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, seven declined. Leaders of growth were shares of Donbasenergo (+0.82%). Worse than market looked shares of Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant (-5.92%) and Avdiivka Coke Plant (-4.43%).
The National Bank of Ukraine profit amounted to UAH 96.08 billion in 2014. It was outlined in the NBU consolidated financial statements for 2014. In 2013 the National Bank made a profit of UAH 14.77 billion.
Premarket
External background at the opening is negative.
The Asian indexes are showing mixed dynamics today. Nikkei rose by 0.06%, Hong Kong Hang Seng declining by 1.58%.
Futures on American indexes are decreasing today from 0.11% to 0.16%.
Russian indexes as of 10:00 EET are rising — MICEX increasing by 0.60%, RTS growing by 0.09%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by decrease.
In Europe will be published data on construction PMI in the U.K. (11:30 EET).
In the U.S. will be published trade balance (15:30 EET) and data on ISM non-manufacturing PMI (17:00 EET).
ITT Investment group
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