Last closure
On Thursday, August 6, trades in USA have come to the end with decrease. Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, rose by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 270,000 in the week ended Aug. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had forecast 271,000 new applications for jobless benefits last week. Claims figures have been volatile in recent weeks, due to temporary summer shutdowns for retooling at auto factories. In July, claims figures dropped to 255,000, the lowest since 1973. They have been consistently at or below 285,000 since April of this year. On the day’s result, index Dow Jones has declined by 0.69%, S&P has lowered by 0.78%, Nasdaq has decreased by 1.62%.
European stock exchanges closed with decrease of main indexes. German factory orders were up sharply by 2% in June, with a weak euro fueling strong global demand. The growth in June marked a rebound from May’s 0.3% slump and defied analyst expectations of more modest growth in the month, in the face of volatility in China and Greece. The economics ministry said in its statement that German industry is likely to maintain a moderate growth path in the coming months. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to leave rates unchanged, its first split decision this year. Ian McCafferty, the one dissenting member, voted to increase the bank's base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%. On the day’s result, British FTSE has declined by 0.08%, DAX (Germany) has lowered by 0.44%, CAC 40 (France) has decreased by 0.09%.
Septembers’ contractual price on Brent oil, decreased by $0.07 to $49.52 per barrel.
In Ukraine
Trades on the Ukrainian stock exchange opened by decrease, day passed without certain dynamics. Value of the UX index has declined by 0.55% to 965.81. Share trades capacity on the application market was equal to UAH 1.1 million. Trades capacity on the derivatives market was equal to UAH 8.6 million. Total trades capacity for yesterday — UAH 17.6 million.
From ten shares of an index basket, three have risen. Leaders of growth were shares of Avdiivka Coke Plant (+1.70%). Worse than market looked shares of Enakievo Metallurgical Plant (-2.70%) and Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant (-2.21%).
The State Statistics Service in July 2015, for the first time since August 2013, recorded deflation in Ukraine which amounted to 1%, while in June inflation was 0.4%, in May - 2.2%. According to the service, in annual terms - compared to the same month in 2014 - inflation slowed to 55.3% from 57.5% in June, 58.4% - May, and 60.9% - April.
Premarket
External background at the opening is moderately positive.
The Asian indexes are growing today. Nikkei rose by 0.29%, Hong Kong Hang Seng increasing by 0.74%.
Futures on American indexes are growing today from -0.01% to +0.03%.
Russian indexes as of 10:02 EET are rising — MICEX increasing by 0.44%, RTS growing by 1.14%.
Our expectations
We expect opening of the Ukrainian market by growth.
In the U.S. will be published nonfarm payrolls (15:30 EET) and unemployment rate (15:30 EET).
ITT Investment group
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