DAILY

15th May 2013

PSI20: -0.44% DAX30: +0.09% FTSE100: -0.09% S&P500: -0,50% NIKKEI225: -0,39%
Government bonds yields continue their downtrend and are now close to 5%. The spread over bunds is lower than 4 percentage points, recording a new low More>> Psi 20 has dropped. Banking sector, Portugal Telecom and Jernimo Martins were the main drivers pressuring the index ... More>> European stocks were little changed, after the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index yesterday extended its highest level since June 2008.... More>> Euro-area exports increased for a third month in March as the currency blocs four largest economies all shipped more goods, adding to signs the region is beginning to emerge from a recordlong recessionMore>> The European Central Bank is set to take center stage as the euro areas chief banking supervisor, after the European Banking Authority ditched this years stress test in favor of an ECB-led review of lenders asset qualityMore>>

Stocks ended near session lows Thursday pressured by a handful of weak economic data and as some Fed officials stated their openness to tapering the central bank's bond-buying program in the coming months. More>> Thursday's economic reports featured mostly bad news, with housing starts plunging and jobless claims rising while inflation remained under control. Starts at building sites for homes fell 16.5% last month, while initial jobless claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 More>>

The Shanghai Composite rallied over 1 percent on Thursday as investors cheered news of easing regulations while Japan's Nikkei index closed off its five-and-a-half year peak after data showed that capital spending fell for a fifth straight month. More>> Japans economy expanded the most in a year last quarter as consumer spending and export gains outweighed the weakest business investment since the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. More>>

OIL (WTI 95.14 $/bbl; +0.91% / Brent 103.80 $/bbl; +0.18%): Oil prices rose after a fresh wave of disappointing economic indicators in the U.S. fanned sentiments that the Federal Reserve More>> GOLD (1384.55 $/oz t; -0.75%): Gold prices fell despite the release of weak U.S. pricing, housing and regional factory data, which convinced more and more investors that the Federal Reserve ... More>> CORN (642.00 $/bu; -1.33%): Corn capped the longest slump in more than a month on signs that warm, dry weather will allow U.S. farmers to accelerate planting delayed by a cold, wet April. More>>

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