Europe
Stock markets in Europe have completed the first auction of August in the black thanks to encouraging statistics from the United States. Index PMI, reflecting activity in the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy in July was 48.9 points compared with a 44.8 point a month earlier, shows an overview of the Institute of Supply Managers (ISM). Economists were expecting the index value at the level of 46.2 points. Pan-European index of blue chip FTSEurofirst 300 rose 1.43 percent to 942.02 points. Monday is a good total for the banking sector. Stocks HSBC added nearly 5.0 percent since its earnings surpassed expectations. Shares of commodity companies added followed by rising prices for oil and copper went up by 2.9 and 4.4 percent respectively.
| FT-SE 100 | 74.10 | 1.61% |
| DAX | 94.71 | 1.78% |
| CAC40 | 51.53 | 1.50% |
Asia
Asian markets show positive dynamics in the bidding against the backdrop of rising prices for commodities, while the shares of auto and motoproizvoditeley demonstrated negative dynamics on the background reports on the profits. BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group rose more than 3% in Sydney. HSBC Holdings - the biggest European bank grew by 6.6% in the tender in Hong Kong after the publication of a report on earnings surpassed the expectations of players.
| NIKKEI 225 | 22.54 | 0.22% |
| HANG SENG INDEX | 35.77 | 0.17% |
| SHANGHAI SE A SHARE INDX | 9.12 | 0.25% |
| SHANGHAI SE B SHARE INDX | 3.19 | 1.45% |
| KOSPI INDEX | 1.39 | 0.09% |
United States
U.S. stock market rose on Monday, with the SP 500 index surpassed 1,000 points mark for the first time in nine months, since the data on the manufacturing sector have strengthened confidence in the economic recovery. Nasdaq Index closed at a level above 2000 points for the first time since the beginning of October, continuing a rally, due to stronger-than-expected quarterly results of companies and statistics suggest that the recession might end. Positive mood has worsened due to Ford Motor Co, whose shares added 4 percent after the automakers reported the first increase in sales year on year in November 2007. In addition, the action received support after the data that the decline in the productive sector of the U.S. economy slowed in July. Index PMI, reflecting activity in the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy in July amounted to 48.9 point, which was by far the highest since August 2008, shows an overview of the Institute of Supply Managers. Despite the fact that the level of below 50 points indicates reduction sector, this figure was higher than expected.
| DJIA | 114.95 | 1.25% |
| SP 500 | 15.15 | 1.53% |
| NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX | 30.11 | 1.52% |
| NASDAQ 100 | 24.76 | 1.54% |
Movement of the market up, to maximize the performance of the year in 1200-1250 points on the MICEX index, will continue
Recommendations on shares of Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft, MMC Norilsk Nickel and Sberbank
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During the current bid may be an attempt to fix the position of the speculative market participants
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Warehouse real estate continues to depreciate
Developing markets forgotten Lehman Brothers