World stock markets
At the last day of the company, especially the U.S., please investors, strong financial statements for the previous quarter. Many have already announced the results after the completion of trading session on the stock market.
company Apple, one of the world leaders in information technology and electronics, said despite the crisis of increasing demand for its products. Thus, over the past three months, Apple sold 5.2 million phones in the iPhone compared to 3.79 million, sold in the previous quarter. Sales of Macintosh computers rose by 18% from the previous quarter. The Company's revenues grew by 12% compared to the same period last year - up to 8,34 billion dollars, an increase in profit was 15% - to 1,23 billion dollars
Another major global manufacturer of electronic devices, the South Korean LG Electronics, recorded by raising the demand for television sets during the reporting period of record results: revenues - about 11.23 billion dollars - an increase of 13.8%, net profit amounted to 917 million . dollars - an increase of 62%.
The owner of the world's largest network of coffee houses, the American Starbucks Corp., received during the period from April to June net profit of $ 151.5 million against net loss of $ 6.7 million during the same period of 2008. However, the Company's revenues decreased by 6.6% - up to 2,404 billion dollars
Several participants in the stock market having an account owner's second most popular search site Yahoo! Profit from the company managed to reduce costs to increase by 7.6% - up to 141 million, while revenues fell by nearly 13% - up to 1.57 billion U.S. In doing so, announced earnings forecast for the current quarter - 1 ,45-1, 55 billion dollars - was below market expectations.
The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during his address to the Committee on Financial Services House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress with semi-annual economic reports failed to report any fundamentally new information. In general, the report B. Bernanke was quite optimistic: The American economy has plummeted in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year. The last time the rate of decline seems to have slowed significantly, and the final demand and production have shown tentative signs of stabilization … On the labor market, however, remains weak, - he said.
The main stock indexes in Europe and the United States concluded the last trading mostly in positive areas with changes of order 0.4% -1.3%.
On Wednesday morning futures for America traded with the decline, the site of the Asia-Pacific region, the new moderate.
Metals Market
Tuesday, July 21, trades on the London Metal Exchange were mostly in the red zone. Despite the continued favorable news background, nickel, lead, zinc and tin finished trading session in the red with the results of -1.7%, -0.9%, -0.7% and -0.2% respectively. Their stocks have changed slightly.
demand at yesterday's auction used only copper and aluminum, went one day to 0.9% and 0.2%. On Wednesday a wave of profit fixation and covered them. On the morning of all metals at LME, except tin, traded in the negative territory, losing an average of 0.5% -1% of the cost.
In addition to technical factors, the pressure on commodity markets has a growing appreciation of the dollar, which began yesterday and today with the rapid morning.
oil market
According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), stocks of crude oil in the United States last week for the first time since April of this year increased, the change amounted to 3.1 million barrels, as opposed to the expected decrease of 2.1 million barrels. In doing so, gasoline inventories rose by 1.3 million barrels, distillates stocks rose slightly.
On Wednesday night a report on the status of the fuel market in the United States has traditionally published by the U.S. Department of Energy. According to market forecasts, the reserves of crude oil in the week from 14 to 21 July in the country declined to 2.1 million barrels, gasoline inventory increased by 0.65 million barrels, distillates - by 1.5 million barrels.
Tuesday black gold slightly went up. The September Brent contract rose to 0.65% - up to 66.87 dollars per barrel, WTI August neftefyuchers class has become more cost at 1.16%, established by the date ekspiratsii at around 64.72 dollars per barrel.
On Wednesday morning of hydrocarbons traded with a small decrease in quotations.
By the end of the trading the MICEX index will try to conquer the Merchants mark in 1000 items
In the 1 half of 2009 turnover of the trading at MICEX increased to 1.5-fold to 91.3 trillion rubles
In the 1 half of 2009, MOESK reduced electricity losses against targets
Prices pair EUR /USD consolidated in the range, limited levels of 1.4180 - 1.4240
Since the beginning of last week, oil prices rose nearly 7%
Cabinet had received representations from the NBU for recapitalization of banks
NBU recommends banks to increase lending to the economy
Analysis - Results of the day
Trading volume on the Russian stock market today, more than modest, many market participants race in disarray