» UK markets rebounded yesterday, closing higher, amid reports that collaborative actions by Germany and France would boost the euro area’s bailout fund.
» BSkyB, the top gainer on the FTSE 100 index, surged 5.4%, after its first quarter results surpassed online spread betting market expectation.
» Among banking stocks, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group climbed between 2.5% and 3.4%, amid easing worries over the contagion risk.
» Energy stocks, BP, Tullow Oil and Royal Dutch Shell rallied between 1.4% and 1.8%, as crude oil prices firmed up. Diageo surged 4.0%, after posting better-than-forecasted first-quarter sales.
» Among mining stocks, ENRC rose 1.3%, amid speculation that it might be a takeover target for Glencore.
» Wolseley climbed 4.6%, bolstered by an unexpected jump in US housing starts.
» FTSE 100 climbed 0.7% to settle at 5,450.5, while FTSE 250 gained 0.5% to close at 10,231.8.
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US Shares News - 20 Oct 11
» US markets declined yesterday, after the Fed Beige Book survey showed that the US economy was growing at a weak pace and following a deadlock over the European bailout talks.
» Banking stock, Comerica, the top laggard on the S&P 500 index, plummeted 10.5%, after it reported higher third-quarter earnings but forecasted a drop in its net interest margin for the fourth-quarter.
» BlackRock slid 4.7%, after reporting a 10.0% fall in its AUM during September. Caterpillar and DuPont lost 1.4% and 2.8%, respectively, amid concerns about the strength of the economy.
» Apple slumped 5.6%, after its fourth-quarter earnings missed market expectations.
» Goldman Sachs lost 1.4%, after a slew of brokers cut their price target on the stock.
» Powerwave Technologies, the top laggard on the NASDAQ, plunged 41.8%, after its third-quarter earnings update missed market expectations.
» DJIA lost 0.6% to 11,504.6. NASDAQ shed 2.0% to 2,604.0. S&P 500 lost 1.3% to 1,209.9.
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Asian Shares News - 20 Oct 11
» Asian markets are trading lower this morning, amid lingering worries about the Eurozone debt crisis and after the Federal Reserve warned that the US economy was still weak.
» In Japan, chipmakers, Elpida Memory and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing, lost values, after a report showed that chip-equipment orders in Japan had declined in September.
» Industrial machinery maker, Kubota, lost value after it halted operations at three of its plants in Thailand.
» Mitsubishi Motors declined after it announced to suspend all output in the country until 22 October.
» In Hong Kong, Jiangxi Copper lost value tracking a drop in base metal prices.
» Retailers, Esprit Holdings and Li & Fung, dropped amid concerns about their sales growth in Europe and the US.
» In South Korea, Kukdo Chemical retreated after its third-quarter net income plunged 53% from a year earlier.
» Nikkei 225 index is trading 1.1% lower, at 8,678.0. Hang Seng index lost 1.8%, to trade at 17,947.9, while the Kospi index is trading 0.5% down, at 1,846.9.
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