» UK markets closed higher on Friday, in a shortened trading session, after robust economic data fuelled optimism that the US economic recovery is gathering pace, overshadowing concerns about the eurozone debt crisis.
» Tullow Oil, the top riser on the FTSE 100 index, and BP gained 3.1% and 2.1%, respectively, tracking a rise in crude oil prices.
» BG Group advanced 1.0%, after it announced an oil discovery in the North Sea.
» Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Antofagasta added between 0.6% and 2.4%, as copper prices rose for the fourth consecutive day.
» SABMiller gained 2.2%, after JPMorgan Cazenove reiterated its “Overweight” rating on the stock.
» National Grid gained 2.5%, amid speculation that the company is mulling to dispose its UK gas distribution businesses to State Grid Corporation of China.
» FTSE 100 surged 1.0% to 5,512.7, while FTSE 250 climbed 0.8% to settle at 9,984.2.
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US Shares News - 28 Dec 11
» US markets closed mostly higher yesterday, as better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence overshadowed a drop in home prices.
» Mead Johnson Nutrition, the top riser on the S&P 500 index, gained 5.8%, after it stated that tests had revealed no presence of potentially fatal bacteria in a batch of the product used by a baby who died.
» Casino companies, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming gained between 1.0% and 9.8%, amid optimism that a US Department of Justice opinion could open more opportunities to online gambling run by states.
» MetLife climbed 0.3%, after it announced that it had agreed to sell the bulk of its retail bank deposits business to GE Capital.
» However, Sears Holdings slumped 27.2%, after it planned to close 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears stores to reduce costs.
» DJIA edged down marginally to close at 12,291.3. NASDAQ inched up 0.3% to settle at 2,625.2. S&P 500 rose marginally to settle at 1,265.4.
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Asian Shares News - 28 Dec 11
» Asian markets are trading lower this morning, after economic reports showed that Japan’s industrial production dropped in November, and confidence among South Korean manufacturers sank to a 30-month low for December.
» Moreover, Chinese markets also traded lower, amid speculation that the global economic slowdown and slump in property prices would curb corporate earnings growth.
» In Japan, Tokyo Electric lost value after Trade Minister, Yukio Edano, stated that the company would consider all options for survival, including temporary control by the government.
» Nitto Boseki traded lower after the company trimmed its full-year earnings forecast.
» In Hong Kong, Aluminum Corp of China lost value following report that its parent company would be impacted by price and order declines in the first-half.
» In South Korea, Hankook Tire traded lower, after Hyosung Group sold its entire 0.99% stake in the company.
» Nikkei 225 index is trading 0.1% lower, at 8,433.9. Hang Seng index is trading 0.7% lower at 18,503.7, while the Kospi index is trading 1.0% lower at 1,823.5.
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