» UK markets slid on Friday, amid ongoing concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis. However, losses were restricted, as mining sector stocks posted a rally.
» Essar Energy, the top laggard on the FTSE 100 index, declined 4.5%, as it was named in the on-going 2G mobile phone spectrum allocation investigation in India.
» Among fund managers, Hargreaves Lansdown slipped 2.9%, as Citigroup downgraded the stock to “Neutral” from “Buy”, while Man Group dropped 4.4%, after Deutsche Bank issued a “Sell” recommendation on the stock.
» British Sky Broadcasting lost 1.2%, after Bank of America downgraded the stock to “Neutral” from “Buy”.
» Kazakhmys rose 3.2%, after it secured a loan facility from the China Development Bank Corporation to develop its copper mine project in Kazakhstan, while Antofagasta rose 3.7%, as copper prices rebounded.
» FTSE 100 edged down 0.3% to settle at 5,387.3, while FTSE 250 inched 0.2% lower to close at 9,803.2.
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US Shares News - 19 Dec 11
» US markets closed mostly higher on Friday, as gains in commodity sector stocks outweighed concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis. Markets also shrugged off concern about a credit downgrade of several large global banks by Fitch Ratings.
» Adobe Systems, the top gainer on the S&P 500 index, gained 6.6%, after its first-quarter sales forecast surpassed market expectation.
» Chevron and Halliburton logged gains of 1.2% and 1.6%, respectively, tracking a rise in crude oil prices.
» Ista Pharmaceuticals jumped 71.7%, after Valeant made a hostile bid to acquire the company.
» Research In Motion tumbled 11.2%, after it deferred the arrival of its new generation of BlackBerrys.
» Accenture fell 3.5%, as it lowered its full-year earnings forecast.
» DJIA edged down marginally to close at 11,866.4. NASDAQ inched 0.6% higher to settle at 2,555.3. S&P 500 edged up 0.3% to settle at 1,219.7.
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Asian Shares News - 19 Dec 11
» Asian markets are trading lower this morning, led by losses in financials, as Moody’s Investors Service cut Belgium’s credit rating, and after Fitch Ratings put six Eurozone nations on watch for a possible downgrade.
» In Japan, financial stocks, Nomura Holdings, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Daiwa Securities traded lower as risk appetite decreased among investors.
» In Hong Kong, homebuilders, China Vanke, Agile Property and China Resources Land, paced declines, following report that home prices in most of China's major cities declined for a second consecutive month in November.
» In South Korea, Samsung Electronics lost value, after the company filed a new iPhone patent infringement claim against Apple in Germany.
» Nikkei 225 index is trading 1.1% lower, at 8,312.9. Hang Seng index is trading 2.5% lower at 17,833.4, while the Kospi index is trading 3.2% lower at 1,781.7.
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