» UK markets closed lower yesterday, amid political uncertainty in Italy and Greece.
» Weir Group fell 3.7%, after analysts indicated that its order book has been priced in and unchanged revenue guidance might disappoint investors.
» International Consolidated Airlines Group led the fallers on the FTSE 100 index, tumbling 4.5%, after Investec downgraded the stock to “Sell” from “Hold”.
» Among banking stocks, Lloyds Banking Group declined 3.1%, while Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland lost 2.3% and 3.6%, respectively, amid renewed Eurozone worries.
» Insurers, Prudential, Legal & General and Aviva slipped between 0.4% and 2.0%, as falling equity markets raised concerns about their portfolios.
» Smith & Nephew retreated 1.6%, after Credit Suisse slashed its ratings on the stock to “Neutral” from “Outperform”.
» Essar Energy lost 1.8%, after revealing worse-than-expected trading update.
» FTSE 100 edged down 0.3% to 5,510.8. FTSE 250 shed 0.8% to settle at 10,302.2.
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US Shares News - 08 Nov 11
» US markets closed slightly higher on Monday, recouping from early losses, after European Central Bank policymaker, Juergen Stark, predicted that the Eurozone crisis would be over within two years.
» Drug maker, Amgen, the top riser on the S+P 500 index, surged 5.9%, after it offered to repurchase 10.0% of its outstanding shares, worth $5 billion.
» Securities and investment banking group, Jefferies advanced 1.4%, following a reduction in its gross holdings of sovereign securities of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain by almost 50.0%.
» Dish Network gained 5.0%, after it announced a special dividend, as its third-quarter earnings rose 30%.
» Pharmasset soared 4.9%, after reporting strong cure rates for its hepatitis-C treatment.
» General Motors rose 1.7%, after it reiterated plans to double its annual sales to 5 million vehicles in China by 2015.
» DJIA added 0.7% to close at 12,068.4. NASDAQ edged up 0.3% to settle at 2,695.3. S&P 500 gained 0.6% to end at 1,261.1.
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Asian Shares News - 08 Nov 11
» Asian markets are trading mostly lower this morning, as Eurozone debt concerns and Italian political turmoil overshadowed Greece moving closer to forming a new government.
» In Japan, exporters, Sony, Nikon and Panasonic traded lower, amid concern that slowing economic growth would impact demand.
» Olympus lost value, after it announced that a third-party panel discovered the use of multiple funds to defer losses from the deals.
» In Hong Kong, banking stocks, Bank of Communications, Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China traded higher on hopes of policy easing in China.
» Energy stocks, Cnooc and Petrochina gained value, as crude oil prices rose yesterday.
» In South Korea, exporters, Kia Motors and Samsung Electronics paced losses, amid concerns about demand.
» Nikkei 225 index is trading 0.1% lower, at 8,683.3. Hang Seng index is trading 0.7% higher at 19,804.9, while the Kospi index is trading 0.1% lower, at 1,916.6.
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