
A negative opening of trading day in the Europe’s leading stock markets.
The DAX and the CAC indices are down by 0.4%, the FTSE is down by 0.6%.

A negative opening of trading day in the Europe’s leading stock markets.
The DAX and the CAC indices are down by 0.4%, the FTSE is down by 0.6%.

WTI oil was down by 1.1% yesterday and closed at the level of 49.96 US dollars per barrel.
This was the first time this week that his price closed below 50 US dollars a barrel, and one of the reason is the forecast of an increase of 400 thousand barrels in the US inventory.
The Brent oil fell by 1.3% and closed at a price level of 50.8 US dollars per barrel.

Wall Street ended the trading day yesterday with price declines.
Summing up the day, the Dow Jones was down by 0.3%, the Nasdaq fell by 0.5% and the S&P 500 was down by 0.4%.

Case-Shiller, which examines the change in house prices in 20 leading US cities showed an increase of 5.1%, as expected.

Wall Street futures contracts are signalling on a steady opening of the trading day.

The European Union approved a bailout of 2.8 billion Euros to Greece after she completed a round of economic reforms as agreed.

The IFO survey of business situation in Germany shows an encouraging statistic of 110.5 points, above the early forecasts of 109.5 points.

The WTI oil is trading this morning with a slight increase of 0.3% to a price level of 50.7 US dollar per barrel, while the Brent is stable at a price level of 51.5 US dollar per barrel.

The trading in Europe open with a positive note.
The DAX and the FTSE are rising by 0.5%, the CAC rising by 0.3%.

There is a mixed trend in Asian stock markets this morning, as when the US dollar rises against most of the other currencies.