After yesterday recorded the sharpest daily fall this year, Wall Street stock markets continued to fall today.
Month: January 2017
German retail sales – January 31st 2017 09:30 (GMT+1)
German retail sales fell in December by 0.9% compared to November.
Analysts had forecast an increase of 0.5% in sales.
Japan – January 31st 2017 07:30 (GMT+1)
Japan has posted today some macroeconomic data which painted a confusing picture about the activity’s in the third largest economy in the world.
The country’s industrial output grew for the second month in a row view of the increasing demand for Japanese goods, caused by by the weakening of the Japanese yen.
December industrial output rose by 0.5%, continuing a surge of 1.5% in November.
Other data released today indicate a decline in consumer spending, which may explain the expected slowdown in growth in the fourth quarter.
Wall Street – January 31st 2017 07:00 (GMT+1)
The trading on exchanges of Wall Street closed yesterday with declines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.6%, the S&P 500 lost 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 0.8%.
Stock markets – January 30th 2017 15:30 (GMT+1)
The trading on Wall Street today (Monday) is of a clear negative trend, after the
Asia recorded declines and Europe registered a similar trend.
Wall Street – January 30th 2017 13:00 (GMT+1)
Wall Street expected to open today with declines, this according to trading the futures contracts on the leading indicators.
Europe – January 30th 2017 09:00 (GMT+1)
Declines in Europe at the beginning of the trading week.
The FTSE decreasing by 0.9%, the DAX weakened by 0.7%, the CAC loses 1%.
Oil – January 30th 2017 07:45 (GMT+1)
The Oil price falling by 0.2%.
The WTI oil falls to a price level of 53.1 dollar per barrel and the price of Brent crude dropping to a price level of 55.4 per dollar a barrel.
FOREX – January 30th 2017 07:30 (GMT+1)
The US dollar weakened against the major currencies.
It goes down by 0.2% against the Japanese yen to 114.9 yen to the dollar.
The pound strengthened against the dollar by 0.3% to 1.2516.
Wall Street – January 27th 2017 13:30 (GMT+1)
Wall Street stock markets are expected to open up with stability and the Dow Jones index may climb for the fourth day in a row.
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