The trading on Wall Street closed yesterday with a mixed trend.
The Dow Jones doesn’t reach the threshold of 20 thousand point.
The Nasdaq closed again with a new record after an increase of 0.4%.
Month: January 2017
Wall Street – January 9th 2017 14:30 (GMT+1)
The trading on Wall Street opened today (Monday) with declines, in accordance with the trend in the world.
Investors will focus this week in two major events:
The reporting season which opens today, and a press conference on Wednesday, by the President-elect Donald Trump.
Futures contracts – January 9th 2017 13:00 (GMT+1)
The futures contracts on the leading indices on Wall street are traded with a mixed but moderate trend at this hour.
Unemployment rate in the EU – January 9th 2017 11:00 (GMT+1)
The European Statistics Office published the unemployment rate in the EU in November 2016, and it remained unchanged at 9.8%.
This figure matched the analysts’ forecasts.
Oil – January 9th 2017 08:00 (GMT+1)
The price of the oil falls this morning after four days of gains.
The WTI oil losing 0.5% and trading at 53.75 dollars a barrel.
The Brent oil traded falling by 0.4% and trading at 56.88 dollars a barrel.
China’s foreign exchange reserves – January 9th 2017 07:45 (GMT+1)
A data released over the weekend showed that China’s foreign exchange reserves fell for the sixth consecutive month.
Asian markets – January 9th 2017 07:30 (GMT+1)
There is a mixed trend in Asian trading today.
The index of Asia Dow retreated by 0.2, Hong Kong added 0.1%, Shanghai rising by 0.5%, Singapore rising by 0.5%.
Tokyo Stock Exchange closed today on the occasion a local holiday.
USA economic news – January 6th 2017 13:30 (GMT+1)
NFP – an added 156,000 new Jobs in December.
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7% from 4.6% in November.
Futures contracts – January 6th 2017 12:30 (GMT+1)
According to the futures contracts, the trading day on Wall Street is expected to open with a mixed trend.
NFP – January 6th 2017 09:30 (GMT+1)
Investors around the world are waiting anxiously towards the publication of the US employment report and its potential impact on the interest rate.
The early expectations are of 178 thousand additional jobs.
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