The trading in Asia ended with a mixed trend.
It seems that more than anything which affects the Asian stock markets is the change of government in the United States.
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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.
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.
Wall Street – January 6th 2017 07:00 (GMT+1)
The trading on Wall Street stock exchanges closed yesterday with a mixed trend at the background of disappointing employment data released in the private sector in the US, and ahead of the official employment report due to be published later today.
US ADP survey – January 5th 2017 13:15 (GMT+1)
The US ADP survey for December showed disappointing result when stood with 153 jobs against expectations of 170 thousand.
In November the ADP survey was about 215 thousand jobs.
Future contracts – January 4th 2017 13:15 (GMT+1)
The future contracts on Wall street are signaling on a positive trend at the start of the trading day in the US.
Wall street – January 4th 2017 07:00 (GMT+1)
The trading on Wall Street stock exchanges closed yesterday on a positive trend, at the first trading day of 2017.
The rising came following an encouraging manufacturing data released in the US and China.
However, the increases have moderated after the oil retreated from a high of 18 months.
PMI manufacturing sector in the UK – January 3rd 2017 09:30 (GMT+1)
The PMI manufacturing sector in December in the UK was of 56.1 points.
It’s highest level since June 2014.
The figure is significantly higher than expected, 53.3 points.
The explanation is the weakness of the pound which contributes to British exports, but on the other side it’s stressed the fear of a rapid rise in inflation.
The US trade deficit surge – December 29th 2016 13:30 (GMT+1)
The trade deficit of the US in November jumped by 5.5% to 65.3 billion dollars.
The economists expected a smaller deficit of 62.5 billion dollars.
US jobless claims fall – December 29th 2016 13:30 (GMT+1)
The number of unemployment claims in the US fell last week to 265 thousand compared to 275 thousand in the previous week.
The economists viewed more moderate decline to 270 thousand claims.
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