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Continuing Down Monday 17 August 2009

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:58:41 +0000

Hang Seng (Hong Kong): -3.62%

Australia: -3.25%

Nikkei 225 (Japan): -3.10%

Asia hit especially hard by weak US consumer confidence number.

Europe at mid-day:

FTSE 100 (UK): -1.76% at 11:17 AM

DAX (Germany): -1.91% at 12:19 PM

CAC 40 (France): -2.39% at 12:35 PM

SPY after hours: -1.7% at 6:30 AM At 99.07

QQQQ after hours: -1.4% at 6:30 AM
Hang Seng (Hong Kong): +0.15%

Australia: +0.65%

Nikkei 225 (Japan): +0.76%

Europe at mid-day:

FTSE 100 (UK): +0.27% at 12:19 PM

DAX (Germany): +0.27% at 1:19 PM

CAC 40 (France): +0.62% at 1:35 PM

SPY after hours: +0.3% at 7:30 AM At 101.87

QQQQ after hours: +0.2% at 7:20 AM

Economic Indicators: The Empire survey of manufacturing in NY State is expected to show an increase today.

During the Day: Lowe’s Companies(LOW) do it yourself home improvement warehouse stores, announces earinings.

After the Close: Agilent Technologies (A) scientific and technical measurement instruments, AirMedia Group (AMCN) Chinese company that advertises in airports, CDC Corp (CHINA) software company based in Hong Kong, announce earnings.

News For 14 July 2009

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:53:50 +0000

Hang Seng (Hong Kong): +3.66%

Australia: +1.90%

Nikkei 225 (Japan): +2.34%

Asia up as a knock=on effect of US Monday return?

FTSE 100 (UK): +0.56% at 10 AM

DAX (Germany): +0.77% at 11 AM

CAC 40 (France): +2.31% at 11 AM

Europe up moderately.

S&P 500 (Globex): 0.0% at 5:21 AM

Nasdaq (Globex): 0.1%

Economic Indicators: June retail sales comes out at 8:29 AM EST. Retail sales are 10% lower than last year. The consensus estimate is that June sales are +0.4% over May.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for June comes out at 8:29 AM too. It is expected to show a 1% rise over May. Core PPI is up 3% year over year.

Business inventories is expected to show a 0.8% drop in June over May when announced at 9:59 AM EST. The inventory to sales ratio has shot up to 1.44 since sales have fallen by 15%, while inventories only by 5% year over year.

Goldman Sachs (GS) before the market opens, Intel (IITC) after the close and DELL has a call before the open, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), and Yum! Brands(YUM) after the market closes, and Altera Corp (ALTR) after the close announce earnings.