Wednesday 19 September 2012

Thursday 20th Sept 2012 (Morning)


The US Housing data was mildly positive, and coupled with the news of the Japanses stimulus plan, global stock markets rose in response. The US markets faded into the close, with questions being raised about the cause of the fall in oil prices.

Indices
Current
+/-
%
Dow Jones
13577.96
13.32
0.0982
S & P 500
1461.05
1.73
0.1185
NASDAQ
3182.62
4.82
0.1517
FTSE 100
5888.48
20.32
0.3463
DAX 30
7390.76
43.07
0.5862
CAC 40
3531.82
19.13
0.5446
Milan MIB30
16100.23
24.2
0.1505
Nikkei
9232.21
108.44
1.1885
Hang Seng
20841.91
239.98
1.1648
Hang Seng China Enterprises
9849.06
0
0
Straits Times
3075.63
7.65
0.2493
Shanghai Composite
2067.8309
8.2878
0.4024

CBA released their latest Business Sales Indicator this morning, I will try to provide some more colour on this in the afternoon report.

Stocks going ex-dividend today:

Security
Description
DivAmnt
Last
Yield %
ETSGEL
Exchange Traded Sec - ETS General Electric
6.85
1953
0.35%
GEM
G8 Education Limited
2
125
1.60%
PLB
Plan B Group Hld
3
59
5.08%
RBSGEL
RBS PLC - RBS General Electric
13.82
0
#DIV/0!
SGH
Slater & Gordon
3.5
195
1.79%
SKE
Skilled Group Ltd
8
274
2.92%
TAG
Tag Pacific Limited
1
27.5748
3.63%
TAG
Tag Pacific Limited
4
27.5748
14.51%

And Tomorrow:

Security
Description
DivAmnt
Last
Yield %
SFW
Sfg Australia Ltd
1
40
2.50%
SIP
Sigma Pharmaceutical
2
66
3.03%
SXL
Sthn Cross Media
5
106
4.72%

Chinese Manufacturing PMI is due at around 1:30pm Sydnye time, and this will likely have an impact on the market – the previous measure was 47.6.

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