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Morningstar Morning Research Update Mon 17 Dec 2012

Monday, 17 December 2012, 11:13 am
Press Release: Morningstar

17-Dec-2012

Overseas Market Report
Technology stocks led major benchmarks lower on Friday, erasing weekly gains for the S&P 500 and the Dow, as Apple continued its recent slide.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.71 points, or 0.3%, to 13,135.01, following a 75-point drop on Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index retreated 5.87 points, or 0.4%, to 1,413.58. The technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 20.83 points, or 0.7%, to 2,971.33. .. Read More

	Foreign Equities (17-Dec-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Dow Jones (US)	13135	-36	-0.27
/	S&P 500	1414	-6	-0.41
/	NASDAQ	2971	-21	-0.70
/	FTSE 100 Index	5922	-8	-0.13
/	DAX 30	7596	14	0.19
	CAC 40	3643	0	0.00
/	Nikkei 225 (Japan)	9738	-5	-0.05
/	HKSE	22606	160	0.71
/	SSE Composite Index	2151	89	4.32
/	BSE Sensitive	19317	88	0.46
/	NZ 50	3979	4	0.11

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	Commodities (17-Dec-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Aluminium	2138	5	0.25
/	Copper	8044	-8	-0.10
/	Nickel	17810	174	0.98
/	Gold	1695	0	-0.06
/	Silver	32.2	-0.3	-1.05
/	Oil - West Texas crude	87.2	0.4	0.52
/	Lead	2284	-5	-0.21
/	Zinc	2065	15	0.71

	Currency (17-Dec-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	$A vs $US	1.0546	0.0019	0.18
/	$A vs GBP	0.6524	-0.0016	-0.24
/	$A vs YEN	88.91	-0.79	-0.89
/	$A vs EUR	0.8006	0.0014	0.17
/	$A vs $NZ	1.2470	0.0001	0.01
/	$US vs Euro	0.7591	0.0005	0.07
/	$US vs UK	0.6185	-0.0001	-0.01
/	$US vs CHF	0.9170	0.0006	0.07

Research Updates (6)

	Special Reports (1)
/	Fund Talking Points: Key Characteristics of Australian & Global Listed Property

	Funds (2)
/	Lazard Emerging Markets Equity (4870)	Silver
/	Vanguard Emerging Markets Index (4743)	Bronze

	Shares (3)
/	Caltex (CTX)	Reduce
/	Insurance Aust. Grp. (IAG)	Reduce
/	News Corp (NWS)	Hold

	ETFs (0)
	There were no research reports published on the previous business day.

	Fixed Income (0)
	There were no research reports published on the previous business day.

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