21-Dec-2012
Overseas Market Report
Stocks moved higher as Republican, John Boehner stated he was going to keep working on a fix to the fiscal cliff.
Third-quarter GDP was revised upwards today to 3.1% from 2.7%. Economists had expected a more modest uptick. The
Commerce Department now thinks that consumer spending rose 1.6% in the quarter compared to the previous estimate of
1.4%. GDP also looked better than previous thought due to lower levels of exports, mainly due to lower oil prices... Read More
Foreign Equities (21-Dec-2012 / Close)CloseChange% Change Dow Jones (US)13312600.45 S 500144480.55 NASDAQ305060.20 FTSE 100 Index5958-3-0.05 DAX 30767240.05 CAC 40366720.06 Nikkei 225 (Japan)10039-121-1.19 HKSE22660360.16 SSE Composite Index216860.28 BSE Sensitive19454-22-0.11 NZ 504075521.30
Commodities (21-Dec-2012 / Close)CloseChange% Change Aluminium2026-22-1.09 Copper7743-154-1.96 Nickel17502-173-0.98 Gold1648-21-1.28 Silver29.91.13.72 Oil - West Texas crude90.01.61.79 Lead2305-14-0.63 Zinc2037-17-0.82
Currency (21-Dec-2012 / Close)CloseChange% Change $A vs $US1.0483-0.0009-0.09 $A vs GBP0.64400.00040.06 $A vs YEN88.47-0.25-0.28 $A vs EUR0.79160.00100.13 $A vs $NZ1.2563-0.0026-0.21 $US vs Euro0.75510.00160.21 $US vs UK0.61430.00100.16 $US vs CHF0.91150.00210.23
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