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Morningstar Morning Research Update Thursday, Jan 24, 2013

Published: Thu 24 Jan 2013 10:53 AM
24-Jan-2013
Overseas Market Report
Stocks ended slightly higher after the House of Representatives passed a measure to suspend the debt ceiling until May. The bill is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Obama. Investors also kept a close watch on corporate earnings reports.
In regard to economic data, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices in November rose by 0.6%, seasonally adjusted, from the previous month, marking the 10th straight month of an increase. The gain was just below the expected 0.7% increase, but overall prices were 5.6% higher year over year. Separately, both Redbook and the International Council of Shopping Centres reported decreases in weekly retail sales. .. Read More
Foreign Equities (24-Jan-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change/Dow Jones (US)13779670.49/S 500149520.15/NASDAQ3154100.33/FTSE 100 Index6198180.30/DAX 307708110.15/CAC 403726-15-0.40/Nikkei 225 (Japan)10487-223-2.08/HKSE23635-24-0.10/SSE Composite Index232160.25/BSE Sensitive20027450.23/NZ 50418820.04
Commodities (24-Jan-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change/Aluminium203910.04/Copper8073-29-0.36/Nickel174831700.98/Gold1686-8-0.50/Silver32.3-0.1-0.26/Oil - West Texas crude96.70.70.71/Lead2362472.01/Zinc2066311.51
Currency (24-Jan-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change/$A vs $US1.0551--0.08/$A vs GBP0.6656--0.17/$A vs YEN93.57-0.11-0.11/$A vs EUR0.7919--0.15/$A vs $NZ1.2532--0.19/$US vs Euro0.7506--0.07/$US vs UK0.6309--0.08/$US vs CHF0.9290--0.05
Research Updates (19) Special Reports (1) /Australian Economic Update - January 2013
Funds (4) /Colonial First State Global Soft Commodity Share (18164) Bronze/Lazard Global Small Companies (10701) Neutral/Perpetual Geared Australian Share (9835) Bronze/Perpetual Industrial Australian Share (4362) Bronze
Shares (14) /AMP Limited (AMP) /Accumulate/BHP Billiton (BHP) Accumulate/Boral (BLD) Reduce/Brambles (BXB) Reduce/Crown (CWN) Hold/Downer EDI (DOW) /Reduce/DWS (DWS) /Hold/GUD Holdings (GUD) Hold/IOOF (IFL) Hold/Nufarm (NUF) Hold/SkyCity (SKC) /Accumulate/SkyCity (SKC-NZ) /Accumulate/Sydney Airport (SYD) /Hold/Western Areas (WSA) Hold
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