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Morningstar Morning Research Update Thursday, Jan 24, 2013


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&P 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
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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

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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