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Morningstar Morning Research Update Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013

Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 2:38 pm
Press Release: Morningstar

29-Jan-2013

Overseas Market Report

Stocks sought direction throughout the day and finished mixed as investors focused on corporate earnings and economic data.

Pending home sales in the United States dropped by 4.3% in December from November, though the reading remained above 100. The index was 6.9% higher from the same time last year, and the index has risen year over year for 20 straight months. However, the most recent reading countered the expected 1% increase, and the November reading was revised downward, leading to some concerns about the housing recovery. Also in construction-related news, building permits for last month were revised up by 1% from November. .. Read More

Foreign Equities (29-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
Dow Jones (US)	13882	-14	-0.10
S&P 500	1500	-3	-0.18
NASDAQ	3154	5	0.15
FTSE 100 Index	6294	10	0.16
DAX 30	7833	-25	-0.32
CAC 40	3781	3	0.07
Nikkei 225 (Japan)	10824	-102	-0.94
HKSE	23672	91	0.39
SSE Composite Index	2347	55	2.41
BSE Sensitive	20103	0	--
NZ 50	4204	0	--

Commodities (29-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
Aluminium	2013	2	0.10
Copper	8016	18	0.23
Nickel	17568	245	1.41
Gold	1656	0	-0.02
Silver	30.9	0.4	1.22
Oil - West Texas crude	95.9	0.7	0.71
Lead	2366	20	0.86
Zinc	2061	-5	-0.27

Currency (29-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
$A vs $US	1.0411	--	-0.02
$A vs GBP	0.6634	--	-0.54
$A vs YEN	94.49	0.41	0.44
$A vs EUR	0.7738	--	-0.09
$A vs $NZ	1.2493	--	-0.30
$US vs Euro	0.7433	--	-0.09
$US vs UK	0.6372	--	-0.52
$US vs CHF	0.9262	--	0.08

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