Morningstar Morning Research Update Monday, Feb 25, 2013

Monday, 25 February 2013, 10:56 am
Press Release: Morningstar

25-Feb-2013

Overseas Market Report

Stocks were higher after some better-than-expected earnings and European data.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 119.95 points, or 0.86%, to 14,000.57 on Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 13.18 points, or 0.88%, to 1,515.60 and the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 30.33 points, or 0.97%, to 3,161.82... Read More

	Foreign Equities (25-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Dow Jones (US)	14001	120	0.86
/	S&P 500	1516	13	0.88
/	NASDAQ	3162	30	0.97
/	FTSE 100 Index	6336	44	0.70
/	DAX 30	7662	78	1.03
/	CAC 40	3706	81	2.25
/	Nikkei 225 (Japan)	11386	77	0.68
/	HKSE	22782	-124	-0.54
/	SSE Composite Index	2314	-12	-0.51
/	BSE Sensitive	19317	-8	-0.04
/	NZ 50	4215	44	1.05

	Commodities (25-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Aluminium	2005	-56	-2.73
/	Copper	7773	-153	-1.93
/	Nickel	16916	-188	-1.10
/	Gold	1576	12	0.79
/	Silver	28.7	0.2	0.70
/	Oil - West Texas crude	93.1	-4.0	-4.09
/	Lead	2292	-36	-1.56
/	Zinc	2070	-38	-1.81

	Currency (25-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	$A vs $US	1.0304	0.0017	0.17
/	$A vs GBP	0.6828	-0.0050	-0.74
/	$A vs YEN	97.54	-1.06	-1.09
/	$A vs EUR	0.7795	0.0036	0.46
/	$A vs $NZ	1.2313	0.0007	0.06
/	$US vs Euro	0.7567	0.0014	0.18
/	$US vs UK	0.6626	-0.0032	-0.48
/	$US vs CHF	0.9293	-0.0005	-0.05

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Research Updates (26)

	Special Reports (1)
/	Economic update

	Funds (2)
/	Acadian - Long-Only Global Equity (12403)	Neutral
/	Acadian - Long/Short Global Equity (14288)	Neutral

	Shares (23)
/	Atlas Iron (AGO)	/	Accumulate
/	Ansell (ANN)	/	Hold
/	Aquila Resources (AQA)	/	Reduce
/	Austal (ASB)		Hold
/	Billabong Intl (BBG)		Avoid
/	Crown (CWN)		Hold
/	Federation Centres (FDC)		Hold
/	Investa Office Fund (IOF)		Hold
/	Mirabela Nickel (MBN)	/	Hold
/	News Corp (NWS)	/	Hold
/	Origin Energy (ORG)		Accumulate
/	Port of Tauranga (POT-NZ)		Reduce
/	Platinum Asset Mgmt (PTM)	/	Hold
/	SAI Global (SAI)	/	Accumulate
/	Sonic Healthcare (SHL)	/	Hold
/	Sky Network TV (SKT)		Hold
/	Sky Network Television (SKT-NZ)		Hold
/	Santos (STO)		Accumulate
/	Telecom NZ (TEL)		Hold
/	Telecom NZ (TEL-NZ)		Hold
/	Transpacific Ind. (TPI)	/	Hold
/	Whitehaven Coal (WHC)	/	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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