Asian indexes closed higher, boosted by the good performance of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which at 7:20 AM accumulated gains around 2%. Boosting the shares of this market was a report published by the state agency Shanghai Securities News that ...

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In the early hours of trading, mining and oil shares should negotiate under some selling pressure, resulting from strong reversal of the trend that was observed in the commodities market after the European close. In addition, investors will analyze ...

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Today, investors will follow the publication of the ADP report, which measures job creation in the private sector. Economists take advantage of the ADP report statements to improve their forecasts for the official employment report.

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Greek stocks have lost more than 85 percent of their value since 2007. The nation’s benchmark gauge closed at its lowest level since September 2012 on Monday.

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The most cyclical sectors may present a under-performance due to disappointing data in China. During the European debt crisis, the Chinese market was an important rewarding element for many European companies which in the domestic market were ...

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US markets ended without major fluctuations, with the session to be marked by macro and micro-economic factors. The publication of yesterday’s economic data confirmed the Fed’s optimistic view on the US economy.

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The Fed was sparse in nominations and no major changes from the previous meeting. The Central Bank says that the economy continues to grow moderately, recognizing the improvements seen in private consumption and the housing market. With regard to ...

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The lower volatility of Asian markets boosted US equities. The rally was led by the mining and oil sectors, which had been the most penalized by falls in Chinese stock markets and commodities. The rise may also have been influenced by the closure of ...

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The present situation confirms the evidence of slowdown in China and the stagnation of some emerging economies such as Brazil and South Africa. The copper (copper), whose cycles anticipate with some precision the economic cycles, lost 26% in the ...

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Investor sentiment was influenced by company results and also the weakness of commodities. Conditioning the markets were some leading companies like Apple, 3M, Microsoft (among others) which presented disappointing sales, the very cautious outlook ...

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The European indices started the session with some gains. The session will again be dominated by the presentation of results on both sides of the Atlantic. Good numbers from Amazon may give some encouragement to the European technology sector. The ...

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US markets closed lower, penalized by the disappointing results of some leading companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo! and Apple. It was the latter company to condition investor sentiment, given its influence on the activity of several technology ...

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On the 14th of July after the agreement between Greece and its creditors, there was the question of the impact of this understanding in the equity markets. Before Greece forcibly take the leading role (in late April), the DAX traded between 11800 ...

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The source for the recent weakness of the raw materials is related to the oil price drop (which often anticipates the cycles of other commodities) justified by the intention of Iran to increase production by 2 million barrels, the recent rise in ...

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During this week, European investors will follow the publication of the results of US companies as well as first quarterly accounts that European companies will present. Mining shares may trade under some pressure because of the fall in the price of ...

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It was a pretty profitable Week! The forum is a great help. Which you all a nice weekend.

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Last night, the Greek Parliament approved with comfortable majority (229 votes) some measures from the agreement sealed on Monday. The dissenting votes (64) came from the Golden Dawn party (Far-right), some members of the coalition party ...

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In the 2nd quarter, China’s GDP grew by 7%, slightly higher than the 6.90% estimated and in line with the objective of the Government’s growth. Industrial production increased 6.80% (vs 6% est.) in June and retail sales 10.60% (vs. 10.62 est.). The ...

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US markets closed higher, mirroring the positive reaction of European markets to the solution found to Greece. In the coming days, investors will follow the publication of results by several US companies, including some of the top banks such as JP ...

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At the end of the longest summit of European history, the leaders of the eurozone countries arrived this morning to a principle of understanding, and promised to be available to provide more loans to Greece. This will be done immediately to restore ...

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