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Important News Of European And American Financial Markets On Thursday

2011/12/16 9:35:00 16

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Friday morning, Beijing time, Thursday, Europe and America

financial market

Relatively calm, investors ushered in a lot of economic data, manufacturing data in the US and Europe have improved, most of the data from the United States are good.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 45.3 points, or 0.4%, the standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.9 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 1.7 points, or 0.1%.

* the European and American markets are relatively calm and everywhere.

Economics

Data are generally better than expected.

HSBC China's purchasing managers' index increased from 47.7 in December to 49 in November.

The eurozone Markit purchasing managers composite index rose to 47.9 in December, while economists expected it to drop to 46.5.

* the number of initial jobless claims dropped to 366 thousand last week, the lowest in three years and 390 thousand in economists.

* the New York manufacturing index (973.306,3.17,0.33%) rose sharply to 9.53 in December, with economists' expectations rising moderately to 3.

Philadelphia's Federal Reserve manufacturing industry surged to 10.3, far exceeding 5 of economists' expectations.

* the US producer price index rose 0.3%, slightly higher than 0.2%, due to rising energy prices.

Industrial output dropped unexpectedly by 0.2%, while economists expected an increase of 0.2%.

* the FedEx earnings released by the global economic indicators unit exceeded analysts' expectations on Thursday.

Fred Smith, chief executive of the company, said: "holiday online shopping growth is steady and demand for residents express service is growing.

After TI, DuPont, Intel and 3M issued performance warning, this news is gratifying.

FedEx rose 8%.

* Hongkong luxury clothing brand Michael Kors was listed on Thursday, the subscription price of IPO was $20, and Thursday's opening price was $25.

* Diamond Foods, a nut manufacturer, is currently being investigated by the securities and Exchange Commission, which is mainly concerned with the way the company pays walnut suppliers.

The stock fell 5.6%.

* Research In Motion closed after reporting second quarter net profit of $265 million, down 71% compared with the same period last year, which fell 7% in after hours trading.