US Market closed lower, the ukraine/russia situation continue to weight on mkt, comments from politics push to a "flight to safety", All ten sectors displayed losses at the start, but materials (+0.04%), telecom services (unch) and utilities (+0.7%) were able to recover before the close, only financials (-0.4%) and industrials (-0.3%) settled behind the broader market, volume were lows @ 479mil shares...VIX @ 12.08 +2,55%...After hours :
UEPS +21.6%, VEEV +15.6%, SPLK +10.1%, PSUN -4.4%, ZOES -1.8% following earnings/guidance...Japan, Asian stocks were trading weaker on renewed Ukrainian tensions, Japanese household spending in July fell more than expected, declining for the fourth consecutive month, while industrial production remained weak after plunging last month, Japan headline and core inflation data for July came in as expected. CPI for Tokyo, considered a leading indicator, was up 2.8% beating forecast of 2.7% and unchanged from the prior month's reading, Japanese unemployment rate for July came in at a seasonally adjusted reading of 3.8% missing the expected reading of 3.7% expected, Retail sales in Japan were up 0.5% on year beating forecasts of 0.2%. The components indicated sales from large retailers were down 0.6%, while commercial sales were up 0.1% on year...Nikkei -0.16% Hang Seng -0.15% Shanghai +0.35% Eur$ 1.3180 S&P +0.08% EuroStoxx +0.35% FTSE -0.01% DAX +0.41% SMI +0.30%
Macro
- ECB’s Nowotny: Austerity Measures Shouldn’t Exacerbate Downturn
- Coeure Says Greece Only Halfway Through Its Needed Reforms
- Chinese Buying 5% of Newly Built Homes in London: Knight Frank {NSN NB1RXJ6S972E <go>}
- Obama Says No Strategy Yet for Striking Islamic State in Syria
Keep an eye on :
- BANI BB : Banimmo Sees 2014 Loss on City Mall, Has Deal to Sell Bagatelle
- BES PL : CMVM Extends Suspension on Trading of Certain BES Instruments
- BNP FP : BNP Paribas Fortis 1H Net Rises 6% to EU654m
- BOSS GY :There is speculation that the firm could eventually join the DAX
- BTG GY : Bertelsmann 1H Sales Rise 7%; Profit Declines 39%
- CA FP : Carrefour Brazil rules out private stake sale, still aiming for IPO - Valor Economico
- CMBN SW : Cembra 1H Net Drops 26%, Says Finma Probe to End in 4Q
- CPR PL : Cimpor 2Q Net EU10.6m vs Loss EU131m Y/y
- CRI FP : Chargeurs Says Sales, Current Operating Profit to Rise in 2014
- DIE BB : D’Ieteren Keeps Forecast After 1H Pretax Profit Misses Ests.
- DTE GY : Deutsche Telekom Said Open to Talks on T-Mobile at $35/Shr (TMUS +1,36% @ $29,84)
- RDL SW : Edmond de Rothschild 1H Assets Under Management Gain 1%
- ELI BB : Elia 1H Net Rises to EU94.5m on 50Hertz Transmission Profit Jump
- FER IM : Ferragamo 1H Rev EU659m; Est EU657.2m
- F IM : Fiat Says EU500m Limit Not Exceeded on Holder Rights Option
- HER FP : Hermes 1H Oper. Profit Beats, Keeps Mid-Term Rev. Growth Target
- IPN FP : Ipsen 2Q Sales Rise, Raises 2014 Forecast
- MMB FP : Lagardere Wants to Sell Matra Scooter Unit, Les Echos Says
- EGL PL : Mota-Engil 1H Net Rises 50% to EU31.08m Y/y on Foreign Projects
- OME BB : Omega Pharma Said to Attract Interest From Perrigo to Boehringer
- PUBN SW : PubliGroupe Posts 1H Loss, Sees Swisscom Offer Completed Sept. 5
- REA BB : RealDolmen Cuts Forecast for Services Rev.; 1Q Sales Rise 6.1%
- REC SS : Recticel 1H Adj. Combined Ebitda EU38.8m; Est. EU39.1m
- REP SM : Repsol Said to Drop Plan to Buy All of Talisman Energy
- SAABB SS : Sweden Approves Purchase of 60 Gripen Jet Fighters, SVT Reports
- SAB LN : SABMiller Concludes Sale of All Interest in Tsogo Sun
- SIOE BB : Sioen Industries 1H Net EU9.1m; Est. EU8.7m; Sales Rise 3.1%
- SO FP : Somfy 1H Net EU54.8m vs EU62.3m Y/y
- STR AV : Strabag 2Q Sales, Net Rise 1%; Sees Challenging Environment
- TEF SM : Telefonica Identifies GVT Deal Synergies of At Least EU4.7B NPV
- TIT IM : Telecom Italia to Keep Looking at Industrial Projects: Ben Ammar
- TIT IM : Telecom Italia Says Continues Brazil Development Plan
- UBI FP : Ubisoft Delays ’Assassin’s Creed Unity’ Release by 2 Weeks
- VIV FP : Vivendi, Telefonica Still to Work on Details of Content Pact
- VIV FP : sees acquiring 8% telecom italia shares as attractive