US Market closed higher on upbeat note thanks to June NFP Report, Consumer discretionary (+0.8%), financials (+0.8%), and industrials (+0.8%) paced the advance throughout the session and ended ahead of the remaining sectors, utilities sector (-1.1%) displayed relative weakness...low volume but on a half day trading..VIX @10.32 -4.62%...Following US markets The Asian bourses were mostly trading higher led by the Nikkei225 rising to a five month high The USD held steady in the lower 102 range against the yen in early trading holding on to gains from the prior session...In the Vienna nuclear talks, Iran was said to have ease its nuclear capacity demands by reducing the number of centrifuges it is seeking. Though no figure was specified, western powers want Iran to reduce the number of centrifuges from the current 19.0k+ to the low thousands. The current round of discussion will run until at least July 15... Nikkei +0.53% Hang Seng +0.10% Shanghai -0.30%
Eur$ 1.3608 S&P -0.05% EuroStoxx -0.12% FTSE +0.04% SMI -0.10% Dax -0.03%
- Fidelity’s Balk Says Stocks, Bonds May Have Risen Too Far: Echos {NSN N868UI6JTSEH <go>}
- Schaeuble Says German Economy Could Grow Faster Than Estimated
- CatalunyaCaixa Has Additional Shortfall of EU1.4B: Confidencial
Keep an eye on :
- ACX SM : UBS Offering Acerinox Shares at EU12.90 to Market, Terms Show (Del Pino family is selling 3%)
- AF FP : Credit Agricole Is Preparing to Reform Its Structure: Echos
- AIR FP :Airbus May Manufacture More in Asia, Lahoud Says: Tribune
- ALO FP : French State, Bouygues Acting in Concert Over Alstom, AMF Says
- BKIA SM : Bankia Aims to Pay Dividend in 2015, CEO Tells Expansion
- BMW GY : BMW Factory Network >120% Utilized, Eichiner Tells Handelsblatt
- BNP FP : JPMorgan Said to Have Unwittingly Helped BNP Hide Sudan Money
- EN FP : French State, Bouygues Acting in Concert Over Alstom, AMF Says
- CUF P : Club Med CEO Says Not Working With Fosun Would Be Error: Figaro
- ACA FP : Credit Agricole Is Preparing to Reform Its Structure: Echos
- DMGT LN : *UBS PLACING 1.85M DAILY MAIL SHARES AT 840P TO MARKET: TERMS
- DOU GR : Douglas Holding hires JPMorgan to sell Christ; will also sell Thalia, then list
- EDF FP : EDF to Send Retrospective Bills Averaging EU30: Le Parisien
- IMP LN : Reynolds Said to Aim for Lorillard Buyout Deal by Late July
- LHA GY : Lufthansa CEO Spohr Says Price Drop Could Wipe Out Profit Target
- NXI FP : Nexity Sells 80% of Asset Mgmt Unit to Former CFO Diot
- NOBN SW : Nobel Biocare Cuts Exec Committee, Says Ritter, Rumpf to Leave
- PTC PL : Portugal Telecom Says PT, Oi, GES Will Be Able to Find Solution
- STAN LN : StanChart Still Investigating Exposure to Qingdao, Bindra Says
- TEC FP : Awarded large contract for subsea development in West Shetlands, UK; terms undisclosed.
- TNTE NA : UPS won't renew bid for TNT Express
- WPL AU : Woodside Takes Initial 25% Stake in Morocco Offshore Permits