US Market closed higher, even the 2 major events of this were not able to oush market lower, eco data below expecttions neither, Russel jumped 1,6%...the risk aversion trade that dominated on Thursday was supplanted by a risk-on trade on Friday. That was evident in the recognition that every S&P 500 economic sector ended the day higher while gold prices ($1311.30, -5.60) and the 10-yr note (-9/32, 2.48%) ended the day lower. The clearest sign, however, was seen in the VIX, which plummeted 16% after surging 32% on Thu. Volumes were a bit more improtant @ 744mil shares...Weekly Perf Dow +0,92% S&P +0,54% Nasdaq +0,38% Russel -0,72%...Among notable speakers out of China, State Council Development & Research Department official Liu said the housing market poses a significant uncertaint
factor for economy in next two years. Liu added the cooling investment could reduce China's annual GDP to around 6% from the current 7-8%...Dubai -5.5% led by Arabtec on Concern of Gov. help, Israel down also...Nikkei -1.01% Hang Seng -0.18% Shangai -0.22%...
Eur$ 1.3538 S&P -0.05% Eurostoxx +0.22% FTSE +0.16% DAx +0.2% SMI -0.06%
Macro
- Eurozone Needs Quantitative Easing, FT Writes in Editorial
- Iran Sees Nuclear-Talks Extension as Good Sign for Deal: IRNA
- Conviction Growing in Emerging Markets Bull Market: JPMorgan
Keep an eye on :
- ACS SM : ACS Says Escal Gives Up Concession to Run Castor Natgas Storage
- ALO FP : Alstom plays down added layer of complexity in deal with GE - FT
- BAS GY : Saudi Basic Industries, or Sabic, said on Sunday that the outlook for global petrochemical demand is positive and there is scope for an uptick in prices. SABIC -0,79% on numbers
- BATS LN : Reynolds American Ordered to Pay $23 Billion to Smoker’s Widow
- BBVA SM : Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank Make Bids For Catalunya Banc: Europa
- BC IM : Cucinelli Sees Net Debt at EU34m-EU35m at Year-End, Sole Says
- BMW GY : BMW Recalls 573,935 Cars in North America on Air Bag: NHTSA
- BULL FP : Bull CEO Says Atos Takeover Will Speed Savings, Investir Reports
- EN FP : Bouygues won't book contribution from Alstom in Q2
- BN FP : America's Move to Soy Hobbles Dairy
- IAG LN : British Airways Cancels Some Heathrow Flights on Severe Weather
- DE NA : D.E Master Blenders, Mondelez weigh sale, options for two brands
- ELB BB : Electrabel threatens to divest Belgian nuclear plants - Het Laatste Nieuws
- FACC AV : FACC 1Q Ebit Loss EU5.3m vs Profit of EU1.2m Y/y
- GSK LN : GSK Examining Possible InterMune Takeover Bid: Betaville Link
- HOLN VX : Holcim CEO: Have Begun Formally Notifying Antitrust Bodies on Lafarge Merger
- BAER VX : Julius Baer AUM Rise 8% From End 2013; IFRS Profit Rises 56%
- KPN NA : KPN Names Former Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager as CFO
- NOK1V FH : Nokia to purchase Panasonic's mobile telecommunication base station business
- PHIA NA : Philips 2Q Sales Miss Estimates
- ROG VX : Not interested in Large acquisitions, focus on smaller company
- SAB LN : SABMiller CEO Clark Faces Criticism Over Pay, Telegraph Reports
- SAP GY : Marketo (MKTO ) May Be Next Cloud Purchase for SAP, JMP Says
- SAP GY : SAP interested in acquisitions but does not rate Software AG a good fit
- SHP LN : AbbVie Becomes Inversion Target, Now Top Pick: Jefferies
- SOW GY : SAP interested in acquisitions but does not rate Software AG a good fit
- GLE FP : Societe Generale Won’t Bid for Catalunya Banc, Confidencial Says
- TEF SM : Telefonica Appeals Cade Decision in Brazil Court: Folha Link
- TSCO LN : Tesco CEO Clarke Said to Leave; Lewis Tipped to Succeed: FT
- TLW LN : Tullow Says Lupus-1 Norwegian Well Doesn't Contain Hydrocarbons
- UHR VX : Said to have applied to set up stores in India,Indian watch market is forecast to rise to $2.7B by 2020 from $898M now.
- VOLVB SS : Volvo Sees 3Q Op. Income Impact of About SEK440m From Court Fine
- ZIGGO NA : Liberty May Shed Premium TV Overlap for Ziggo: Mlex