US Mkt closed lower after yest. Rebound (with no volume), small cap leaded the move Russel -1,5%, FOMC meeting comments pushed market lower...VIX @ 17,35 +9,81%...volume slightly higher than yest. But below averge @ 610mil shares...FB Trading above the $60 (+10%) After hours...Lenovo announced deal to acquire Google Motorola Mobility for $2.9b, lenovo-8%, GOOG +2% after Hours...China final manufacturing PMI print from HSBC declined to 49.5 from 49.6
flash figure, confirming the first contraction in the manufacturing space in 6 months. Even more notable, HSBC report said China's employment sector saw the "quickest rate of job shedding since March 2009." Hong Kong's Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite saw modest losses in the final trading session before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday break. Shanghai -0.66%...Nikkei225 hit 11-week lows below 14,900, dragged down by firmer yen...holding the 15,000 level now...Nikkei -2.45%
Eur$ 1,3660 S&P fut.+0.23% European Fut-0.10
Keep an eye on :
- Emerging : Mobius Says Emerging Market Panic Overdone, UBS Sees 10% Upside in EM Equities in 2014
- ALT FP : Altran Confident of 2012-2015 Targets as 4Q Sales Rise 13%
- ALV GY : Allianz Pushes Back Property-Buying Goals as Rivalry Intensifies {NSN N06IIP6K50YR <go>}
- BUCN SW : Bucher Sees Substantial Increase in Op. Profit, Earnings in 2013
- CAP FP : Lenovo to buy Motorola Mobility for $3bil, could be -ve for IBM --> less spec on CAP
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank Suspends NY Head of Emerging FX Trading: Reuters
- DSY FP : Dassault Systemes Offers to Buy Accelrys for About $750M, offered $12.5/ share
- ERICB SS : MORE: Ericsson 4Q Sales Miss as N.American Projects Peak
- ERICB SS : Ericsson’s Vestberg Said to Tell Board He Has No Plan to Leave
- FCAM LN : F&C Asset Holder Elliott Capital Discloses Stake
- GIVN VX : Givaudan 2013 Ebitda Beats Estimates, Confirms Forecast
- GWi1 GY : Gerry Weber Says FY Sales In Line With Target, Sees 2014 Growth
- IFX GY : Infineon Sees 2Q Sales Rise as 1Q Rev. Beats; Confirms Outlook
- LXS GY : Lanxess’ Leverage Up, New CEO May Focus on Credit Ratios, Rating
- NOVN VX : Novartis CEO Jimenez Says Has No Plans to Sell Roche Stake: AZ
- NOVOB DC : Novo Nordisk 4Q Net Income DK6.05b; Analyst Est. DK6.26b
- PC IM : Marco Tronchetti Provera Says No Offers Made to Pirelli Board
- PTI PL : Portucel 2013 Net Falls 0.5% to EU210m; Sales Rise to EU1.53b
- PUM GY : Sell Puma, Chances of a Kering Minority Takeout is Fading: UBS
- QIA GY : Qiagen 4Q Adj. EPS Beats Est.; Adj. Net Sales Miss
- RCO FP : Remy Cointreau to End Share Buyback Program
- REP SM : YPF Slides on Argentine Devaluation, Repsol Compensation Talks, Postpones YPF Deal Approval to Feb., Expansion Says
- ROG VX : Roche FY Core EPS CHF14.27; Misses CHF14.8 Est. M&A Strategy Hasn’t Changed, CEO Schwan Says
- SNI NO : Stolt-Nielsen 4Q Profit Beats Ests; Sees Slow Tanker Recovery
- STS IM : Ansaldo 2013 Rev., New Orders In Line With Target
- TLSN SS : TeliaSonera 4Q Ebitda Misses; Sees Flat Sales, Margin in 2014
- TRYG DC : Tryg 4Q Net Beats Estimates; Proposes Div of DKK27/shr
- ONO SM : Ono Interested in Spanish Cos.(Euskatel & Telecable, R Cable) If It Carries Out IPO, FT Says
- TOD IM : Tod's 4Q, 2013 Rev. Misses Ests.
- UG FP : Peugeot Family Said Feuding Over Dongfeng Deal: Les Echos Link {http://bit.ly/MgPP7f }
- UG FP : JPMorgan Ready to Guarantee EU3B Peugeot Capital Increase: Echos
- VOE AV : Voestalpine Gets EU1b Contract for Pipe for South Stream Line