Dow +0.61% S&P +0.40% Nasdaq +0.18% Russell +0.20%
US Market closed on record level again. After opening modestly above Wednesday's closing levels, the equity market kept pretty steady through the closing bell. Nine of eleven sectors advanced on Thursday with gains ranging between 0.1% and 0.9%. The heavily-weighted financial sector (+0.9%) was the top-performing group after trailing the broader market through the first two sessions of the new year. energy sector +0.6%, bringing its 2018 gain to 4.0%, with WTI +0.6% to $61.97. On the downside, the health care sector underperformed, adding just 0.1%, as biotechnology shares gave back a portion of gains registered earlier in the week; the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB 109.97, -0.91) lost 0.8%. WBA -5.2% after bnetter numbers, LB -12.3% after disappointing comments. US After Hours FC +9.8%, SONC +6.3%, FRAN -16.5%, PSMT -6.7%, BKS -3.8% following earnings/guidance/sales updates. Asian stocks are on the cusp of their best week in almost six months as investors around the world pile into equities at the start of 2018 amid robust economic data from the U.S. to Europe to China. Benchmark indexes in Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai are in the green after U.S. shares surged to fresh records Thursday.
Nikkei +0.89% Hang Seng -0.07% CSI +0.30% Shanghai +0.22% Shenzen +0.12%
Eur$ 1.2059 CNH 6.4831 CNY 6.4890 JPY 113.05 GBP 1.3558 CHF 0.9756 RUB 56.9610 WTI$ 61.84 -0.27%
S&P +0.09% EuroStoxx +0.11% FTSE -0.05% Dax +0.19% SMI +0.05%
Macro :
- Fed Seeks Input on Proposed Guidance for Banks’ Risk Management
Keep an eye on :
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- AAPL US : Apple Says All Macs, IPhones, IPads Exposed to Chip Flaw
- ARAMCO IPO : Saudi Cabinet Approves Aramco Joint-Stock Co. Status, Sabq Says
- AST IM : Astaldi Part of JV Awarded EU73M Contract for Italy Hospital
- ASTON MARTIN IPO : Aston Martin Expects to Beat Profit Guidance on 2017 Sales Jump
- BAYN GY : Monsanto Standalone Value $109/Share, More With Tax Change: UFP
- CNHI IM : Dec. Class 8 Truck Orders Seen Up 85% Y/y, Wells Fargo Says
- GOOGL US : Google Makes Second Chinese Investment, in Videogames Streaming
- GPRO US : GoPro Is Said to Cut 200-300 Jobs, Mostly in Aerial: TechCrunch
- NAS NO : Norwegian: Production Growth for 2018 Is Estimated at 40%
- SAN SM : Santander Wants to Buy Back Popular Cards Business: Expansion
- SPOTIFY IPO : *SPOTIFY SAYS IT HAS 70 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
- TSLA US : Tesla Sparks Cash Questions; Riding the Rails: Industrials Wrap
- TSCO LN : U.K. Retail Store Sales Slide Over Christmas, BDO Says
- TIG BB : Takeda Offers 81% Premium in EU520m Offer for Belgium’s TiGenix
- TOM2 NA : TomTom Adopts New Accounting Standards IFRS 15 and IFRS 16