US Market closed Higher for kast session of the year, S&P up 29.6% on 2013, Dow Jones 26.5% and Nasdaq +38.3%, NYSE Volume @ 558mil shares..TWTR Rallied 5.2% after falling 17.5% on the last 3 days...VIX @ 13.72 +1.18%...China official manufacturing PMI hits 4-month low, below consensus; HSBC final PMI is inline with consensus, marks 3-month low; Economists attribute overall declines to tight liquidity in December, but also note contraction in export orders (53.9 v 54.5 prior) indicative of softer external demand...China State Information Center economist forecasting 2014 GDP at 7.5%, M2 +13%, industrial production at 9.3%, exports +9%, imports +7.5%...Nikkei Closed....Shanghai +0.3%
Eur$ 1.3740 S&P Fut unch. European fut +0.58%
Switzerland is closed today
Keep an eye on :
- ABBN VX : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- ATL IM : Atlantia’s Autostrade Division Increases Tolls 4.43% for 2014, Look Better Than Expected: Mediobanca
- BARC LN : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- BBVA SM : Mentionned as Undeperform in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- DAI GY : Mentionned as Undeperform in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- ANN GY : Deutsche Annington May Pay ~EU0.7/Shr Div.: Handelsblatt
- DGE LN : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- F IM : Fiat to Buy Remaining Stake in Chrysler It Doesn’t Own, to Gain on Chrysler, Source of Funding Surprises: Bernstein
- HOLN VX : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- IND IM : Goldman Sachs to Select Potential Partners for Indesit: Sole
- NESN VX : Nespresso Sees Potential to Boost Sales Outside Core Markets: FT
- NOK1V FH : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- REP SM : Repsol to Complete Sale of LNG Assets to Shell Today, Cinco Says
- RWE GY : RWE to Seek Option to Boost Capital by 10%, Handelsblatt Reports
- SDF GY : Mentionned as Undeperform in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- SAS SS : SAS Considering Raising Capital, Borsen Reports
- SCYR SM : Sacyr Demands Additional EU1.2b For Panama Canal Work: El Pais
- SLIGR NA : Sligro Reports 2013 Sales of EU2.5b
- SYNN VX : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014
- O2D GY : Telefonica Deutschland Plans to go ahead with acquisition of E-Plus - German press
- VIV FP : Vivendi Universal BlackRock increases stake to just over 5%
- VWS DC : Mentionned as Buy in top 10 BoA-ML Ideas for 2014