(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei +389.25 22937.60 +1.73%

TOPIX +20.63 1813.29 +1.15%

Hang Seng +397.54 28994.34 +1.39%

CSI 300 +33.36 4054.25 +0.83%

Euro Stoxx 50 -23.59 3658.77 -0.64%

FTSE 100 -49.17 7513.11 -0.65%

DAX -89.52 13379.27 -0.66%

CAC 40 -26.61 5480.64 -0.48%

DJIA +8.81 23557.23 +0.04%

S&P 500 -0.49 2590.64 -0.02%

NASDAQ -18.65 6767.78 -0.27%

S&P/TSX +39.58 16131.79 +0.25%

The main US stock indexes mostly fell: S & P was negatively affected by the fall in financial stocks, and Nasdaq dipped against the backdrop of a weak forecast by Priceline.

In addition, as shown by the survey of vacancies and labor turnover (JOLTS), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US, in September the number of vacancies increased to 6.093 million. Meanwhile, the indicator for August was revised upwards to 6,090 million from 6,082 million. Analysts had expected the number of vacancies to rise to 6.091 million. The vacancy rate was 4.0%, unchanged from August. The number of vacancies has changed little in both the private sector and the government segment.

Other data showed that the index of economic optimism in the US, calculated by the Investor's Business Daily newspaper and the research firm TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics, increased significantly in November, reaching 53.6 points, which is a high reading since March 2017. Experts expected that the figure will increase only to 51.2 points compared to 50.3 points in October. The index value above 50 points indicates optimism. It is worth emphasizing that the index is above the level of 50 for 14 consecutive months, which is the longest series for more than a decade. At the same time, the index is now 9.2 points higher than in December 2007, when the economy entered a recession.

Oil fell in price on Tuesday after it showed the highest session increase on the eve of 6 weeks. The dynamics of trading affects the tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which intensified after the strengthening of power by the Prince of Saudi Arabia.

Components of the DOW index finished trading mixed (14 in positive territory, 16 in negative territory). Outsider were the shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM, -2.21%). The leader of growth was the shares of DowDuPont Inc. (DWDP, + 1.14%).

Almost all sectors of the S & P index recorded a decline. The largest decrease was shown by the sector of conglomerates (-1.2%). The utilities sector grew most (+ 0.8%).

At closing:

DJIA + 0.03% 23.554.48 +6.06

Nasdaq -0.27% 6,767.78 -18.65

S & P -0.02% 2.590.58 -0.55

U.S. stock-index futures were flat on Tuesday as earnings season winds down and investor expectations shift to a much-awaited cut in corporate taxes.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 22,937.60 +389.25 +1.73%

Hang Seng 28,994.34 +397.54 +1.39%

Shanghai 3,415.14 +26.97 +0.80%

S&P/ASX 6,014.34 +60.56 +1.02%

FTSE 7,542.90 -19.38 -0.26%

CAC5,500.50 -6.75 -0.12%

DAX 13,456.47 -12.32 -0.09%

Crude $57.25 (-0.17%)

Gold $1,279.20 (-0.19%)

(company / ticker / price / change ($/%) / volume)

Home Depot (HD) initiated with a Sector Weight at KeyBanc Capital Mkts

Exxon Mobil (XOM) downgraded to Reduce from Hold at HSBC Securities

A pan-European stock benchmark closed slightly higher Monday, while German's main gauge pulled back from a record, as a drop for banks and telecoms limited gains and as a political shake-up in Saudi Arabia caused some jitters. A slowdown in services activity weighed on shares in Spain, already battered by the ongoing political crisis over independence for Catalonia.

Asia-Pacific stocks posted gains Tuesday after several days of little movement globally, allowing indexes in the region to hit fresh multiyear highs. A late-morning rush of buying, which some attributed to fresh foreign inflows, helped the Nikkei top its 1996 high and reach levels last seen in early 1992. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng hit a fresh 10-year high and Australia's benchmark XJO, +1.02% exceeded its 2015 peak to hit its highest point since early 2008.

Stocks rose moderately Monday, helping the three main stock benchmarks to close at all-time highs, marking the 26th time this year simultaneous records have been set, as well as the most ever records in a year. Healthy corporate earnings and megamerger talks between chip makers Broadcom and Qualcomm kept stocks in positive territory despite unsettling developments in Saudi Arabia where more than five dozen princes, ministers and prominent businessmen were purged over the weekend.