Major stock indexes Wall Street rose slightly on Friday after the inaugural speech of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America. After the oath Trump said that US policy will be aimed at the purchase of US and hiring Americans. Trump Election promises about tax and regulatory reforms, as well as the increase in infrastructure spending drove Wall Street to new highs after the elections. Nevertheless, trade in recent weeks have calmed down, as investors awaited more clarity to stimulate the economy. Important statistics that could have an impact on market sentiment, was not published.

Oil prices rose by more than 2%, continuing yesterday's trend, helped by expectations that the coming weekend the world's leading manufacturers to demonstrate their commitment to the terms of the deal to reduce oil production.

The objective planned for this weekend's meeting in Vienna, which will be attended by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and some producers outside the group is to create a mechanism to verify compliance with the conditions of the transaction by reducing production.

DOW index components ended the day mostly in positive territory (20 of 30). Most remaining shares fell General Electric Company (GE, -2.40%). Leaders of growth were shares of Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK, + 3.91%).

Sector S & P index closed mostly in positive territory. The leader turned out to be the sector of consumer goods (+ 0.5%). The health sector fell the most (-0.4%).

Major U.S. stock-indexes gains sharply on Friday after Donald Trump made his inaugural speech as the 45th president of the United States. "From this day forward it is going to be only America first," Trump said after being sworn in, adding that the U.S. policy will be to buy American and hire American. Trump's campaign promises of tax and regulatory reforms and higher infrastructure spending had driven Wall Street to new highs in a post-election rally. However, the Trump trade had been unraveling in recent weeks as investors waited for more clarity on his plans to boost the economy.

Most of Dow stocks in positive area (21 of 30). Top gainer - General Electric Company (GE, -1.87%). Top loser - Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK, +3.58%).

Most of S&P sectors in positive area. Top loser - Basic Materials (+0.5%). Top loser - Healthcare (-0.3%).

At the moment:

Dow 19732.00 +38.00 +0.19%

S&P 500 2264.75 +3.25 +0.14%

Nasdaq 100 5056.25 +2.75 +0.05%

Oil 53.30 +1.18 +2.26%

Gold 1205.20 +3.70 +0.31%

U.S. 10yr 2.48 +0.02

Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, fell by 0.15%. Sector-wise, oil and gas names (-3.51%) were the worst-performing group, while automobiles (+2.29%) outpaced.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, dropped by 0.31%. Oil refiner PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) was the biggest drag on the index, as the stock tumbled by 4.62% following announcement Poland increased its stake in the company. The Energy Ministry stated that Polish state pipeline operator PERN has bought a 4.9 percent stake in the company since August 2016 to date for about PLN1.5 bln ($365.37 mln). According to the statement, the stake acquisition will give Poland a lot more flexibility in terms of participation at the company's shareholder meetings. Recall, Poland's State Treasury is PKN ORLEN's largest shareholder with 27.52% of shares and votes. Among other biggest decliners were coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW), chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and bank MILLENNIUM (WSE: MIL), which fell by 3.7%, 2.6% and 2.14% respectively. At the same time, CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) recorded strongest advance among the WIG30 components, jumping by 3.93%. It was followed by IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP), bank ALIOR (WSE: ALR) and genco ENERGA (WSE: ENG), which gained 1.74%, 1.68% and 1.55% respectively.

The beginning of trading on Wall Street took place under the sign of a solid as for the last days gains. The Americans live today by sworn of 45 President of the United States and all the news are filled with information about the event. The Warsaw Stock Exchange still can not build a counterweight to nearly 5 percent drop in PKN and has had four hours of consolidation in the area of the daily minima.

An hour before the close of trading the WIG20 index was at the level of 2,010 points (-0.25%).

U.S. stock-index futures rose with investors counting down to Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States. Focus also is on quarterly earnings reports.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 19,137.91 +65.66 +0.34%

Hang Seng 22,885.91 -164.05 -0.71%

Shanghai 3,122.83 +21.53 +0.69%

FTSE 7,207.14 -1.30 -0.02%

CAC 4,852.10 +10.96 +0.23%

DAX 11,608.04 +11.15 +0.10%

Crude $53.02 (+1.73%)

Gold $1,203.50 (+0.17%)

Upgrades:

Intl Paper (IP) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies

Visa (V) upgraded to Outperform at Wedbush; target raised to $96

Downgrades:

Other:

Apple (AAPL) target raised to $148 from $133 at Macquarie; maintain Outperform

Twitter (TWTR) resumed with a Sector Weight at Pacific Crest

Alphabet A (GOOGL) resumed with a Overweight at Pacific Crest

Facebook (FB) resumed with a Overweight at Pacific Crest

Wal-Mart (WMT) resumed with a Hold at Stifel; target $70

Amazon (AMZN) initiated with a Buy at Aegis Capital; target $953

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Procter & Gamble reported Q4 FY 2016 earnings of $1.08 per share (versus $1.04 in Q4 FY 2015), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $1.06.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $16.856 bln (-0.3% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $16.774 bln.

PG rose to $87.00 (+2.72%) in pre-market trading.

IBM reported Q4 FY 2016 earnings of $5.01 per share (versus $4.84 in Q4 FY 2015), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $4.88.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $21.770 bln (-1.3% y/y), beating analysts' consensus estimate of $21.632 bln.

The company also issued upside guidance for FY 2017, projecting EPS of at least $13.80 versus analysts' consensus estimate of $13.74.

IBM fell to $165.25 (-0.94%) in pre-market trading.

American Express reported Q4 FY 2016 earnings of $0.91 per share (versus $1.23 in Q4 FY 2015), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $0.99.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $8.022 bln (-4.4% y/y), generally in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $7.986 bln.

AXP fell to $75.10 (-2.07%) in pre-market trading.

General Electric reported Q4 FY 2016 earnings of $0.46 per share (versus $0.52 in Q4 FY 2015), in-line with analysts' consensus estimate of $0.46.

The company's quarterly revenues amounted to $33.088 bln (-2.4% y/y), missing analysts' consensus estimate of $33.669 bln.

GE fell to $30.73 (-1.54%) in pre-market trading.

The first half of today's session is the search for growth and the correlation with the environment, where the German DAX recorded slight increases. And that has happened to publication of the information given by the Ministry of Energy that in the shareholding of PKN Orlen (WSE: PKN) appeared PERN Company, with the participation of 4.9 percent in the PKN shares. PERN SA is the sole shareholder of the Treasury, thereby PKN Orlen has become less private. Investors reacted to that info by sell-off of PKN shares which affected the quotations of the WIG20 index.

At the halfway point of the session WIG20 index was at the level of 2,008 points (-0.33%).

WIG20 index opened at 2015.31 points (-0.01%)*

WIG 53591.25 -0.12%

WIG30 2330.58 -0.17%

mWIG40 4420.82 -0.11%

*/ - change to previous close

At the beginning of trading on the Warsaw spot market (WIG20), we may see a slight withdrawal which is the result of yesterday's draw up at the final fixing. The German DAX began the session slightly worse than expected and losing 0.3 percent, which also does not help for the demand side in Warsaw. The level of turnover is not high and confirms the consolidation nature of this morning.

After fifteen minutes of trading the WIG20 index was at the level of 2,014 points (-0,07%).

Thursday's session on the New York stock markets ended with slight declines in the major indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial dropped at the closing of about 0.34 percent, the S&P500 went down by 0.36 percent and the Nasdaq Comp. lost 0.28 percent. Markets are waiting for Friday's speech by Donald Trump after being sworn as President of the United States.

In the macro calendar there is not particularly important data today, except quarterly results published by the company General Electric. So the whole attention of investors should be focused on events in the US and Wall Street reaction to the swearing-in of the new president.

On the WSE the situation seems to be clear. The WIG20 index consolidates above the level of 2,000 pts., but supply more boldly pushing for support in the area of 2,000 points and the line of upward trend.

Europe's main stock gauge closed slightly lower, after gains sparked by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's remarks failed to stick. The ECB chief struck a markedly dovish tone, emphasizing downside risks to the inflation outlook and reiterating that the bank's bond buying program can be extended or expanded, if needed.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday suffered its worst losing streak since November as investors remained cautious a day ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

Chinese stocks gained on stronger-than-expected economic growth to end 2016, but overall, Asian shares were again logging generally modest declines amid continued investor caution ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The world's No. 2 economy grew 6.8% last quarter from a year earlier after three straight increases of 6.7% - which economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected to be repeated again. The full year's 6.7% growth was the least for China since 1990.