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

Nikkei -256.58 19145.14 -1.32%

TOPIX -18.41 1518.39 -1.20%

Hang Seng +36.17 21790.91 +0.17%

CSI 300 -4.12 3297.77 -0.12%

FTSE 100 +14.18 7120.26 +0.20%

DAX -23.94 11451.05 -0.21%

CAC 40 -9.54 4838.47 -0.20%

DJIA -13.90 19819.78 -0.07%

S&P 500 -0.66 2249.26 -0.03%

NASDAQ -6.47 5432.09 -0.12%

Major U.S. stock-indexes slightly fell on Thursday as weakness in financials offset gains in healthcare companies. A report showed the number of Americans applying for jobless claims fell by 10000 to 265000 last week, indicating sustained strength in the labor market.

Dow stocks mixed (15 vs 15). Top gainer - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ, +0.67%). Top loser - The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, -1.50%).

S&P sectors also mixed. Top gainer - Utilities (+1.0%). Top loser - Conglomerates (-0.5%).

At the moment:

Dow 19757.00 -18.00 -0.09%

S&P 500 2243.50 -1.75 -0.08%

Nasdaq 100 4912.50 -11.25 -0.23%

Oil 53.71 -0.35 -0.65%

Gold 1156.90 +16.00 +1.40%

U.S. 10yr 2.48 -0.06

Polish equity market closed higher on Thursday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, surged by 0.73%. Most sectors rose with informational technology (+1.72%) posting the biggest advance.

The large-cap stocks grew by 0.7%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. Within the index components, FMCG-wholesaler EUROCASH (WSE: EUR) led the gainers pack with a 3.89% advance, followed by IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and insurer PZU (WSE: PZU), climbing by 2.73% and 2.44% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) recorded the biggest drop of 2.21%. Other major decliners were genco ENEA (WSE: ENA), videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and oil refiner PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN), plunging by 0.83%, 0.63% and 0.47% respectively.

The most important report of the day, which was the number of newly registered unemployed persons in the United States, hit the forecast. Number of new applications for unemployment benefits fell to 265 thousand from 275 thousand in the previous week. Reading does not have a significant impact on trading. Wall Street began sessions with modest changes that have been previously signaled by derivatives trading.

For the Warsaw market is important the lack of new discount impulses. With low turnover and low volatility the WIG20 lived on a slight positive territory to see the US session, and probably at this level will last until the end of today's trading. An hour before the end of the session the WIG 20 index was at the level of 1,941 points (+ 0.47%).

U.S. stock-index futures were flat. Trading activity remain low as the market participants gear up for another three-day weekend.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei 19,145.14 -256.58 -1.32%

Hang Seng 21,790.91 +36.17 +0.17%

Shanghai 3,096.56 -5.67 -0.18%

FTSE 7,103.26 -2.82 -0.04%

CAC 4,841.20 -6.81 -0.14%

DAX 11,444.49 -30.50 -0.27%

Crude $53.89 (-0.31%)

Gold $1,146.80 (+0.52%)

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

The morning phase of the session on the Warsaw market showed relative strength of our parquet, although ruling today activity is still lower than yesterday and it's hard to talk here about the reliability of such behavior. Low volatility and a flat drift at levels of prior consolidatio6n shows that today's session will not bring major changes in the balance of power.

We are waiting than to enter the game by Americans because only they can influence the increase in volatility in the markets.

At the halfway point of today's quotations the WIG 20 index was at the level of 1,937 points (+ 0.27%), the turnover in segment of largest companies was amounted to PLN 150 million.

WIG20 index opened at 1934.69 points (+0.10%)*

WIG 51334.68 0.01%

WIG30 2226.33 -0.07%

mWIG40 4189.89 0.11%

*/ - change to previous close

The beginning of trading on the cash market was in favor of the bulls. With quite small turnover the demand side in the first fifteen minutes of the session worked out most of the losses incurred at the yesterday's close.

After twenty minutes of trading the WIG20 index was at the level of 1,938 points (+ 0.32%).

Wednesday's session on the New York stock exchange ended with declines in major indices. At the close the Dow Jones fell by 0.56 percent, Nasdaq Composite went down by 0.89 percent and the S&P500 lost 0.84 percent. We may say that the psychological levels have changed into technical resistance. We may also venture to say that the market is ripe for a correction after the post-election rally.

From the European markets point of view it is important that the S&P500 doubled its loss after the close of trading in Europe, so this morning can bring adjustment to valuations in the US. Tokyo's Nikkei index responded to this situation with decrease of 1.3 percent.

The only major report in today's macro calendar is weekly data from the US labor market, which should strengthen the interest in situation on Wall Street. In addition, investors are waiting for information from the US markets, the next day of declines will signal that the end of the year will be held under the dictation of the bears.

Yesterday's downward impulse from Wall Street had an impact on the end of trading in Warsaw and the last sessions indicate the fluctuation in demand in the region of 1,950 points what limits the possibility of meeting the WIG20 index with the level of 2,000 points this year.

European stock markets closed mixed in light postholiday trade on Wednesday, with miners pushing higher, while Italian banks led decliners on ongoing concerns about the future of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, slumping in a broad decline as the market's multiweek rally-which has taken indexes to repeated records and the Dow within mere points of the 20,000 milestone-stalled. All 11 of the S&P 500's primary sectors ended lower on the day, while the benchmark index itself suffered its biggest one-day point and percentage drop since October. Financials and materials, two of the best-performing industries of late, were among the hardest hit, with both down about 1%.

Major Asian markets were broadly lower Thursday following declines on Wall Street. "It's largely a response to a negative U.S. session [but] volumes are so thin it's hard to read into any particular move," said Alex Furber, sales trader at CMC Markets.