Major U.S. stock-indexes higher on Tuesday, tracking global equities, as investors' appetite for risk increased and as oil prices rose, boosting energy shares. Oil was up about 2%, driven by supply disruptions in Canada and elsewhere that have knocked out 2.5 million barrels of daily production and overshadowed fears of oversupply. World stock markets also rose, helped by solid corporate earnings in Europe, progress on Greek debt talks, and a new pledge by Japan that it was prepared to weaken its currency.

Almost all of Dow stocks in positive area (28 of 30). Top looser - Pfizer Inc. (PFE, -0,68). Top gainer - The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, +2,23%).

Almost all of S&P sectors also in positive area. Top looser - Conglomerates (-2,4%). Top gainer - Basic Materials (+1,5%).

At the moment:

Dow 17826.00 +180.00 +1.02%

S&P 500 2073.25 +19.00 +0.92%

Nasdaq 100 4380.25 +44.50 +1.03%

Oil 44.39 +0.95 +2.19%

Gold 1260.40 -6.20 -0.49%

U.S. 10yr 1.76 +0.00

Stock indices closed higher as oil prices increased. Oil prices remained supported by the wildfire in Canada.

Market participants also eyed the economic data from the Eurozone. Destatis released its industrial production data for Germany on Tuesday. German industrial production fell 1.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% drop, after a 0.7% decline in February. It was the biggest drop since August 2014.

German industrial production excluding energy and construction fell by 1.2% in March.

According to Destatis, Germany's trade surplus increased to €26.0 billion in March from 20.2 in February. February's figure was revised down from a surplus of €20.3 billion.

Exports climbed 1.9% in March, while imports were down 2.3%.

On a yearly basis, German exports decreased 0.5% in March, while imports slid by 4.3%.

Germany's current account surplus was €30.4 billion in March, up from €21.1 billion in February. February's figure was revised up from a surplus of €20.0 billion.

The French statistical office Insee its industrial production figures on Tuesday. Industrial production in France slid 0.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% increase, after a 1.3% drop in February. February's figure was revised down from a 1.0% fall. Manufacturing output dropped 0.9% in March, while construction output jumped 1.2%.

The U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS) released trade data for the U.K. on Tuesday. The U.K. trade deficit in goods narrowed to £11.2 billion in March from £11.4 billion in February.

The decline in deficit was driven by a rise in exports, which increased by £0.4 billion in March.

The total trade deficit for goods and services widened to £13.3 billion in the first quarter from £12.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. It was the biggest gap since the first quarter of 2008.

The total trade deficit, including services, narrowed to £3.83 billion in March from £4.3 billion in February. February's figure was revised down from a deficit of £4.84 billion.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) lowered its GDP growth forecast for the U.K. on Tuesday. If Britain remains in the European Union (EU), the U.K. GDP will be expected to grow 2.0% in 2016, down from the previous estimate of 2.3%. The NIESR expects the U.K. economy to expand at 2.7% in 2017, unchanged from the previous estimate. The NIESR said that uncertainty around the referendum on Britain's membership in the EU weighed on the economy.

Indexes on the close:

Name Price Change Change %

FTSE 100 6,156.65 +41.84 +0.68 %

DAX 10,045.44 +64.95 +0.65 %

CAC 40 4,338.21 +15.40 +0.36 %

According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG sales monitor, the U.K. retail sales decreased by an annual rate of 0.9% on a like-for-like basis in April, after a 0.7% fall in March.

On a total basis, retail sales were flat year-on-year in April.

"April saw the second month of flat sales for UK retailers with positive food sales offset by record declines in fashion. As a result, the 12-month average growth for non-food sales slowed to 2.5 per cent while for food sales it nudged back into positive territory at 0.1 per cent," BRC Chief Executive, Helen Dickinson, said.

Polish equity market closed lower on Tuesday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, lost 0.97%. Except for information technology (+0.74%) and telecommunication services (+0.33%), every sector in the WIG Index declined, with materials (-3.83%) lagging behind.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, fell by 1.22%. Within the WIG30 Index components, coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW) was hit the hardest, retreating by 13.18% after a month-long growth, which took the stock up 60%. Other major laggards included genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE), bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO) and railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP), plunging by 4.21%, 3.46% and 3.34% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, footwear retailer CCC (WSE: CCC) recorded the biggest gain, up 2.35%. It was followed by videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and FMCG-wholesaler EUROCASH (WSE: EUR), advancing 2.04 % and 1.94% respectively.

Koichi Hamada, a key economic adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) would intervene in the foreign exchange market if the yen rises against the U.S. dollar to Y90-95.

"In case the yen happens to be so firm that it becomes between 90-95 yen per dollar, then Japan would have to intervene even if it angers the United States," he said.

Hamada also said that there was no need for further stimulus measures at the moment.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said on Tuesday that Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) would be a shock for the country's economy. The economy would expand 1.9% next year, lower than 2.7% growth if Britain remains in the EU.

The pound would depreciate in the longer-term, declining to close to parity with the euro by 2030.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) lowered its GDP growth forecast for the U.K. on Tuesday. If Britain remains in the European Union (EU), the U.K. GDP will be expected to grow 2.0% in 2016, down from the previous estimate of 2.3%. The NIESR expects the U.K. economy to expand at 2.7% in 2017, unchanged from the previous estimate.

The NIESR said that uncertainty around the referendum on Britain's membership in the EU weighed on the economy.

The unemployment rate is expected to decline to rise to 5.2% this year from 5.1% last year.

The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to start hiking its interest rates in November, according to NIESR.

The inflation is expected to be an average 0.3% this year and 0.9% next year.

The U.S. Commerce Department released wholesale inventories on Tuesday. Wholesale inventories in the U.S. increased 0.1% in March, in line with expectations, after a 0.6% fall in January. February's figure was revised down from a 0.5% decline.

The increase was mainly driven by a rise in inventories of non-durable goods. Inventories of non-durable goods increased 0.5% in March, while inventories of durable goods fell 0.1%.

Wholesale sales rose 0.7% in March, after a 0.2% fall in February.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report on Tuesday. Job openings jumped to 5.757 million in March from 5.608 million in February, beating expectations for a fall to 5.412. February's figure was revised up from 5.445 million.

The number of job openings rose for total private (5.251 million) and for government (506,000) in March from February.

The hires rate was 3.7% in March.

Total separations decreased to 5.045 million in March from 5.159 million in February.

The JOLTS report is one of the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's favourite labour market indicators.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority released its preliminary industrial production data for Greece on Tuesday. Greek industrial production decreased 0.8% in March, after a 4.5% fall in February.

On a yearly basis, industrial production in Greece slid at an adjusted rate of 4.0% in March, after a 2.5% decrease in February. February's figure was revised up from a 3.0% drop.

Production in the manufacturing sector decreased at an annual rate of 2.5% in March, output in the mining and quarrying sector dropped 23.8%, while electricity production slid by 5.1%.

The Hellenic Statistical Authority released its consumer price inflation data for Greece on Tuesday Greek consumer prices increased 0.7% in April, after a 1.3% rise in March.

On a yearly basis, the Greek consumer price index declined 1.3% in April, after a 1.5 fall in March. Consumer prices in Greece declined since March 2013.

Housing prices plunged at an annual rate of 4.8% in April, transport costs dropped by 4.5%, clothing and footwear prices were down 2.2%, while household equipment prices decreased 1.4%.

Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages fell at an annual rate of 1.0% in April, while alcoholic beverages and tobacco prices increased by 1.4%.

U.S. Stocks open: Dow +0.47%, Nasdaq +0.34%, S&P +0.41%

The beginning of trading on Wall Street is an increase of more than 0.3% and the increase in attacks on the exponential average of 21 sessions. The movement bears the marks of continuing defense of Friday.

On the WSE we have different problem. The combination of concerns about Friday Moody's rating with a negative impulse for the banking sector after its non-preferred for the holder of a mortgage in CHF court judgment, set the sentiment on the Warsaw Stock Exchange clearly down. Hence start of trading on the market in the US is not very interesting for our investors.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its small-business optimism index for the U.S. on Tuesday. The index rose to 93.6 in April from 92.6 in March.

5 of 10 sub-indexes increased last month, 1 sub-index fell, while 4 were unchanged.

"The Federal Reserve continues to send out a message of economic weakness, indicating that the economy is too weak to be able to handle a 25 basis point increase in the Federal Funds rate. This reinforces the uncertainty felt on Main Street and supports the reluctance to spend and hire reflected in the NFIB measures," NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said.

U.S. stock-index futures rose.

Nikkei 16,565.19 +349.16 +2.15%

Hang Seng 20,242.68 +85.87 +0.43%

Shanghai Composite 2,833.18 +1.07 +0.04%

FTSE 6,131.81 +17.00 +0.28%

CAC 4,337.04 +14.23 +0.33%

DAX 10,027.36 +46.87 +0.47%

Crude $43.47 (+0.07%)

Gold $1266.00 (-0.05%)

The Italian statistical office Istat released its industrial production data on Tuesday. Industrial production in Italy was flat in March, after a 0.7% decline in February. February's figure was revised down from a 0.6% decrease.

An increase in production of energy products offset drops in production of output of consumer goods, investment goods and intermediate products.

On a yearly basis, industrial production in Italy climbed at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 0.5% in March, after a 1.1% increase in February. February's figure was revised down from 1.2% gain.

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

Upgrades:

Downgrades:

NIKE (NKE) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo

Other:

American International Group (AIG) target lowered to $53 from $56 at FBR Capital

Pfizer (PFE) removed from US 1 List at BofA/Merrill

After the first half of the session the picture of market remains unchanged. With relatively low activity the Warsaw Stock Exchange collapses under its own weight, essentially blurring the conclusions from Friday's tip. Unfortunately it happens at the pretty optimism presented by the West of Europe. Also a weaker performance show others emerging markets, which are our point of reference. We may also see that bigger capital can abstain with decisions to next Friday, when we will know the decision of Moody's vs. Polish rating.

In the mid-session the WIG20 index reached the level of 1830 points (-0,97%) with turnover of PLN 223 mln.

Stock indices traded higher on the mixed economic data from the Eurozone. Destatis released its industrial production data for Germany on Tuesday. German industrial production fell 1.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% drop, after a 0.7% decline in February. It was the biggest drop since August 2014.

German industrial production excluding energy and construction fell by 1.2% in March.

According to Destatis, Germany's trade surplus increased to €26.0 billion in March from 20.2 in February. February's figure was revised down from a surplus of €20.3 billion.

Exports climbed 1.9% in March, while imports were down 2.3%.

On a yearly basis, German exports decreased 0.5% in March, while imports slid by 4.3%.

Germany's current account surplus was €30.4 billion in March, up from €21.1 billion in February. February's figure was revised up from a surplus of €20.0 billion.

The French statistical office Insee its industrial production figures on Tuesday. Industrial production in France slid 0.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% increase, after a 1.3% drop in February. February's figure was revised down from a 1.0% fall. Manufacturing output dropped 0.9% in March, while construction output jumped 1.2%.

The U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS) released trade data for the U.K. on Tuesday. The U.K. trade deficit in goods narrowed to £11.2 billion in March from £11.4 billion in February.

The decline in deficit was driven by a rise in exports, which increased by £0.4 billion in March.

The total trade deficit for goods and services widened to £13.3 billion in the first quarter from £12.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. It was the biggest gap since the first quarter of 2008.

The total trade deficit, including services, narrowed to £3.83 billion in March from £4.3 billion in February. February's figure was revised down from a deficit of £4.84 billion.

Current figures:

Name Price Change Change %

FTSE 100 6,166.23 +51.42 +0.84 %

DAX 10,088.46 +107.97 +1.08 %

CAC 40 4,368.69 +45.88 +1.06 %

The Bank of France released its gross domestic product (GDP) forecasts for France on Tuesday. French economy is expected to expand at 0.3% in the second quarter, after a 0.5% growth in the first quarter.

The manufacturing business confidence index remained unchanged at 99 in April. Companies expect a growth in activity to accelerate in May.

The services business sentiment index remained unchanged at 96 in April. But services companies expect a rise in activity in May.

The construction business sentiment index increased to 97 in April from 96 in March. Companies expect an increase in activity in May.

The U.K. Office for National Statistics (ONS) released trade data for the U.K. on Tuesday. The U.K. trade deficit in goods narrowed to £11.2 billion in March from £11.4 billion in February.

The decline in deficit was driven by a rise in exports, which increased by £0.4 billion in March.

The total trade deficit for goods and services widened to £13.3 billion in the first quarter from £12.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015. It was the biggest gap since the first quarter of 2008.

The total trade deficit, including services, narrowed to £3.83 billion in March from £4.3 billion in February. February's figure was revised down from a deficit of £4.84 billion.

The French statistical office Insee its industrial production figures on Tuesday. Industrial production in France slid 0.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% increase, after a 1.3% drop in February. February's figure was revised down from a 1.0% fall.

Manufacturing output dropped 0.9% in March, while construction output jumped 1.2%.

Output in mining and quarrying, energy, water supply and waste management climbed 3.7% in March.

On a yearly basis, the French industrial production climbed 0.5% in March, after a 0.6% gain in February.

Destatis released its trade data for Germany on Tuesday. Germany's trade surplus increased to €26.0 billion in March from 20.2 in February. February's figure was revised down from a surplus of €20.3 billion.

Exports climbed 1.9% in March, while imports were down 2.3%.

On a yearly basis, German exports decreased 0.5% in March, while imports slid by 4.3%.

Germany's current account surplus was €30.4 billion in March, up from €21.1 billion in February. February's figure was revised up from a surplus of €20.0 billion.

Destatis released its industrial production data for Germany on Tuesday. German industrial production fell 1.3% in March, missing expectations for a 0.3% drop, after a 0.7% decline in February. It was the biggest drop since August 2014.

February's figure was revised down from a 0.5% decrease.

The output of capital goods decreased 1.4% in March, energy output rose 0.3%, and the production in the construction sector was down 3.2%, while the production of intermediate goods fell 1.3%.

The output of consumer goods declined 0.2% in March.

German industrial production excluding energy and construction fell by 1.2% in March.

The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs released its unemployment data for Switzerland on Tuesday. The Swiss unemployment rate increased to a seasonally adjusted 3.5% in April from 3.4% in March. March's figure was revised down from 3.5%.

On a seasonally unadjusted basis, the unemployment rate in Switzerland decreased to 3.5% in April from 3.6% in March, in line with expectations.

The number of unemployed people in Switzerland fell by 5,784 to 149,540 in April from the previous month.

The youth unemployment rate was down to 3.2% in April from 3.4% in March.

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso repeated on Tuesday that the government was ready to intervene in the foreign exchange market if the yen would raise further and if it would hurt the country's economy.

"It will be natural for us to undertake intervention if that kind of one-sided situation continues," he said.

The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics released its consumer and producer price inflation data for China on Tuesday. The Chinese consumer price index (CPI) rose at annual rate of 2.3% in April, missing expectations for a 2.4% increase, after a 2.3% gain in March.

Food prices rose at an annual rate of 7.4% in April, while non-food prices increased 1.1%.

On a monthly basis, consumer price inflation decreased 0.2% in April, after a 0.4% fall in March.

The Chinese producer price index (PPI) dropped 3.4% in April, beating expectations for a 3.8% fall, after a 4.3% decline in March.

Minneapolis Fed Bank President Neel Kashkari said on Monday that the Fed's cautious approach was "right", adding that an interest rate hike in June was possible.

He noted that he expected the U.S. economy to expand about 2% this year.

WIG20 index opened at 1845.54 points (-0.16%)*

WIG 46649.26 0.04%

WIG30 2061.36 0.00%

mWIG40 3552.53 0.22%

*/ - change to previous close

The cash market opened with a drop of 0.16% at modest turnover. Unfortunately, activity is similar to the value indicating the session that does not have too much potential for a breakthrough. The market revolves around the level of 1850 points and its behavior remains weaker than the environment, where the DAX gained 0.6%.

Yesterday's session was a bit disappointing, but mostly when comparing the behavior of the WSE with the environment, where demand attempts were grander. Anyway, the final amendments yesterday were in Europe decreased relative to the highs of the day and, for example, the DAX not gained nearly 2%, but slightly more than 1%. The increase on the CAC40 shrank more than twice from more than 1% to barely 0.5%. In the US session finally ended relatively neutral, and the behavior of contracts before today's session is slightly positive. It can result from a quite good behavior of the Nikkei, which gained more than 2% after yesterday weakening of the yen. Changes in other Asian parquets are more balanced and mostly slightly deviating from the neutral level. This also applies to the parquet of the Chinese, which quite calmly accepted the information on domestic inflation, which turned out to be more or less consistent with those expected.

Prices of raw materials are gaining slightly in the morning, but after a fatal behavior yesterday, where oil grew cheaper by as much as 4%.

On our market in the morning we had the results of two banks: Pekao (WSE: PEO) and ING (WSE: ING). Both surprised slightly positive and in this respect continues the trend set by other financial companies. So the mood before the session are relatively neutral, with the possibility of slight positive surprise.

European stock markets gained on Monday, but closed off their best levels after oil prices turned negative. Hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep rates on hold in June and a mostly positive session in Asia offset renewed concerns over a slowdown in China following weak trade data there.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed in positive territory Monday on the back of a rally in health-care stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated as uncertainties in the oil weighed on Wall Street. Volatility in stocks emerged after the weekend dismissal of Saudi Arabia's powerful energy minister, Ali al-Naimi, sowed uncertainty about the country's energy policy, said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management. Al-Naimi will be succeeded by Khalid al-Falih, the chairman of the country's state oil company, Saudi Aramco.

Shares in Asia were choppy Tuesday, largely due to falling commodities prices, though Japanese stocks surged after officials warned that the government could intervene against a sharp rise in the yen. Commodities continued their selloff, with rebar futures falling more than 6% and iron ore futures down about 5%.

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

Nikkei 225 16,216.03 +109.31 +0.68 %

Hang Seng 20,156.81 +46.94 +0.23 %

S&P/ASX 200 5,320.7 +28.65 +0.54 %

Shanghai Composite 2,832.91 -80.34 -2.76 %

FTSE 100 6,114.81 -10.89 -0.18 %

CAC 40 4,322.81 +21.57 +0.50 %

Xetra DAX 9,980.49 +110.54 +1.12 %

S&P 500 2,058.69 +1.55 +0.08 %

NASDAQ Composite 4,750.21 +14.05 +0.30 %

Dow Jones 17,705.91 -34.72 -0.20 %