Stock
indices traded little changed ahead the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision
on Thursday. Investors are awaiting the ECB will cut interest rates and
announce measures to boost lending to smaller businesses.
Services PMIs
were also in focus in the Eurozone. Eurozone’s services purchase managers’
index (PMI) declined to 53.2 in May from 53.5 in April. Analysts had expected
that the index remains unchanged.
Eurozone’s
gross domestic product remained unchanged at 0.2% in the first quarter, meeting
analysts’ expectation.
Eurozone’s
producer price index fell 0.1% in April, after a 0.2% decline in March. This
figure was expected by analysts.
German
final services PMI declined to 56.0 in May from 56.4 in April. Analysts had
expected that the index remains unchanged.
French
final services PMI sank to 49.1 in May from 49.2 in April. Analysts had
expected that the index remains unchanged.
Indexes on
the close:
Name Price Change Change %
FTSE
100 6,818.63 -17.67 -0.26%
DAX 9,926.67 +6.93 +0.07%
CAC 40 4,501.00 -2.69 -0.06%
U.S. stock futures fell after a private report on payrolls showed companies added fewer jobs than forecast in May and as investors awaited a European Central Bank decision on stimulus measures.
Global markets:
Nikkei 15,067.96 +33.71 +0.22%
Hang Seng 23,151.71 -139.33 -0.60%
Shanghai Composite 2,024.83 -13.47 -0.66%
FTSE 6,810.83 -25.47 -0.37%
CAC 4,487.7 -15.99 -0.36%
DAX 9,891.19 -28.55 -0.29%
Crude oil $103.22 (+0.55%)
Gold $1247.20 (+0.22%)
(company / ticker / price / change, % / volume)
Procter & Gamble Co | PG | 79.97 | +0.05% | 0.2K |
Verizon Communications Inc | VZ | 49.32 | +0.06% | 1K |
AT&T Inc | T | 35.25 | +0.14% | 4.1K |
Nike | NKE | 75.70 | +0.20% | 2.0K |
UnitedHealth Group Inc | UNH | 80.25 | +0.46% | 0.9K |
Pfizer Inc | PFE | 29.59 | 0.00% | 21.0K |
Chevron Corp | CVX | 122.50 | -0.04% | 0.3K |
The Coca-Cola Co | KO | 40.85 | -0.07% | 0.2K |
International Business Machines Co... | IBM | 184.17 | -0.11% | 0.6K |
McDonald's Corp | MCD | 101.30 | -0.15% | 0.6K |
Goldman Sachs | GS | 161.50 | -0.19% | 0.1K |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc | WMT | 76.55 | -0.21% | 0.3K |
General Electric Co | GE | 26.73 | -0.22% | 1K |
Intel Corp | INTC | 27.59 | -0.25% | 2.6K |
Walt Disney Co | DIS | 83.66 | -0.26% | 0.5K |
Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 40.18 | -0.27% | 2.0K |
Caterpillar Inc | CAT | 104.18 | -0.30% | 0.3K |
JPMorgan Chase and Co | JPM | 55.39 | -0.38% | 0.1K |
Boeing Co | BA | 135.35 | -0.39% | 0.5K |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co | DD | 68.60 | -0.39% | 1.9K |
Home Depot Inc | HD | 80.35 | -0.40% | 1.4K |
Cisco Systems Inc | CSCO | 24.51 | -0.67% | 13.7K |
Merck & Co Inc | MRK | 57.22 | -1.19% | 12.8K |
Stock
indices decreased due to expectation for further stimulus measures by the
European Central Bank and the weaker-than-expected economic data in the
Eurozone. Eurozone’s services purchase managers’ index (PMI) declined to 53.2
in May from 53.5 in April. Analysts had expected that the index remains
unchanged.
Eurozone’s
gross domestic product remained unchanged at 0.2% in the first quarter, meeting
analysts’ expectation.
Eurozone’s
producer price index fell 0.1% in April, after a 0.2% decline in March. This
figure was expected by analysts.
German
final services PMI declined to 56.0 in May from 56.4 in April. Analysts had
expected that the index remains unchanged.
French
final services PMI sank to 49.1 in May from 49.2 in April. Analysts had
expected that the index remains unchanged.
Current
figures:
Name Price Change Change %
FTSE
100 6,818.40 -17.90 -0.26%
DAX 9,901.80 -17.94 -0.18%
CAC 40 4,494.94 -8.75 -0.19%
Most Asian
stock indices declined. Investors are awaiting the European Central Bank’s
interest rate decision on Thursday and the U.S. jobs report on Friday.
The
Japanese stock index Nikkei 225 was supported by the weak yen. The U.S. dollar strengthened
against yen following overnight gains in U.S. Treasury yields.
Indexes on
the close:
Nikkei
225 15,067.96 +33.71 +0.27%
Hang
Seng 23,151.71 -139.33 -0.60%
Shanghai
Composite 2,024.83 -13.47 -0.66%
HTC Corp.
shares declined 4.3% after sales in May fell 27% from a year earlier.
Nikkei 15,034.25 +98.33 +0.66%
Hang Seng 23,291.04 +209.39 +0.91%
Shanghai Composite 2,038.31 -0.91 -0.04%
S&P 1,924.24 -0.73 -0.04%
NASDAQ 4,234.08 -3.12 -0.07%
Dow 16,722.34 -21.29 -0.13%
FTSE 1,374.78 -5.68 -0.41%
CAC 4,503.69 -12.20 -0.27%
DAX 9,919.74 -30.38 -0.31%