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Morningstar Morning Research Update Thursday, Jan 24, 2013
Press Release – Morningstar
Overseas Market Report Stocks ended slightly higher after the House of Representatives passed a measure to suspend the debt ceiling until May. The bill is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Obama. Investors also kept a close …24-Jan-2013
Overseas Market Report
Stocks ended slightly higher after the House of Representatives passed a measure to suspend the debt ceiling until May. The bill is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed by President Obama. Investors also kept a close watch on corporate earnings reports.
In regard to economic data, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices in November rose by 0.6%, seasonally adjusted, from the previous month, marking the 10th straight month of an increase. The gain was just below the expected 0.7% increase, but overall prices were 5.6% higher year over year. Separately, both Redbook and the International Council of Shopping Centres reported decreases in weekly retail sales. .. Read More
| Foreign Equities (24-Jan-2013 / Close) | Close | Change | % Change | |
| / | Dow Jones (US) | 13779 | 67 | 0.49 |
| / | S&P 500 | 1495 | 2 | 0.15 |
| / | NASDAQ | 3154 | 10 | 0.33 |
| / | FTSE 100 Index | 6198 | 18 | 0.30 |
| / | DAX 30 | 7708 | 11 | 0.15 |
| / | CAC 40 | 3726 | -15 | -0.40 |
| / | Nikkei 225 (Japan) | 10487 | -223 | -2.08 |
| / | HKSE | 23635 | -24 | -0.10 |
| / | SSE Composite Index | 2321 | 6 | 0.25 |
| / | BSE Sensitive | 20027 | 45 | 0.23 |
| / | NZ 50 | 4188 | 2 | 0.04 |
| Commodities (24-Jan-2013 / Close) | Close | Change | % Change | |
| / | Aluminium | 2039 | 1 | 0.04 |
| / | Copper | 8073 | -29 | -0.36 |
| / | Nickel | 17483 | 170 | 0.98 |
| / | Gold | 1686 | -8 | -0.50 |
| / | Silver | 32.3 | -0.1 | -0.26 |
| / | Oil – West Texas crude | 96.7 | 0.7 | 0.71 |
| / | Lead | 2362 | 47 | 2.01 |
| / | Zinc | 2066 | 31 | 1.51 |
| Currency (24-Jan-2013 / Close) | Close | Change | % Change | |
| / | $A vs $US | 1.0551 | – | 0.08 |
| / | $A vs GBP | 0.6656 | – | 0.17 |
| / | $A vs YEN | 93.57 | -0.11 | -0.11 |
| / | $A vs EUR | 0.7919 | – | 0.15 |
| / | $A vs $NZ | 1.2532 | – | 0.19 |
| / | $US vs Euro | 0.7506 | – | 0.07 |
| / | $US vs UK | 0.6309 | – | 0.08 |
| / | $US vs CHF | 0.9290 | – | 0.05 |
Research Updates (19)
| Special Reports (1) | |
| / | Australian Economic Update – January 2013 |
| Funds (4) | |||
| / | Colonial First State Global Soft Commodity Share (18164) | Bronze | |
| / | Lazard Global Small Companies (10701) | Neutral | |
| / | Perpetual Geared Australian Share (9835) | Bronze | |
| / | Perpetual Industrial Australian Share (4362) | Bronze |
| Shares (14) | |||
| / | AMP Limited (AMP) | / | Accumulate |
| / | BHP Billiton (BHP) | Accumulate | |
| / | Boral (BLD) | Reduce | |
| / | Brambles (BXB) | Reduce | |
| / | Crown (CWN) | Hold | |
| / | Downer EDI (DOW) | / | Reduce |
| / | DWS (DWS) | / | Hold |
| / | GUD Holdings (GUD) | Hold | |
| / | IOOF (IFL) | Hold | |
| / | Nufarm (NUF) | Hold | |
| / | SkyCity (SKC) | / | Accumulate |
| / | SkyCity (SKC-NZ) | / | Accumulate |
| / | Sydney Airport (SYD) | / | Hold |
| / | Western Areas (WSA) | Hold |
| ETFs (0) | |||
| There were no research reports published on the previous business day. |
| Fixed Income (0) | |||
| There were no research reports published on the previous business day. |
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