Friday, 24 May 2013

Global Indices

  • £36.6bn wiped off value of FTSE 100

    07:04 | 24/5/13
    Evening Standard
    But analysts have been warning that the recent bull run of shares - which on Wednesday saw the FTSE 100 surge to its second-highest ever close - was bound for a correction amid the continuing malaise in the wider economy. more»
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Latest News
  • FTSE 100 suffers heaviest drop for a year

    06:35 | 24/5/13
    Telegraph.co.uk
    Bullish investors had this week sent the benchmark index surging to its highest level since December 1999, taking it back to levels not seen since the infamous dotcom bubble. more»
  • S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite: Structure and Price Level Check

    06:25 | 24/5/13
    ETF Daily News
    ... a sudden (yet overdue) retracement took the major US Equity Indexes back to their rising 20 day moving averages, let's update the current structure and short term reference levels in the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:. more»
  • Dividend Stocks 2013: Why 81% of S&P 500 Companies Want to Pay You

    06:20 | 24/5/13
    Money Morning
    Collective dividends per share for Standard & Poor's 500 companies increased roughly 16% year-over-year in 2012. Meanwhile, the number of companies paying a dividend over that period reached a new 13-year high of 405, or roughly 81% of the S&P 500, ... more»
  • S&P 500: Stock Advisor Sentiment Suggests Sell-Off Ahead

    05:04 | 24/5/13
    ETF Daily News
    If the percentage of S&P 500 companies showing revenues below expectations remains at 47%, by the time they are done reporting their corporate earnings, the first quarter of 2013 will be the third in the last four quarters that the S&P 500 companies ... more»
  • S&P 500 lower despite HP surge

    04:51 | 24/5/13
    Financial Times
    The S&P 500 appeared likely to post a back-to-back daily drop amid investor concerns the US Federal Reserve's stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped and after weak data in China. more»
  • 3 FTSE 100 Dividends Lifted This Week

    04:44 | 24/5/13
    Motley Fool
    LONDON -- With the FTSE 100 soaring this year, the average dividend yield of the index is down to about 3%, with forecasts for 3.1%. more»
  • Asian markets stage a sell-off

    04:07 | 24/5/13
    Taipei Times
    Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 2.5 percent while China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.2 percent. South Korea's Kospi Index decreased 1.2 percent. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index slid 2 percent, while New Zealand's NZX 50 Index lost 0.5 percent ... more»
  • U.S. Stocks Pare Losses With S&P 500 Trimming Early 1.2% Tumble

    03:36 | 24/5/13
    Bloomberg
    The S&P 500 was down 0.4 percent at 1,648.67 at 11:19 a.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 23.9 points, or 0.2 percent, to 15,283.27 after tumbling as much as 126.94 points. more»
  • Dow Jones Industrial average down 112 points to 15191

    02:49 | 24/5/13
    Fox 2 KFXV
    NEW YORK (AP) - A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program. more»
  • When fed hikes S&P 500 goes up!

    01:27 | 24/5/13
    NASDAQ
    Just remember, when the fed hikes the S&P 500 ( SPX , quote ) will go up! If we are in a place where the fed begins to hike rates, albeit this is different formally than removing stimulus than the economy is on better footing, commodities are rallying ... more»
  • Why United Utilities, Booker, and BTG Should Beat the FTSE 100 Today

    00:39 | 24/5/13
    Motley Fool
    LONDON -- Disappointing economic news from China sent Japan's Nikkei index down 7% overnight and had a knock-on effect on the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE ) this morning: The blue-chip index is down 1.8% to 6,719 points as of 8:15 a.m. EDT. more»
  • Why Lloyds Banking, Halfords, and Investec Should Lag the FTSE 100 Today

    00:27 | 24/5/13
    Motley Fool
    LONDON -- After a period of strong rises, the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE ) has retrenched somewhat today, dropping 1.8% to 6,718 points by 7:55 a.m. more»
  • FTSE 100 Slips as Japan's Nikkei Drops 7%

    00:10 | 24/5/13
    Motley Fool
    Yesterday, the FTSE 100 saw its second-highest close ever at 6840.3 points -- bested only by December 1999's 6930.2 figure, which was fueled by the dot-com boom. more»
  • FTSE 100 falls sharply from 13-year high

    21:09 | 23/5/13
    The Guardian
    A day after the FTSE 100 came within 90 points of its December 1999 peak, the index has slumped nearly 2%, down 117.80 points at 6722.47. more»
  • FTSE 100 drops on China data and Bernanke comments

    18:36 | 23/5/13
    Telegraph.co.uk
    Until today, the FTSE 100 had risen 16pc so far this year and some had feared a correction - a sharp, rapid fall in the market - was overdue. more»
Global Indices
CodeLastChange
NZ504,58900.00%
COMP3,463391.11%
DJI15,307800.52%
SP5001,65150.29%
DAX7,789911.15%
FTSE6,840360.53%
NI22512,494220.18%
TWI76.600.220.29%
Currencies
CodeLastChange
EURUSD1.2940.0100.76%
NZDUSD0.81380.00750.93%
AUDUSD0.97450.00740.77%
NZDAUD0.83510.00340.41%