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A LIMP trading session yesterday finished with brokers heaving a sigh of relief that the boredom had ended and with the Straits Times Index standing 12.99 points weaker at 2,749.19.
Prices hardly budged throughout trading hours, forcing dealers and remisiers to try their luck at intraday punting, the alternatives being to watch TV or doze off at their terminals. As such, penny stocks were active, … more

The German ZEW economic sentiment could have remained more or less unchanged in February, as the correlated indicators sent mixed signals. The ifo business expectations and the US ISM manufacturing index have both improved. The euro has depreciated and crude oil prices have gone down. However, German yield spreads have…

SINGAPORE stocks gained yesterday as hopes of the European Union (EU) stepping in to rescue debt-ridden Greece lifted the gloom for some Asian markets.
The Singapore market posted gains for a second straight session, with investors rummaging for bargains among stocks that had been sold down last week on fears over piling European sovereign debt.
The Straits Times Index capped yesterday’s trading s… more

The ifo business climate for Germany will probably have remained unchanged in January. The US ISM manufacturing index has risen, but the German ZEW economic sentiment has deteriorated. German yield spreads widened until early January, only to narrow slightly again thereafter, just like long-term interest rates, whereas short-term rates have…

Consumer confidence rose past expectations in January, the third straight monthly increase as Americans begin to feel better about the job picture, according to a report released Tuesday.









United States – Consumer Confidence Index – Business – Home – Consumer Information

The German ZEW economic sentiment is likely to have improved in January, just like the ifo business expectations and the US ISM manufacturing index. German yield spreads widened initially, but have now narrowed again slightly, just like long-term interest rates, whereas short-term rates have decreased. After having depreciated initially, the…

U.S. consumer sentiment was little changed in early January, as worries over income and high unemployment offset news of an improving economy, a survey released on Friday showed.







United States – Consumer Confidence Index – Unemployment – Home – Consumer Information

SINGAPORE consumers are now far more bullish on market and economic prospects than they were in mid-2009, but spending is likely to remain prudent, going by recent market surveys.

The latest consumer confidence index compiled by MasterCard jumped to 79.4 for the second half of 2009, more than double the reading of 31.2 six months earlier, and exceeding the H2 2008 reading of 62.3 too.

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THE tiredness exhibited by the local market on Wednesday proved to be a precursor of things to come as prices fell yesterday across-the-board. Weighed down by weakness in Hong Kong and by expectations of a soft Thursday for Wall Street, the Straits Times Index finished 17.24 points down at 2,913.25, with the broad market recording 256 falls versus 190 rises, excluding derivatives. In the previous … more

A disappointing jobs report couldn’t stop the stock market from having a strong start to the new year.









United States – Stock market index – Government – National Association of Realtors – Business