index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Ksetra DAX (Xetra DAX) fell 20.38 points (-0.37%) and at the level of 5536.71. Index of the London Stock Exchange Futsi 100 (FTSE 100) fell 13.14 points (-0.27%) and at the level of 4903.66. Index of the Paris Stock Exchange, BTB 40 (CAC 40) dropped to 3.55 points (-0.10%) and at the level of 3677.06. The September futures on the index S & Pi 500 (SP 500) on Globex (Globex) dropped to 1.0 points and is 1025.1. Opening of the American stock indexes are now expected to bottom.
After lifting to a mark 1.4347 euro /dollar adjusted to 1.4253. Support for the euro provided the data in Germany, showing an increase in business activity in the country. However, due to low activity in the forex market trend has not received development, and investors began to close their long positions on the euro.
index of business activity of the German institute IFO (Business climate index) in West Germany in August amounted to 90.5 (the forecast was 89.0, the previous value of 87.3).
pound /dollar fell to 1.6351 marks from 1.6230. Rate pound /yen down from 154.07 to 152.76 marks. Dealers noted that the strengthening of the dollar and the yen helps reduce quotations on European stock markets and expectations of falling U.S. indices.
index of orders for durable goods (Durable goods orders) in the U.S. for July was 4.9% (forecast was 4.4%, revised from the previous value of -2.2% to -1.3%).
Today is scheduled for release the following data:
at 14:00 GMT - the number of sales of new homes (New home sales) in the United States for July (forecast 392K, the previous value of 384K);
at 16:00 GMT - unemployment rate (Unemployment) in France in July (the previous value-18.6K).
Better the market during the day remained paper steel companies: Severstal and MMK Energy, World Stock Market, Currency, Weather ...
MICEX holds a mark of 1,100 points, which runs mid-term downtrend from June 6, 2009
Energy Ministry of Russia took control of the restoration work at the Sayan-Shushenskaya power plant after the completion of the operation MOE
Gazprom put into operation a gas pipeline in South Ossetia
Euro continues to consolidate in the corridor 1.4275-1.4375
Rate for the dollar has risen - the evening review of cash markets
Analytics - the outcome of the day
The results of Gazprom for 1 quarter of 2009 had virtually no impact on the share prices of the company
The day futures on the RTS index has lost 3,13%, closing at a value of 106 300 points