index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Ksetra DAX (Xetra DAX) fell 35.55 points (-0.60%) and at the level of 5883.00. Index of the London Stock Exchange Futsi 100 (FTSE 100) fell 25.70 points (-0.47%) and at the level of 5468.69. The March futures on the index S & Pi 500 (SP 500) on Globex (Globex) fell by 4.1 points and is 1128.2. Opening of the American stock indexes are now expected to bottom.

The euro /dollar fell on the European session to the level of 1.4261, a minimum of 4 January. The negative impact on the euro against the dollar has fall in cross-rate euro /pound, and today"s weak data from Germany.

index of business expectations of the German Center for Economic Research (ZEW economic expectations index) in Germany in January 47.2 (forecast 49.5, the previous value of 50.4). Factor out significantly worse prognosis and reached the lowest level since July last year.

The euro /pound fell to 0.8728 marks, its lowest since September 11, 2009. Support for the pound has information about buying an American company Kraft Foods UK-based Cadbury for 11.5 billion pounds, as well as today"s data which showed an increase in inflation in the UK.

The euro continues to remain under pressure due to investor concern about the difficult situation with the budget deficit in Greece.

This week, investors" attention remains directed to the publication of financial statements of major American companies for the fourth quarter of 2009, in particular, banks Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. These data could have a noticeable effect on the behavior of U.S. stock indices.

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in the UK in December 0.6% per month, 2.9% for the year (forecast 0.2% per month, 2.4% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 1.9% per year).

retail price index (Retail prices) in the UK in December 0.6% per month, 2.4% for the year (forecast 0.3% per month, 2.0% for the year, the previous value of 0.3% per month, 0.3% per year).

Today is scheduled for release the following data:

at 14:00 GMT - the volume of purchases by foreign investors of U.S. assets (data TICS) in billions of dollars in the U.S. for November (the previous value of -13.9);

at 14:00 GMT - results of the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Canada;

at 23:50 GMT - an index of business activity in the services sector (Tertiary activity index) in Japan for November (forecast 0.0%, the previous value of 0.5 %).

Adjust, Russia"s stock index is likely to resume growth
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Growth of production in agriculture in Ukraine in 2009 amounted to 0,1%
Despite the correction of the local oil market quotation supports the positive dynamics od23f the overseas indices
As a result of trading the MICEX currency market the U.S. dold25lar in the UTS with the calculations of "tomorrow" was 29.6343 rubles. per dollar