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Morningstar Morning Research Update Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013

Tuesday, 8 January 2013, 11:24 am
Press Release: Morningstar

08-Jan-2013

Overseas Market Report
Stocks finished lower as investors continued to show caution following last week's Federal Reserve meeting minutes, which indicated a possible end to stimulus sooner than expected. There were also some concerns ahead of this week's European Central Bank meeting, where there is speculation of an interest-rate cut.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 50.92 points, or 0.38%, to 13,384.29 on Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index lost 4.58 points, or 0.31%, to 1,461.89 and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.85 points, or 0.09%, to 3,098.81... Read More

	Foreign Equities (08-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Dow Jones (US)	13384	-51	-0.38
/	S&P 500	1462	-5	-0.31
/	NASDAQ	3099	-3	-0.09
/	FTSE 100 Index	6065	-25	-0.41
/	DAX 30	7733	-44	-0.56
/	CAC 40	3705	-25	-0.68
/	Nikkei 225 (Japan)	10599	-89	-0.83
/	HKSE	23330	-1	-0.01
/	SSE Composite Index	2285	8	0.37
/	BSE Sensitive	19691	-93	-0.47
/	NZ 50	4085	10	0.24

	Commodities (08-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Aluminium	2029	2	0.10
/	Copper	8038	-17	-0.22
/	Nickel	17145	-149	-0.86
/	Gold	1648	-8	-0.47
/	Silver	30.1	0.0	0.05
/	Oil - West Texas crude	93.1	-0.0	-0.01
/	Lead	2290	-35	-1.49
/	Zinc	1986	-23	-1.14

	Currency (08-Jan-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	$A vs $US	1.0503	--	-0.09
/	$A vs GBP	0.6515	--	0.21
/	$A vs YEN	92.18	0.37	0.40
/	$A vs EUR	0.8007	--	0.27
/	$A vs $NZ	1.2545	0.0100	0.57
/	$US vs Euro	0.7625	--	0.37
/	$US vs UK	0.6204	--	0.32
/	$US vs CHF	0.9213	--	0.36

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Research Updates (6)

	Special Reports (0)
	There were no special reports published on the previous business day.

	Funds (2)
/	Aberdeen Asian Opportunities (10438)	Silver
/	Aberdeen Emerging Markets (11594)	Silver

	Shares (4)
/	ALS (ALQ)	/	Reduce
/	Caltex (CTX)	/	Hold
/	Rio Tinto (RIO)	/	Accumulate
/	Reject Shop (TRS)	/	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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