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Morningstar Morning Research Update Monday, Feb 18, 2013


18-Feb-2013

Overseas Market Report

Stocks pared afternoon losses and finished mixed. Much focus was on economic data and earnings reports in the United States and cautious optimism about the G-20 summit that began in Moscow today. At the summit, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that economic conditions are far from healthy, but he has hopes that the results from domestic policies in the US will help strengthen the global economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 8.37 points, or 0.06%, to 13,981.76 on Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 1.59 points, or 0.10%, to 1,519.79 and the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 6.63 points, or 0.21%, to 3,192.03... Read More

Foreign Equities (18-Feb-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change
/Dow Jones (US)1398280.06
/S&P 5001520-2-0.10
/NASDAQ3192-7-0.21
/FTSE 100 Index632810.01
/DAX 307594-38-0.49
/CAC 403660-9-0.25
/Nikkei 225 (Japan)11174-133-1.18
/HKSE23445310.13
/SSE Composite Index2432140.57
/BSE Sensitive19468-29-0.15
/NZ 504197-42-1.00
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Commodities (18-Feb-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change
/Aluminium2127120.58
/Copper8172-33-0.40
/Nickel183121250.69
/Gold1609-26-1.57
/Silver29.7-0.8-2.52
/Oil - West Texas crude96.4-0.6-0.61
/Lead2421271.12
/Zinc2147-16-0.76

Currency (18-Feb-2013 / Close)CloseChange% Change
/$A vs $US1.02920.00100.10
/$A vs GBP0.6638-0.0002-0.03
/$A vs YEN96.37-0.02-0.02
/$A vs EUR0.77100.00020.02
/$A vs $NZ1.21910.00030.02
/$US vs Euro0.7491-0.0008-0.11
/$US vs UK0.6448-0.0004-0.07
/$US vs CHF0.9223-0.0010-0.11

Research Updates (6)

Special Reports (1)
/Fund Talking Points: Derivative Equity Income Funds: An Overview

Funds (0)
There were no research reports published on the previous business day.

Shares (5)
/ANZ Bank (ANZ) Accumulate
/Charter Hall Retail (CQR) Hold
/DUET (DUE) Reduce
/Mineral Resources (MIN) /Reduce
/Rio Tinto (RIO) Accumulate

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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