Week ended 15 August 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies
Posted by admin on 16 August, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | 
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A mixed bag this week on the world stock markets with the majority falling but some have risen on the week.
In the UK the FTSE 250 rose again where as the FTSE 100 and the All-share index lost ground on the week. Stock markets in Asian Pacific rose with the Australian ASX 200 rising by 3.8%.
Oil halted its rise this week falling back below $70 per barrel which is a fall of 4.8%.
End of the week saw:
| This week | Last week | Change | |
| Stock exchanges: | |||
| FTSE 100: | 4,713.97 GBX | 4,731.56 GBX | DOWN 0.4% |
| FTSE 250: | 8,515.83 GBP | 8,421.46 GBP | UP 1.1% |
| UK All Share: | 24,815.77 ZAX | 25,071.01 ZAX | DOWN 1.0% |
| US DOW: | 9,321.40 USD | 9,370.07 USD | DOWN 0.5% |
| US S&P 500: | 1,004.09 USD | 1,010.48 USD | DOWN 0.6% |
| US NASDAQ: | 1,985.52 USD | 2,000.25 USD | DOWN 0.7% |
| Japan Nikkei: | 10,597.33 JPY | 10,412.09 JPY | UP 1.8% |
| China H Seng: | 20,893.33 HKD | 20,375.37 HKD | UP 2.5% |
| Australian ASX 200: | 4,461.00 AUD | 4,299.40 AUD | UP 3.8% |
| German DAX: | 5,309.11 EUR | 5,458.96 EUR | DOWN 2.7% |
| French CAC 40: | 3,495.27 EUR | 3,521.14 EUR | DOWN 0.7% |
| Spanish Ibex 35: | 10,901.90 EUR | 10,947.60 EUR | DOWN 0.4% |
| Currencies: | |||
| UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $ | 1.65289 | 1.66746 | DOWN 0.9% |
| UK Sterling £ to Euro € | 1.16475 | 1.17592 | DOWN 0.9% |
| UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen | 157.124 | 162.972 | DOWN 3.6% |
| UK Sterling £ to Aus $ | 1.99026 | 1.99912 | DOWN 0.4% |
| US Dollar $ to Euro € | 0.704728 | 0.705138 | DOWN 0.1% |
| US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen | 95.0708 | 97.7393 | DOWN 2.7% |
| US Dollar $ to Aus $ | 1.20466 | 1.19844 | UP 0.5% |
| Commodities: | |||
| Nymex Crude oil | $67.51 | $70.93 | DOWN 4.8% |
| Gold | $948.70 | $958.10 | DOWN 1.0% |
Finance editor said,
I suppose we should view it as a good thing that three stock markets are up, lets hope its an indication that the global crisis is finally starting to better itself.
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