Week ended 18 July 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 19 July, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | Be the First to Comment

All world stock markets rose by good percertages this week and the French CAC more than recovered the loss of last week to rise by 20% on the week as coinfidence starts to creep back to economies around the world.

The bumpy ride on the crude oil price continued this week on a rise of 6.2% to close at over $60 per barrel again.
End of the week saw:

	This week	Last week	Change
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100:	4,388.75 GBX	4,127.17 GBX	UP 6.3%
FTSE 250:	7,580.66 GBP	7,184.43 GBP	UP 5.5%
UK All Share:	23,543.11 ZAX	22,313.41 ZAX	UP 5.5%
US DOW:	8,743.94USD	8,146.52 USD	UP 7.3%
US S&P 500:	940.38 USD	879.13 USD	UP 7.0%
US NASDAQ:	1,886.61 USD	1,756.03 USD	UP 7.4%
Japan Nikkei:	9,395.32 JPY	9,287.28 JPY	UP 1.2%
China H Seng:	18,805.66 HKD	17,708.42 HKD	UP 6.2%
Australian ASX 200:	4,000.80 AUD	3,794.10 AUD	UP 5.4%
German DAX:	4,978.40 EUR	4,576.31 EUR	UP 8.8%
French CAC 40:	3,218.46 EUR	2,683.10 EUR	UP 20.0%
Spanish Ibex 35:	10,041.90 EUR	9,344.90 EUR	UP 7.5%
Currencies:
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $	1.63434	1.62062	UP 0.8%
UK Sterling £ to Euro €	1.15916	1.16296	DOWN 0.3%
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen	154.209	149.956	UP 2.8%
UK Sterling £ to Aus $	2.03835	2.07372	DOWN 1.7%
US Dollar $ to Euro €	0.709186	0.71760	DOWN 1.2%
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen	94.3550	92.5300	UP 2.0%
US Dollar $ to Aus $	1.24634	1.27959	DOWN 2.6%
Commodities:
Nymex Crude oil	$63.41	$59.73	UP 6.2%
Gold	$937.70	$913.00	UP 2.7%