Week ended 19 September 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 20 September, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | Be the First to Comment

Gold continued to climb above the $1,000 per ounce mark and ended the week at $1,010 per ounce.

Another good week for all but Japan’s stock markets which all moved in a positive direction and most notably the Australian ASX closing up 4.4% on the week.

On the currency market both Sterling and the US Dollar weakened against the major currencies with Sterling closing at just over €1.10 at the end of the week.

End of the week saw:

	Last week	This week	Change
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100:	5,011.47 GBX	5,172.89 GBX	UP 3.2%
FTSE 250:	9,207.89 GBP	9,306.93 GBP	UP 1.1%
UK All Share:	25,567.39 ZAX	25,792.05 ZAX	UP 0.9%
US DOW:	9,605.41 USD	9,820.20 USD	UP 2.2%
US S&P 500:	1,042.73 USD	1,068.30 USD	UP 2.5%
US NASDAQ:	2,080.90 USD	2,132.86 USD	UP 2.5%
Japan Nikkei:	10,444.33 JPY	10,370.54 JPY	DOWN 0.7%
China H Seng:	21,161.42 HKD	21,623.45 HKD	UP 2.2%
Australian ASX 200:	4,496.10 AUD	4,693.20 AUD	UP 4.4%
German DAX:	5,624.02 EUR	5,703.83 EUR	UP 1.4%
French CAC 40:	3,734.89 EUR	3,827.84 EUR	UP 2.5%
Spanish Ibex 35:	11,452.60 EUR	11,777.30 EUR	UP 2.8%
Currencies:
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $	1.62630	1.62174	DOWN 0.3%
UK Sterling £ to Euro €	1.13707	1.10390	DOWN 2.9%
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen	152.270	148.347	DOWN 2.6%
UK Sterling £ to Aus $	1.93159	1.87184	DOWN 3.1%
US Dollar $ to Euro €	0.699178	0.680689	DOWN 2.6%
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen	93.6300	91.4828	DOWN 2.3%
US Dollar $ to Aus $	1.18772	1.15415	DOWN 2.8%
Commodities:
Nymex Crude oil	$69.29	$72.04	UP 4.0%
Gold	$1,006	$1,010	UP 0.4%