Week ended 23 May 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies
Posted by admin on 24 May, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | 
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Oil is the largest riser this week rising by over 9% on the week to close at over $60 a barrel for the first time in months.
Another noticeable movement is Sterling to the US Dollar where the UK Pound has increase in value by 5%.
End of the week saw:
| This week | Last week | Change | |
| Stock exchanges: | |||
| FTSE 100: | 4,365.29 GBX | 4,348.11 GBX | UP 0.4% |
| FTSE 250: | 7,541.47 GBP | 7,472.87 GBP | UP 1.0% |
| UK All Share: | 22,425.54 ZAX | 21,705.14 ZAX | UP 3.3% |
| US DOW: | 8,277.32 USD | 8,268.64 USD | UP 0.1% |
| US S&P 500: | 877.00 USD | 882.88 USD | DOWN 0.1% |
| US NASDAQ: | 1,692.01 USD | 1,680.14 USD | UP 0.1% |
| Japan Nikkei: | 9225.81 JPY | 9265.02 JPY | DOWN 0.4% |
| China H Seng: | 17,062.52 HKD | 16790.70 HKD | UP 1.6% |
| Australian ASX 200: | 3,761.60 AUD | 3,773.20 AUD | DOWN 0.3% |
| German DAX: | 4,918.75 EUR | 4,737.50 EUR | UP 3.8% |
| French CAC 40: | 3,227.97 EUR | 3169.05 EUR | UP 1.8% |
| Spanish Ibex 35: | 9,308.60 EUR | 8978.60 EUR | UP 3.6% |
| Currencies: | |||
| UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $ | 1.59063 | 1.51550 | UP 5.0% |
| UK Sterling £ to Euro € | 1.13637 | 1.12124 | UP 1.3% |
| UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen | 140.691 | 144.283 | DOWN 2.5% |
| UK Sterling £ to Aus $ | 2.04104 | 2.02304 | UP 1.0% |
| US Dollar $ to Euro € | 0.713902 | 0.739850 | DOWN 3.5% |
| US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen | 94.5457 | 95.2050 | DOWN 0.1% |
| US Dollar $ to Aus $ | 1.28284 | 1.33490 | DOWN 3.9% |
| Commodities: | |||
| Nymex Crude oil | $61.67 | $56.45 | UP 9.2% |
| Gold | $958.90 | $931.60 | UP 2.9 % |
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