Week ended 27 June 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 28 June, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | 2 Comments to Read

There were no major movements this week on the stock markets around the world with the highest change being in China again with the Hang Seng moving up by 3.7%.

It was a mixed week of stock market movements with some indices falling in parts of the world whereas others rose and even in the UK the FTSE 100 fell whilst the broader FTSE 250 gained on the week.

Oil has more or less halted this week at just under $70 per barrel and gold pretty much the same gaining just 0.3% on the week.
End of the week saw:

	Last week	This week	Change
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100:	4,345.93 GBX	4,241.01 GBX	DOWN 2.4%
FTSE 250:	7,334.34 GBP	7,386.26 GBP	UP 0.7%
UK All Share:	22,394.57 ZAX	22,308.28 ZAX	DOWN 0.4%
US DOW:	8,539.73 USD	8,438.39 USD	DOWN 1.2%
US S&P 500:	921.23 USD	918.90 USD	DOWN 0.3%
US NASDAQ:	1,827.47 USD	1,838.22 USD	UP 0.6%
Japan Nikkei:	9,786.26 JPY	9,877.39 JPY	UP 0.9%
China H Seng:	17,920.93 HKD	18,600.26 HKD	UP 3.7%
Australian ASX 200:	3,899.60 AUD	3,903.80 AUD	UP 0.1%
German DAX:	4,839.46 EUR	4,776.47 EUR	DOWN 1.3%
French CAC 40:	3,221.27 EUR	3,129.73 EUR	DOWN 2.8%
Spanish Ibex 35:	9,580.90 EUR	9,686.90 EUR	UP 1.1%
Currencies:
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $	1.65145	1.64959	DOWN 0.1%
UK Sterling £ to Euro €	1.18283	1.17359	DOWN 0.8%
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen	158.752	157.104	DOWN 1.0%
UK Sterling £ to Aus $	2.05065	2.04566	DOWN 0.2%
US Dollar $ to Euro €	0.716503	0.711440	DOWN 0.7%
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen	98.1538	95.2381	DOWN 3.0%
US Dollar $ to Aus $	1.24306	1.24010	DOWN 0.2%
Commodities:
Nymex Crude oil	$69.55	$69.43	DOWN 0.2%
Gold	$936.20	$939.00	UP 0.3%