Week ended 29 August 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 30 August, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | Be the First to Comment

The only stock market to fall this week was the Chinese Hang Seng which fell by half of one percent on the week.

The main gainers were the UK stock markets, however Sterling has fallen against most currencies this week and in particular against the Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar.

Oil halted it’s rise this week falling back by 1.5% to finish the week at $72.88 per barrel.

End of the week saw:

	This week	Last week	Change
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100:	4,908.90 GBX	4,850.89 GBX	UP 1.2%
FTSE 250:	8,817.51 GBP	8,678.83 GBP	UP 1.6%
UK All Share:	25,241.25 ZAX	24,878.71 ZAX	UP 1.5%
US DOW:	9,544.20 USD	9,505.96 USD	UP 0.4%
US S&P 500:	1,028.93 USD	1,026.13 USD	UP 0.3%
US NASDAQ:	2,028.77 USD	2,020.90 USD	UP 0.4%
Japan Nikkei:	10,534.14 JPY	10,238.20 JPY	UP 2.9%
China H Seng:	20,098.62 HKD	20,199.02 HKD	DOWN 0.5%
Australian ASX 200:	4,489.60 AUD	4,290.60 AUD	UP 4.6%
German DAX:	5,517.35 EUR	5,462.74 EUR	UP 1.0%
French CAC 40:	3,693.14 EUR	3,615.81 EUR	UP 2.1%
Spanish Ibex 35:	11,442.60 EUR	11,161.00 EUR	UP 2.5%
Currencies:
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $	1.62630	1.65208	DOWN 1.6%
UK Sterling £ to Euro €	1.13707	1.15372	DOWN 1.4%
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen	152.270	155.889	DOWN 2.3%
UK Sterling £ to Aus $	1.93159	1.97769	DOWN 2.3%
US Dollar $ to Euro €	0.699178	0.698041	UP 0.2%
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen	93.6300	94.3468	DOWN 0.8%
US Dollar $ to Aus $	1.18772	1.19829	DOWN 0.9%
Commodities:
Nymex Crude oil	$72.88	$73.89	DOWN 1.5%
Gold	$956.70	$954.70	UP 0.2%