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% |
Add A Comment