Week ended 4 July 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 5 July, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | Read the First Comment

This week saw most major stock markets fall by a small percent, with most staying more or less at the same level as last week.

The crude oil price fell this week by 5.5% to close at just over $65 per barrel and gold have fallen back too this week by a small margin.
End of the week saw:

	This week	Last week	Change
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100:	4,236.28 GBX	4,241.01 GBX	DOWN 0.1%
FTSE 250:	7,376.98 GBP	7,386.26 GBP	DOWN 0.1%
UK All Share:	22,334.35 ZAX	22,308.28 ZAX	UP 0.1%
US DOW:	8,280.74 USD	8,438.39 USD	DOWN 1.9%
US S&P 500:	896.42 USD	918.90 USD	DOWN 2.4%
US NASDAQ:	1,796.52 USD	1,838.22 USD	DOWN 2.3%
Japan Nikkei:	9,816.07 JPY	9,877.39 JPY	DOWN 0.6%
China H Seng:	18,203.40 HKD	18,600.26 HKD	DOWN 2.1%
Australian ASX 200:	3,828.20 AUD	3,903.80 AUD	DOWN 1.9%
German DAX:	4,708.21 EUR	4,776.47 EUR	DOWN 1.4%
French CAC 40:	3,119.51 EUR	3,129.73 EUR	DOWN 0.3%
Spanish Ibex 35:	9,707.80 EUR	9,686.90 EUR	UP 0.2%
Currencies:
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $	1.63228	1.64959	DOWN 1.0%
UK Sterling £ to Euro €	1.16868	1.17359	DOWN 0.4%
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen	156.951	157.104	DOWN 0.1%
UK Sterling £ to Aus $	2.05107	2.04566	UP 0.3%
US Dollar $ to Euro €	0.715955	0.711440	UP 0.6%
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen	96.1540	95.2381	UP 1.0%
US Dollar $ to Aus $	1.25660	1.24010	UP 1.3%
Commodities:
Nymex Crude oil	$65.63	$69.43	DOWN 5.5%
Gold	$932.50	$939.00	DOWN 0.7%