Foreign Stock Market Headlines

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, dated 29/12/2009

On Monday, the US market closed on flat note after a choppy session. Stocks were trading in green in early trade but slipped into red during afternoon session before settling with little gains. Some late support from the dollar and retail sales helped the stock market close higher for the sixth straight session. The Dollar [...]

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, Dated 24/12/2009

On Wednesday, the US market ended on flat note on mixed data. Disappointing new home sales lead to a decline on Wall Street, as restrained optimism about the economic recovery. However, a weaker dollar helped stocks regain strength and come back into the green. The sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes fell to a [...]

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, Dated 23/12/2009

On Tuesday, the US market ended higher as a broad-based buying sent stocks to fresh 52-week highs on the back of a surprise downward revision to third quarter GDP and a gain by the greenback. The hosing data also came in stronger than expected. The economic reports fueled more optimism about economic improvement. US stocks [...]

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, Dated 23/12/2009

On Tuesday, the US market ended higher as a broad-based buying sent stocks to fresh 52-week highs on the back of a surprise downward revision to third quarter GDP and a gain by the greenback. The hosing data also came in stronger than expected. The economic reports fueled more optimism about economic improvement. US stocks [...]

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, dated 22/12/2009

On Monday, the US market ended with gains despite a strong bounce by the US dollar. Deal news, upgrades for Alcoa and Intel and the senate health-care bill triggered gains regardless of the gain in dollar index. Health-care stocks helped to lead the market higher on news that Senate Democrats have come closer to moving [...]

Foreign Stock Market Headlines, dated 21/12/2009

The US stock market ended with moderate gains on Friday, as stronger results at two big technology companies strengthened confidence about a comeback in the economy. However, the gains in Dow and S&P got restricted and market temporarily retreated into negative by rise in the dollar index. Further, stocks recovered to end the day at [...]