A review of the Global equity markets, including Europe, Asia, the U.S. and the Americas. Discuss the changes and what the financial press is claiming the causes are. Also include one stock that had a large price change and what caused what it.
Here is an example:
Stocks: Value: %Change
DOW JONES (US) 24,360.14 -0.50%
S&P 500 (US) 2,656.30 -0.29%
FTSE 100 (UK) 7,264.56 +1.4%
NIKKEI 225 (JPN) 21,778.74 +0.55%
HANG SENG (HK) 30,808.38 -0.07%
S&P/TSX (CA) 15,273.97 +0 .03%
RTS (RUS) 1,104.51 -1.83%
review:
• US stocks were down Friday because of political uncertainty, but they were up for the week totals. This is because fears of a trade war are going down and that Trump made it sound like he was open to rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal.
• The Nikkei went up because fears of military intervention in Syria are lessening.
• The Hang Seng went down because China reported a surprise trade deficit.