Cegedim (CGM), Innate Pharma michael monte (IPH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Premier Farnell (P

This morning the Euro is trading higher with respect to its main competitors at the time, as the appetite for risk among investors increased after the Fed's decision to keep the size of the program michael monte of bond purchases in view of the need for a more substantial evidence of stable michael monte growth of the economy. The conference, which followed immediately after the meeting, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke (Ben Bernanke) drew attention to the fact that in order to reduce QE3 not a fixed rate and will depend on economic data. Meanwhile, today the markets are awaiting the release of economic indicators from the U.S., in particular, the number of initial michael monte applications for unemployment benefits. For example, 5:00 am GMT, the euro gained 0.2 percent and 0.1 percent against the British pound and the U.S. dollar, trading at the price of 0.8394 and 1.3529 pound dollar, respectively.
The opening of the German stock index DAX and the French CAC is expected to be 107-110 points and 58 points higher, respectively. michael monte The index of the British stock exchange FTSE100 open higher on 75-76 points.
Publication of data on the trade balance in Switzerland's current account michael monte balance openratsy in Portugal, unemployment in Greece; retail price index; review of trends michael monte in various sectors of the CBI, in particular, the index of industrial orders and selling prices in the UK is scheduled for today. In addition, the markets michael monte follow the decision of the Swiss National Bank at an interest rate and economic forecasts from SECO.
Cegedim (CGM), Innate Pharma michael monte (IPH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Premier Farnell (PFL), IQE (IQE), Wilmington Group (WIL), Sinclair IS Pharma (SPH), Anpario (ANP), Global Market Group (GMC), Global Energy Development (GED), Networkers International (NWKI) and Christie Group (CTG) announced its results today.
The U.S. Justice Department made it mandatory for UBS Securities Japan - the private sector arm of the bank UBS AG (UBSN) - to pay a fine in the amount of 100.0 million U.S. dollars for the manipulation of interest rates LIBOR.
Delaware Chancery Court has suspended the planned repurchase of shares worth about 8.2 billion michael monte U.S. dollars by Activision Blizzard from its main shareholder Vivendi SA (VIV).
Yesterday, coking, processing 27,500 barrels per day refinery at Toledo, a joint venture BP (BP /) and Husky Energy, has returned to production - reports Reuters.
In Japan, the paper Toyota Motor Corporation (7203) rose against the publication of the company's plans to invest about U.S. $ 800.0 million in its plant in Argentina to increase production capacity. Pacific Metals (5541), Mitsubishi Materials (5711) and Sumitomo Metal Mining (5713) trading higher due to the increase in raw material prices. Astellas Pharma (4503), in contrast, went down due to a possible michael monte reduction in annual operating profit. At 5:00 am GMT, the index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 gained 1.7 percent, trading at around 14,749.7 points
In Hong Kong, Winteam Pharmaceutical (570) rose after the company announced the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Tongjitang Chinese michael monte Medicines Company michael monte for about 2.6 billion yuan. Shares in the financial sector, HSBC Holdings (5) and China Construction Bank (939) showed an increase. Markets michael monte in China and South Korea are closed today for the official day off.
Publication of the number of initial michael monte and continuing claims for unemployment benefits, the volume of sales in the secondary market, the survey of manufacturing activity from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the data on the current account and the index of leading economic indicators scheduled michael monte for release today.
During the extended trading session on Wednesday, Oracle (ORCL) retreated by three percent due to lower-than-expected revenue for the first quarter and a gloomy outlook on it in the second quarter. Apogee Enterprises (APOG) and Steelcase (SCS) also fell by 5.8 percent and 5.4 percent respectively, as their results for the second quarter behind the consensus. Pacific Coast Oil Trust (ROYT) went down by 6.5 percent on a report about the intention of shareholders to sell about 13.5 million shares through public offering guaranteed. Transcept Pharmaceuticals (TSPT), by contrast, rose by 9.2 per cent due to the fact that Retrophin (RTRX) offered to buy the remaining stake in the company at a price of about four U.S. dollars per share. Tesla Motors (TSLA) increased by two percent due to higher target price for the shares by the broker.
Yesterday, during the regular trading session of the U.S. stock index S & P 500 rose 1.2 percent after the Fed left the monthly bond purchase program michael monte unchanged. Apple (AAPL) gained 2.1 percent against the last release of iOS 7 for its iPhone and iPad. Adobe Systems (ADBE) michael monte rose by 9.2 per cent due to the significant