Benchmark 10-year notes were last up 8/32 in price to yield
1.69 percent, down from 1.72 percent late on Monday.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
S&P
The S&P 500 suffered its worst day since June on Tuesday,
pulled lower by Caterpillar Inc after it cut its profit outlook, the latest
high-profile company to warn about profit growth.
FTSE
At the close, the FTSE 100 index was up 20.87 points or 0.4
percent at 5,859.71 points, near the session peak, having broken out of a tight
trading range, which had kept it pinned back close to opening levels for most
of the session.
NIKKEI
The Nikkei dropped 142.37 points to 8,949.17, hitting a
two-week low and breaking below its 25-day moving average at 8,985.54.
YEN
The yen pushed higher while the euro remained around one-week
lows against the dollar in early Asian trade on Wednesday, pressured by concern
about Spain's hesitancy to request a bailout even as protests there turned
violent.
EURO
The euro fell about 0.1 percent to $1.2897 after dropping as
low as $1.2886 on Tuesday, which was its weakest since Sept 13. It moved
further away from a four-month high of $1.3173 hit on Sept. 17 on the EBS
trading platform.
U.S.CRUDE
U.S. crude fell 13 cents to $91.24 per barrel, off a session
low of $90.73, not far off Tuesday's trough of $90.57, its weakest in almost
two months.
BRENT CRUDE
London Brent crude for November delivery dropped 41 cents at
$110.04 a barrel, after settling up 64 cents due to festering tensions over
Iran.
NYMEX Crude
NYMEX crude for November delivery was down 36 cents at
$91.01 a barrel by 0046 GMT, after settling down 56 cents at $91.37 on Tuesday.
SHANGHAI COPPER
The most active January copper contract on the Shanghai Futures
Exchange lost 0.3 percent to 58,990 yuan ($9,400) per tonne, after gaining 0.2
percent on Tuesday.
LME COPPER
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.9
percent to $8,205 per tonne by 0102 GMT, after rising 1.1 percent in the
previous session.
COPPER
London copper slipped on Wednesday, wiping out part of the
more than 1 percent gain in the prior session, as concerns over the euro zone
debt crisis hampering demand for industrial metals returned following
anti-austerity protests in Spain.
SPDR GOLD
SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded
fund, said its holdings had risen to a record high of 1,331.331 tonnes by Sept.
25.
GOLD
Gold traded little changed on Wednesday, after drifting down
for two straight days as rekindled concerns about the euro zone's debt crisis
weighed on the euro and boosted the dollar, putting pressure on bullion.
U.S.MARKET UPDATE
U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday as investors sought a catalyst to justify further gains while the euro was under pressure on concerns about a bailout for debt-laden Spain.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 101.37 points, or 0.75 percent, at 13,457.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 15.30 points, or 1.05 percent, at 1,441.59, its fourth day of losses. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 43.06 points, or 1.36 percent, at 3,117.73.
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
ASIAN STOCKS
Asian shares eased on Tuesday after sentiment was weakened by
data showing Germany's business confidence dropped in September, and a weak
earnings forecast from Caterpillar Inc , both of which underscored worries
about a global growth slowdown.
U.S.STOCK
U.S. stocks edged lower on Monday as disappointing German
data increased concerns that global economic growth remains weak.
U.S.TREASURIES
Benchmark 10-year note yields rose as high as 1.89 percent on Sept. 14, the day after the
Fed said that it will buy $40 billion in
mortgage-backed debt a month in an effort
to bring down the country's stubbornly high jobless rate.
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