Wednesday, December 30, European stock markets finished the session with mostly negative results. This outcome was largely predictable - here played a role, and technical factors (the European markets steadily since December 21), and the approach of the new year, all the more so for a number of markets in the region today was the last day of trading before the weekend (Austria, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Spain). At the same time, indiscriminate desire to sell everything before 2010 is also not observed.

Among the macroeconomic news was remarkable enough - KOF index of leading indicators rose in December, but was slightly weaker than forecast, the volume of lending of households and companies in Europe in November, once again declined.

As a result of trading a key index of the UK FTSE 100 fell by 0.73%, French CAC 40 lost 0.62%, German DAX has left in a minus on 0,90%. Regional indicator Dow Jones Stoxx 600 fell by 0.37%.

At auctions in London looked worse than the market commodity. Stocks Anglo American lost 1,2%, BHP Billiton went in at minus 0.9% and Rio Tinto - by 1,4%. Since the beginning of the year, these companies managed to build up 76,5%, 55,5% to 177,9% market capitalization respectively.

At the auctions in the Swiss biotech company Basilea Pharmaceutica fallen by 15,4% after the U.S. Directorate for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had rejected its experimental antibiotic ceftobiprole, considering clinical trial data "unreliable." FDA has also demanded that Basilea conducted additional research on the drug.

In Germany, the worse the market looked steel sector - leading steelmakers ThyssenKrupp and Salzgitter lost by 1,6% each.

The biggest German bank, Deutsche Bank, which brought its investors 82% gains for 2009, in the last session before the weekend went in a minus on 2,4%.

The second-largest global sporting goods manufacturer Adidas has lost 1,6%. Automaker Daimler lost 1.1%. Semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies, a record gain of 354% for the year, closed at a slight negative.

At the auction in Paris, airline Air France KLM Group lost 1.7% against the backdrop of rumors of impending bankruptcy of Japan Airlines. In November, Air France stated that it intends to invest in the Japanese airline.

 

Asia: investors are happy to have summed up the year
Latin America: another rise before the holidays
United States: the good macroeconomic indicators did not keep indices from the fall
Europe: prices of raw materials and statistics from the U.S. - another guarantee of success
Asia: bidders have relied on raw
Week on the world stage: United States approved a reform of health
Latin America: optimism prevail
United States: the players are reluctant to fix the profit before the end of the year
Europe: posleprazdnichnaya session ended with a quiet growth