Indexes |
NASDAQ Composite +1.58% |
Russell 2000 +1.47% |
S&P 500 +1.07% |
Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.80% |
Portfolios |
Pretty Girls and Railroads +0.84% |
Climbers and Dogs +0.82% |
Widows and Orphans +0.67% |
Cumulative +0.77% |
- US banks help lift S&P 500 to new high
Apr 10 2013 15:39 BST
US stock markets moved higher reaching record highs in early trade in spite of signs from the Federal Reserve that it may be ready to slow asset purchases in the coming months. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.6 per cent to 1,578.60 surpassing its previous intraday high, reached in... - Iraqi Kurdistan find boosts Genel shares
Apr 10 2013 13:24 BST
Shares in Genel Energy, the Anglo-Turkish oil explorer run by former BP chief executive Tony Hayward, rose nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday after it announced a "significant oil discovery" in Iraqi Kurdistan. Genel, which is the largest oil producer in the region, said a well drilled at the Chia... - Repsol-YPF: dead cow tango
Apr 09 2013 23:54 BST
The whole point of robbing Pedro to pay Paulo is to fool people. So hats off to President Cristina Fernández of Argentina. Her decision a year ago to expropriate YPF from Repsol is working wonders. The Argentine oil company may indeed be "free" to lift investment. But it has become... - Shoe group executive tells of KPMG shock
Apr 09 2013 23:31 BST
Skechers has never had another accountant. KPMG had been there since the shoe company was founded in Manhattan Beach, California, in 1992, and was keeping the books in order when it went public seven years later. But on Monday afternoon David Weinberg, Skechers' chief financial officer, received a shock. Mark... - Brazil cements revival in IPOs
Apr 09 2013 22:24 BST
Brazilian cement group Votorantim Cimentos has become the latest to join a queue of companies looking to launch initial public offerings in spite of a poorly performing market. The cement company, part of the Votorantim conglomerate, is planning to raise more than $1bn from a dual listing in Brazil and...
Portfolio Movers
Gainers | Today's Market Change |
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Cellcom Israel Ltd CEL:NYQ | 0.50USD+5.59% |
Banco Santander SA SAN:NYQ | 0.30USD+4.42% |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc TMO:NYQ | 2.81USD+3.58% |
Ebix Inc EBIX:NSQ | 0.58USD+3.47% |
Partner Communications Company Ltd PTNR:NSQ | 0.22USD+3.24% |
Losers | Today's Market Change |
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Resource Capital Corp RSO:NYQ | -0.26USD-3.98% |
Frontline Ltd FRO:NYQ | -0.04USD-1.89% |
ArcelorMittal SA MT:NYQ | -0.19USD-1.49% |
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP KMP:NYQ | -0.50USD-0.55% |
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp COG:NYQ | -0.35USD-0.50% |
Disclosure: I am long CEL, SAN, TMO, EBIX, PTNR, RSO, FRO, MT, KMP, COG.