Daily Equity Prices and Market Overview 16.10.2012
Today US equities rose for a second day this week after having their worst week in four months on Friday. The equities rallied as big-name companies, including Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs, announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings. News that Spain maybe closer to asking a bailout and that Greece maybe receiving more support, in combination with a report, that Germany is willing to help Spain if they ask for credit, led European equities up today.
The DJ30 closed at 13,551.78, gaining 127.55 points (+0.95%), SPX500 closed at 1,454.92 gaining 14.79 points (+1.03%) and the NASDAQ100 closed at 2,778.38, gaining 38.51 points (+1.41%) in today’s trading.
The CAC40 closed at 3,500.94, gaining 80.66 points (+2.36%), FTSE100 closed at 5,870.54, gaining 64.93 points (1.12%) and DAX40 closed at 7,376.27, gaining 115.02 points (+1.58%).
Google Inc. (GOOG) On Monday the world’s largest search engine launched a credit card for small businesses in the U.K. Google’s credit cards are offering loans for small businesses worth between $200 and $10,000 to spend on a Google’s program. With this ambitious step Google plans to boost its advertising revenue that was around $37 billion in 2011. Should the initiative succeed it will begin to offer the credit card for companies in the U.S and other countries. Currently Google has not revealed any other plans to step into the financial services industry.
Stocks Execution Prices:
|
Name |
Sell |
Buy |
Closing Rate |
Change % |
|
Apple (AAPL) |
648.60 |
650.01 |
649.79 |
+2.37 |
|
Google (GOOG) |
743.09 |
744.67 |
744.70 |
+0.5 |
|
Facebook (FB) |
19.46 |
19.51 |
19.48 |
-0.2 |
|
Microsoft (MSFT) |
29.42 |
29.49 |
29.49 |
-0.07 |
|
Amazon (AMZN) |
244.61 |
244.53 |
243.94 |
-0.10 |
|
Yahoo (YHOO) |
15.90 |
15.95 |
15.92 |
+1.53 |
|
Zynga (ZNGA) |
2.43 |
2.46 |
2.50 |
+3.31 |
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