Daily Equity Prices and Market Overview 28.09.2012
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European and U.S. equities declined as Spain’s borrowing costs climbed, while the stress tests of the Spanish banks largely stayed within expectations. The stress test showed that of Spain’s 14 main banks showed they had 59.3 billion euro’s ($76.3 billion) in extra capital to ride out a serious economic downturn. Furthermore investors locked in gains after a solid third quarter performance and turned their focus back on the macro economy.
The U.S. Economic Data came in worse than expected, with Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly contracting in September for the first time in three years, adding to signs manufacturing will contribute less to the recovery of the U.S. economy. In addition, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. said today its business barometer fell 49.7 this month from 53 in August.
The DJ30 closed at 13,434.52, declining 51.45 points (-0.38%), SPX500 closed at 1,440.63 declining 6.52 points (-0.45%) and the NASDAQ100 closed at 2,799.19, declining 22.41 points (-0.79%) in today’s trading.
The CAC40 closed at 3,354.82, declining 84.50 points (-2.46%), FTSE100 closed at 5,742.07, declining 37.35 points (-0.65%) and DAX40 closed at 7,216.15, declining 73.87 points (+1.01%).
Today Apple Inc. (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apologized in a letter to customers that Apple acknowledged the many complaints concerning the company’s new Maps application. After having used Google’s mapping data since 2007, Apple chose to go in a new direction with the iOS 6 update to its mobile operating system, which was available on all of Apple’s devices on Sept. 19. While awaiting a new and improved version of Apple’s app, the CEO recommended some alternatives, including Microsoft, Bing, AOL’s MapQuest, Nokia, Waze and Google.
Google Inc. (GOOG) just launched a new application called Field Trip. It is an Android app where users can receive information about the surrounding areas. The app will display information about famous locations whenever the customer passes by something interesting. The new app gets in information from the APIs of different services, like Arcadia for history, Food Network for bars and restaurants and Songkick for local music. Currently it is only available for U.S. users.
Stocks Execution Prices:
|
Name |
Sell |
Buy |
Closing Rate |
Change % |
|
Apple (AAPL) |
669.07 |
670.53 |
667.10 |
-2.09 |
|
Google (GOOG) |
753.72 |
755.47 |
755.01 |
-0.2 |
|
Facebook (FB) |
21.63 |
21.68 |
21.65 |
6.55 |
|
Microsoft (MSFT) |
29.74 |
29.81 |
29.85 |
-1.01 |
|
Amazon (AMZN) |
254.62 |
255.18 |
254.32 |
-0.88 |
|
Yahoo (YHOO) |
15.98 |
16.03 |
15.99 |
-0.31 |
|
Zynga (ZNGA) |
2.80 |
2.83 |
2.84 |
-0.18 |
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