{"id":50923,"date":"2014-05-14T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/?p=50923"},"modified":"2014-05-14T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:02:10","slug":"stocks-market-report-14th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2014\/05\/14\/stocks-market-report-14th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks Market Report 14th May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <u><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/L42ObV\" target=\"_blank\">HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Stocks &#8211; Asia<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Stocks in Asia were seen trading mixed on Wednesday as stocks in the US climbed to a record high overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.14% closing the session at 14,405.76 points, while Tokyo\u2019s Topix index edged 0.41% higher ending at 1,183.15 points.<span id=\"more-4085\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Japanese publisher Kadokawa advanced by 10%, while the Nikon lost 4.04% after the company said its annual profit climbed by 10%.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean Kospi index advanced 4.41%, to close the session at 2,020.84 points, while Taiwan\u2019s benchmark Taiex index added 0.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index gained 0.96%, trading at 22,566.95 points at the time of writing, while the mainland Chinese benchmark Shanghai Composite slid 0.14% closing at 2,047.91 points.<\/p>\n<p>Property developer China Resources Land saw the most gains in the Chinese market, as the company\u2019s shares climbed 5.29%.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Australia<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Sydney, the benchmark S&amp;P\/ASX 200 index slid 0.09%, trading 5,493.30 points, after the government released the annual budget release for the nation, which revealed further cuts to the nations funding is expected.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s total deficit in 2014\/2015 will be at A$25.9 billion, lower than the A$46 billion recorded in the last financial year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Budget repair involves cutting back on unsustainable spending and putting a stop to unconstrained increases in debt,&#8221; the publication stated. &#8220;To restore budget sustainability, the government has focused on taking savings decisions that build over time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government will also increase the pension age to 67 years by July 2023, and further still to 70 years by 2035,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>US Markets<\/p>\n<p>Gains were seen in the US markets overnight after data from the Commerce Department showed that retail sales in the US rose by 0.1% in April.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Stocks &#8211; Europe<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>European stocks were little changed on Wednesday, with the European Euro Stoxx 50 dropping 0.15% to 3,206.89 at the time of writing, while the German DAX lost 0.05% to 9,750.11. Meanwhile, the French CAC 40 edged 0.10% lower to 4,500.65, UK\u2019s benchmark FTSE 100 fell 0.02% to 6,871.32.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Economic News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Germany\u2019s consumer prices for April dropped by 0.2% on a monthly basis, but were seen rising by 1.3% on an annual basis, according to reports from the Federal Statistical Office.<\/p>\n<p>In France, the inflation data for April was flat on a monthly basis and 0.7% on a year-on-year basis, reports showed.<\/p>\n<p>A separate report from the European statistical office Eurostat showed that the industrial production for the eurozone as a whole fell in March, with a reading of 0.3% on a monthly basis and rising 0.2% in February on a seasonally- adjusted basis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Visit<\/i><\/strong><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i><a style=\"color: #1fa2e1\" title=\"HY Markets\" href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1fxqljy\" target=\"_blank\">www.hymarkets.com \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about our products\u00a0<\/i><\/b><strong><i>and start trading today with only $50 using the latest trading technology today.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/T2dyfB\">Stocks Market Report 14th May<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/L42ObV\">| HY Markets Official blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Article provided by <strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/L42ObV\" target=\"_blank\">HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HY Markets Forex Blog Stocks &#8211; Asia Stocks in Asia were seen trading mixed on Wednesday as stocks in the US climbed to a record high overnight. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.14% closing the session at 14,405.76 points, while Tokyo\u2019s Topix index edged 0.41% higher ending at 1,183.15 points. 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