{"id":51197,"date":"2014-05-19T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/?p=51197"},"modified":"2014-05-19T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:50:17","slug":"stocks-market-report-19th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2014\/05\/19\/stocks-market-report-19th-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks Market Report 19th May"},"content":{"rendered":"

By HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Stocks – Asia<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stocks in Asia began the trading week lower as equities in China head towards two-day low while data from the world\u2019s second-largest economy revealed that the slowdown in the nation\u2019s housing market is deepening.<\/p>\n

The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.64% closing at 14,006.44 points, while the nation\u2019s Topix index slid 0.60% to close at 1,152.15 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Japanese financial services company, Credit Saison saw the most losses on the Nikkei 225 index with a 4.39% fall. While the electronic company, Tokyo Electron was the session\u2019s biggest winner, climbing 5.62%.<\/p>\n

Data \u00a0from the Cabinet Office in Tokyo showed that the core machinery orders in Japan climbed to 19.1% in March on a monthly basis, compared to the 4.6% seen in the previous month.<\/p>\n

China<\/span><\/h2>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index fell 0.5% to 22,600.07 points at the time of writing, while the mainland Chinese Shanghai Composite lost 1.03% to 2,005.32 points.<\/p>\n

The Chinese property developer, China Resources lost almost 2% after an official report showed that the housing market in China in April slowed down, as prices climbed in 44 out of 70 cities, compared with 56 cities in March.<\/p>\n

The South Korean benchmark Kospi index gained 0.8% at 2,015.14 points, while the Australian S&P\/ASX 200 index edged 1.15% lower, closing the session at 5,5415.90 points.<\/p>\n

Stocks – Europe<\/span><\/h2>\n

European stocks were seen trading lower on Monday, falling from a five-week high.<\/p>\n

The European Euro Stoxx 50 lost 0.16% trading at 3,164.50, while the German DAX edged 0.18% lower to 9,611.80 at the time of writing. At the same time the French CAC 40 opened 0.13% lower opening the session at 4,450.30, while the UK\u2019s benchmark FTSE 100 slid 0.31% to 6,834.50.<\/p>\n

This week, traders will be focusing on the release of a string of economic reports including, preliminary Purchasing Managers\u2019 Indices for May from Germany, France and the Eurozone on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Eyes will also be focused on Ukraine\u2019s presidential elections which will take place this week.<\/p>\n

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By HY Markets Forex Blog Stocks – Asia Stocks in Asia began the trading week lower as equities in China head towards two-day low while data from the world\u2019s second-largest economy revealed that the slowdown in the nation\u2019s housing market is deepening. The Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.64% closing at 14,006.44 points, while … <\/p>\n

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