{"id":63169,"date":"2014-11-05T08:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=63169"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:30:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:30:37","slug":"stock-markets-report-5th-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/11\/stock-markets-report-5th-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Markets Report 5th October"},"content":{"rendered":"
November 5, 2014<\/div>
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US Stocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

US equities in New York retreated on Wednesday after projections showed that Republicans gained the six seats for the first Senate majority in almost a decade.<\/p>\n

Standard & Poor\u2019s 500 index futures, which expires in December, rose 0.2% to 2,010.40 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

A report from the US Department of Commerce showed that the US trade deficit widened to $43 billion in September, compared to the previous shortfall of $40 billion in the previous month, while analysts forecasted $40.2 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A separate report released showed that the US Factory orders came in line with analysts\u2019 forecast of a 0.6% drop in September. The US Labour Department is expected to release a report that may show an addition of 229,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

Asia Stocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

Stocks in the Asian region were seen trading mixed on Wednesday.<\/p>

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The Japanese Nikkei 225 index edged 0.06% higher to 16,872.18 points, while Tokyo\u2019s Topix index fell 0.09% lower to 1,367.35 points.<\/p>\n

The Japanese yen weakened against the US dollar, trading around 113.77 yen on Wednesday against 113.50 yen on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week the Bank of Japan announced an unexpected increase to the country\u2019s monetary base to 80 trillion yen annually from the current 60-70 trillion.<\/p>\n

The weaker yen boosted gains, as Japan Steel Works rallied 7%, while Pacific Metals added 2%, Sharp rose by more than 3% and Nissan Motors advanced 2%. Property developers also saw gains, with Tokyu Fodusan sliding 2.5%, Mitsubishi Estate declined 3% and Mitsui Fudosan lost 1.5%.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index receded 0.19% to 23,801.38 points, while the Chinese mainland Shanghai Composite slightly rose 0.09% to 2,432.86 points.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s manufacturing gauge from the HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics came in at 52.9 in October, falling from last month\u2019s reading of 53.5. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in manufacturing activity, while a reading below 50 represents contraction.<\/p>\n

The South Korean Kospi index rose 0.34% to 1,941.77 points, while Australia\u2019s benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 index fell 0.61% lower to 5,486.30 points.<\/p>\n

Europe Stocks<\/span><\/h2>\n

European stocks advanced on Wednesday as the market await services PMI reports for the euro-block, due later in the day.<\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s Euro Stoxx 50 index added 0.42% to 3,047.11, while in France the benchmark CAC 40 index gained 0.38% to 4,145.92. Germany\u2019s DAX 30 index jumped 0.68% to 9,228.97 at the time of writing as analysts forecast the services activity for the country to worsen in October to 54.8 points.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s services sector expanded October to 55.9 points, according to Markit Economics, while Italy\u2019s services activity is projected to expand to 49.4, but remain in contraction.<\/p>\n

The Services PMI for France is expected to come in at 48.1 points, while the services activity for the eurozone as a whole is forecasted to expand to 52.4 points.<\/p>\n

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