{"id":63944,"date":"2014-11-19T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=63944"},"modified":"2014-11-19T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T14:25:35","slug":"stock-markets-report-19th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/11\/stock-markets-report-19th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Markets Report 19th November"},"content":{"rendered":"
November 19, 2014<\/div>
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By HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

The US equities market was seen closing with gains on Tuesday, as the benchmark S&P 500 index climbed to an all-time high. The market will be focusing on minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee\u2019s (FOMC) October meeting, which is due tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The benchmark S&P 500 index climbed 0.52% higher to 2,052.01, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.24% to 17,690.07 and the Nasdaq technology index was up 0.67% to 4,702.44 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

The Housing Market Index (HMI) jumped in November to 58 points, from last month\u2019s reading of 54 points, a data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo showed.<\/p>\n

A separate data showed that the Producers Price Index (PPI) climbed 0.2% in October on a monthly basis and declined 1.5% on an annual basis. Core PPI rose 1.8% on an annual basis, compared to the previous reading of 1.6%.<\/p>\n

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

Stocks in the Asian region were seen swinging in between losses and gains on Wednesday, with equities in Japan leading gains after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe postponed a tax hike and called a snap election.<\/p>

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The Japanese Nikkei 225 index rose 0.43% higher to 17,417.94 points during the early trading hours, while Tokyo\u2019s Topix index gained 0.68% to 404.36 points.<\/p>\n

The Japanese yen slipped to a fresh seven-year low against the US dollar on Wednesday after Prime Minister announced a snap election, which will be held in December and also postponed a planned sales-tax hike, initially planned for October 2015 to April 2017. The yen was trading around 0.3% to 117.22 per dollar on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The weaker yen boosted gains for some of the regions stocks, with Mazda Motors up by more than 3%, Toyota motors gained 1.3%, Mitsubishi Motors added 1.5% and Suzuki Motor rose 2.2%.<\/p>\n

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to release its monetary policy statement later in the day after concluding its two-day policy meeting by expanding its monetary base at an annual pace of 80 trillion yen.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index declined 0.37% to 23,441.85 points, while the Chinese mainland Shanghai Composite dropped 0.20% to 2,451.41 points at the same time.<\/p>\n

The South Korean kospi index edged 0.04% higher to 1,967.87 points, while the Australian benchmark S&P\/ASX 200 index fell 0.16% to 5,391.00 points.<\/p>\n

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

European stocks were seen opening with mostly losses, with the UK\u2019s benchmark FTSE 100 index opening lower before the release of the Bank of England\u2019s (BoE) minutes.<\/p>\n

The UK\u2019s FTSE 100 index declined 0.10% to 6,702.32, while Europe\u2019s Euro Stoxx 50 edged down 0.14% to 116.07. In France, the benchmark CAC 40 index eased 0.08% to 4,259.12 and the German DAX 40 index gained 0.01% to 9,456.82.<\/p>\n

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