Ukrainian Globalist

Lloyds Banking Group plc is reduced by -0.77 points (-1.21%), approaching the mark of 62.81 points. At the same time, stock trading in Europe closed higher leading indexes, helped by a positive external background, a favorable macro-economic statistics of European countries and corporate news yesterday. Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and HSBC Holdings went up by 4,62%, 4,21% and 2,66% respectively, while the paper Royal Bank of Scotland have fallen in price on 1,06%.

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Belgian financial group KBC and the Franco-Belgian banking group Dexia (DEXI) successfully passed the stress tests. Tests that are carried European analysts showed that KBC, Dexia, the National Bank of Greece (NBGr), Commerzbank (CBKG) and Credit Agricole (CAGR) look worse than their larger competitors, but do not fall to dangerous levels.

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European stocks fell amid concern over the economic outlook. Trading volume was quite low due to the fact that the U.S. now trades do not take place because of the holiday on the occasion of Independence Day. Pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.2% to 236.88 points, the British FTSE 100 – on 0,3% to 4,823.53 points, Germany’s DAX – on 0,3% to 5,816.20 points, the French CAC-40 – by 0,5% to 3,332.46 points.

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Currency exchange rates upset USD bulls today. Euro has risen in price to $ 1.256 from $ 1.251 on Thursday. The number of jobs outside agriculture in the USA in June fell by 125 thousand, while analysts believed that the decrease in amount of 110 thousand unemployment rate fell to 9,5%. USD goes weaker, as euro climbs. In the U.S., the volume of industrial orders in May of this year decreased by 1,4% compared with April.

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Oil prices fell under pressure from published economic data. The August futures for delivery of petroleum of mark WTI have fallen by 1,1% to $ 72.14 per barrel. Last week, oil fell by 8,5%. Economic data from the U.S. proved to be controversial, but the expected market report on employment was a lot of negatives.

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Gold prices rose on a background of low trading volumes in the run-up to long weekend in the U.S. in the last day of the trading week. At the same time, gold prices have fallen in India and in China today. As a result of the regular trading session on the New York Mercantile Exchange, NYMEX, the August futures for gold delivery have increased by 0,4% to $ 1,207.70 per troy ounce. Last week, gold has fallen in price by 4%.The July futures for the supply of silver fell $ 0.07 to $ 17.72 per ounce. September futures for delivery of copper have fallen in price on 1,4% to $ 2.92 per pound.

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DJIA completed next week with losses. Dow Jones Industrial Average was unable to recover by the end of the trading session on Friday, losing -0.47% per day. Trading in U.S. stock indices ended lower. Players for a long time analyzing conflicting economic data, which led to volatility in the auction. Last week the indices suffered heavy losses, as the gold prices decreased.

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Inflation becomes a new challenge for Europe. Consumer prices in the area of treatment of a single European currency (euro), according to preliminary data, in May 2010. on an annualized basis rose by 1,6%.

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Europe is in the very difficult position in the history of the European Union. The exchange rate euro became the most vulnerable throughout the existence of a single European currency. Euro drops every day, with the hopes of the rising euro has not. Today the Euro updated in relation to the dollar a historical low in the past year and a half, but just the beginning of the year the euro zone currency has lost in relation to leading world currencies over 13%. The sharp depreciation of the euro exchange began late last year. In Greece, came to power a new government, which reviewed almost all the economic indicators articulated by the previous government.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average and S & P 500 have become leaders in the growth of world trade. U.S. stock indexes closed on Wednesday the growth. A favorable earnings forecast by International Business Machines has boosted the shares of technology companies, whereas the securities of companies that depend on world economic growth, such as DuPont and Caterpillar, rose in price after reports of more positive than-projected GDP growth in the eurozone. Index Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 148.65 points or 1.38%, to 10,896.91 points, which was the highest close since May 4.

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