After signing Friday its worst week in three years the New York Stock Exchange rebounded on Monday following the trend-driven European stock markets, boosted by rumors of bank recapitalization. At the close, the Dow gained 2.53% to 11,044.17 points. While the Nasdaq rose 1.36% to 2517.10 points.
Investors have been carried by a wave of optimism about the commitment of Europeans to stop once and for all the crisis of sovereign debt. U.S. markets saw their earnings accelerate "following news reports that a European official said that a clear plan to restore the right conditions in Europe was in development," reported analysts at Briefing.com AFP. According to the financial channel CNBC, the plan foresees the creation of a European Investment Bank, whose aim would be to issue bonds to buy back debt."We feel that the project to leverage the EFSF (European Financial Stability Fund) is well underway," said the American channel.
In fact, Germany is expected to vote Thursday the agreement for the expansion of the scope of the relief fund of the zone (EFSF), which could become operational sooner than expected. Sunday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed confidence the outcome of the vote. However, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, said on Monday that Europeans had "no intention of bailing out." "We give him the tools so he can act if necessary.After we will use it effectively, "he said during a television interview.
The U.S. economy is still in doubt
Remains that the good wishes expressed by the euro area appears to find a quick solution to the crisis revived a little balm in the middle market, worried about the strength of global growth and a failure of Athens. In fact, it's a race against time to be playing this week to save Greece. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that a delegation will travel to Athens this week to determine whether or not the country can benefit from the sixth round of eight billion euros, it vital to avoid bankruptcy. Note that the Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, announced late Monday it would hold a press conference Tuesday at 11 am.However, his ministry has not provided information on the nature of his statements.
Across the Atlantic, a new indicator of real estate, however, is a reminder of the shaky state economy: new home sales have indeed fallen by 2.3% in August, following a decline of 0 , 3% in July (revised from -0.7%), according to figures released Monday by the Commerce Department. After the publication of these figures, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Governor of the central bank, however, suggested that the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) may have to further relax its monetary policy to help boost growth and reduce unemployment.And, while the previous week, "Operation Twist" from the Fed, was considered inadequate by the market, which did not appreciate the lack of liquidity injections into the economy.
As for currencies, the euro has returned to near $ 1 personal business card.35 on Monday: in the late evening, the European currency traded at 1.3467 dollars against 1.3503 dollars on Friday at the same time. For their part, oil prices rebounded slightly on Monday in New York after the collapse of last week, taking advantage of the hope of strengthening the arsenal of anti-crisis in the euro area. On the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), a barrel of "light sweet crude" for November delivery ended at 80.24 dollars, up 39 cents from Friday.
Values to follow
The Boeing 787 (4.2% to 62.01 dollars) will finally become operational after three years behind schedule.The manufacturer delivered its first Dreamliner yesterday at the Japanese company All Nippon Airways for $ 200 million. The reduction of the unit would save 20% of fuel consumption, according to the manufacturer.
The video sharing site online Netflix (2.21% to 132.22 dollars) has signed a replay of movies with DreamWorks, who has produced the animated film Shrek. Previously linked to the pay channel HBO, the studio is the first American to prefer a website with a conventional chain. The operation could yield $ 30 million per film to DreamWorks, according to analysts.
Note CocaCola (1.98% to 68.76 dollars) intends to invest nearly $ 3 billion (2.2 billion euros) in Russia over the next five years, his strategy being to to increase its presence in emerging markets, said CEO Muhtar Kent told Reuters Insider.
Chevron (1.64% to 91.49 dollars) Monday gave its final green light to a proposed 29 billion Australian dollars (28.4 billion dollars, 21 billion euros) in the liquefied natural gas (LNG ) to Wheatstone, in Western Australia.
Dollar Thrifty (-0.18% to 59.47 dollars) The car rental group said it expected that its adjusted EBITDA shows a jump between 17% and 28% in the third quarter, and noted the amount its share repurchase program to $ 400 million against 100 million previously.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (0.16% to 30.94 dollars) will be able to cope with the expected drop in sales next year due to the expiration of its patent on Plavix in the U.S. in May , one of the most important drugs in the pharmaceutical group, announced Monday its managing director Lamberto Andreotti.
The website site group purchasing, which aims Groupon a valuation of $ 20 billion, would call into question the timing of IPO. The group is cooled by a volatile market but faces above the federal authorities who refused certain elements of his record says the Wall Street Journal. In addition, the group's director of operations resigned five months after his arrival.The same day, Groupon has revised down its sales in its IPO document, placing it now at $ 688 million for the first six months of the year, instead of the more than 1.5 billion yet he claimed last month. The net loss was revised down slightly to $ 204 million instead of 205 million. And according to the Wall Street Journal.