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10th February 2014

PSI20: -0.09% DAX30: -0.13% FTSE100: +0.30% S&P500: +0.16% NIKKEI225: +1.77%
The PSI20 Index slid 0.09% to 6 921.80 points. With the exception of BCP (unchanged), all financial sector closed on red territory following the European trend: BPI lost 0.95%, BANIF dropped 0.85% and BES slid 0.43%. GALP ENERGIA declined 0.88%, after announcing better-than-forecast earnings. More >> Today, it was announced that IGCP contracted the banking syndicate composed by Barclays, BES, Citigroup, Credit Agricole, Royal Bank of Scotland e Societe Generale that will sell ten-year Portuguese Government bonds to investors. The debt issuance should take place in the following days. More >> European equities were little changed on Monday, as investors awaited clarification on the pace at which the U.S. Federal Reserve plans to further trim economic stimulus. The rallies of LOreal SA and Nokia Oyj offset worse-than-forecast reports on industrial production in France and Italy. More >> An index measuring optimism among British businesses hit its highest level for 22 years in January, providing more evidence of a rebound in the UK economy. The optimism index produced by accounting firm BDO, rose to 103.8 in January, up from 103.4 in December. More >>

U.S. stocks stepped tentatively higher on Monday after Wall Street's best weekly performance this year, as investors waited to hear from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who makes her first monetary policy report to lawmakers on Tuesday. More >> McDonalds Corp released same-store sales results for January, blaming the weather for a sharp decline in U.S. sales. Same-store sales fell 3.3% in the United States, but gains in Europe and Asia allowed the company to post global growth of 1.2% in January. More >>

Chinas stocks rose after the government extended subsidies for automakers and analysts said consumer spending during the lunar New Year holidays will support economic growth. More >> In a report, Cabinet Office said that Japanese Household Confidence rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 40.5, from 41.3 in the preceding month. More >> Australias dollar weakened versus its major peers before data this week that may show unemployment rose and as Toyota Motor Corp. said it will stop making cars in the South Pacific nation. More >>

OIL ($100.02/bl; -0.27% / Brent: $107.76/bl; -1.07): Oil held near USD100-a-barrel, as investors were awaiting FEDs Chairman Janet Yellen's testimony over its semiannual monetary policy report. More >> NATURAL GAS ($4.591/Mmbtu; -1.41): Natural gas prices dropped after weather-forecasts continued to call for a thawing trend to in over much of the U.S. through the third week of February. More >> GOLD ($1273.90/oz t; +0.53%): Gold capped the longest rallies since August as economic concerns boosted demand for the metals as alternative investments. More >>

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