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The Round Up
7 May 2010
Issue No. 326
Equities
Move Last % Move Range Volume
ASX 200 -100.8 4573.2 -2.2% -103 to + $8.6 bn(H)
SPI - yesterday -118.0 4573.0 -2.5% -124 to -50.u.c 35,461(H)
Dow Jones -347.8 10520.3 -3.2% -999 to +12 Avg
S&P 500 -37.8 1128.2 -3.2% -100 to +2 High
Nasdaq -82.7 2319.6 -3.4% -217 to +6 High
FTSE -80.9 5261.0 -1.5% -91 to +30 High
Commodities
Move Last % Today % Past Month
Oil-WTI spot -2.93 77.04 -3.7% -11.3%
Gold Spot +33.27 1208.55 +2.8% +6.5%
Nickel (LME) +5.67 997.23 +0.6% -11.3%
Aluminium (LME) -0.78 93.97 -0.8% -11.2%
Copper (LME) -0.45 313.51 -0.1% -13.2%
Zinc (LME) -0.48 94.40 -0.5% -13.8%
Silver +0.15 17.62 +0.8% -1.8%
Sugar -0.74 13.67 -5.1% -14.0%
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Overnight Commentary
Investors fled equities and flocked to US Treasuries which saw the Dow was off 349pts, down nearly 1,000 points at one
stage after some erroneous trades, as investors continued to worry about the flow on effects of Greek, and European,
debt problems. The S&P was off 3.2% and the Nasdaq fell 3.4%.
Eco - Ongoing positive news flow from US economic data was brushed aside. Non-Farm Productivity was +3.6% vs
+2.6% expected while Unit Labour Costs were lower than expected. Initial Jobless Claims were 444k vs 440k expected
but down from 451 prior and Continuing Claims were 4594k vs 4610k expected and down from 4653k prior.
Financials - The sector slumped as fund managers worried that Trichet was not doing enough to step in and
support liquidity in Europe. BoA was the worst on the Dow off 7.1%, JP's fell 4.3% and on the S&P MS dropped 5.6%,
Wells Fargo was 4.5% lower and Goldmans ended down 4%.
Growth Proxies - Despite the better US economic data the growth stocks were also hit hard. HP fell 5.1%, GE was off
4.4%, Boeing dropped 4.3% and Caterpillar ended 3.7% lower.
The FTSE shed 81 points as banks and miners faced continued pressure over contagion fears and lower metal prices.
Investors were disappointed as hopes that the ECB would purchase European debt to calm the situation were quelled.
With the UK currently at the polls investors are paused with their finger on the trigger as a hung parliament and weak US
non-farms payroll data could lead to another hefty selloff. The market finished the day -1.5%, the DAX -0.8% and the CAC
-2.2%.
Banks - Banks were the biggest weight on the market with European uncertainty continuing to damage their
attractiveness. Barclays, RBS, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Lloyds all off 3.7% to 6.5% removing 40 points from the
market.
The Euro fell to 15 month highs against the greenback and 8 yr lows against the yen. In the UK PMI services were lower
at 55.3 vs. 57 exp while in Germany factory orders were 5% vs. 1.4%. Euro stocks were off across the board with the
FTSE All World down 3%.
Commodities Commentary
Miners - Miners continued their freefall as the $US rallied to recent highs and global concerns continue to haunt the
broader market. ENRC, BHP, RIO, Anglo, Vedanta off 0.7% to 3.9%.
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Energy - It was tough for energy plays to go anywhere but south with global concerns driving the crude price down 3.7%.
Royal Dutch and BG off 2.1% and 1.8% to respectively.
SPI Commentary
The SPI traded down 114pt to 4691. Open at 4687 with a high of 4687 and a low of 4567. Volume 43,874. Overnight the
SPI traded down 160pts 4400. With a low of 4101!
*SPI report taken from the 9:50am open to the 4:30pm close on the previous trading day. Charts taken from IRESS
Source: IRESS
Investment view
Prior to the initial bid, our preference was for NCM over LGL for gold exposure due to diversification by mine and
geography, its strong growth pipeline, management strength and a relatively low P/NPV multiple. Should the merger be
successful we are of the view that NCM's management team will be able to extract greater operational synergies over
time than the A$85m currently factored in to our numbers, and remain buyers on a long term view. We maintain our view
that a competing bid for LGL is unlikely but would continue to hold that stock with a view to NCM exposure now that a
timeline for the merger has been established.
Source: IRESS
Source: IRESS
During the peak of US reporting, we are generally inundated with results on a daily basis, some of which have more
relevance than others for the Australian market. To help prioritise the US results, we have surveyed the RBS research
analysts and asked them to identify which are the key US stocks to watch in their sectors. These are presented in the
table below, along with their expected reporting date and key forecast expectations.
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