Friday, December 18, trading on U.S. stock exchanges were even in the complete absence of any significant macroeconomic data from the U.S. and globally. therefore a guide to the markets was the successful quarterly results and optimistic projections for 2 large representatives of the high-tech sector - a leading developer of software products for large businesses, Oracle and Research In Motion, generating record sales pobivshie smartphones BlackBerry. Both companies have not only successfully made themselves by winning on the basis of trades, respectively 6.3% and 10.4%, but also contributed positive dynamics of equity markets, especially the base for high-tech enterprises NASDAQ. important factor for developments on the stock exchange was complete and quarterly trade just four types of futures and options on indexes and stocks, as well as the quarterly change in the listing SP 500, all of which usually leads to greater sales volume and high volatility with unpredictable finale . The influence of these factors on the course of trading is clearly apparent, and on Friday, which, however, did not prevent all the major stock indexes end the day with a positive result, but with varying degrees of success on the week. Index Dow Jones industrial average rose by 20.63 points or 0.20% to 10328.89 points, reduction per week was 1.4%. Index of Standard Poor "s 500 rose by 6.39 points or 0.58%, to close at 1102.47 points, a loss for the week amounted to 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose by 31.64 points or 1.45% to a value of 2211.69 points, adding during the week of 1%. at an elite American Economic Club of Top-30 in the Green Zone finished the majority of companies (18), headed by leading representatives of high-tech sector - the main driver of growth of stock markets on Friday - Intel Corporation (2.9%), Microsoft (2.6%) , Hewlett-Packard (1.9%) and Cisco System (0.7%). With a decent profit over the day and for the largest representatives of the financial sector, JPMorgan Chase (1.7%) and Bank of America (1.1%). Among the losers the worst result was marked by the aviation industry"s flagship Boeing (-1.9%) due to the breakdown of negotiations with the planned order of 200 new aircraft the airline Ryanair Holdings, after both sides failed to agree on mutually acceptable terms of the contract.

  political past week can be considered "oil": the Copenhagen summit, as expected, ended with almost anything, but around the "oil" countries seething passion. This, first of all, talking about Iran last week to remind everyone how much of its action depends on the conjuncture of the oil market. On Wednesday, Iran announced successful trials of a new medium-range missiles. Some observers have suggested that this was a kind of "Tehran"s response" to the prospect of an energy blockade of the country since before the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill imposing sanctions against companies investing in Iran"s energy sector for more than 20 million dollars. On Friday, the oil market was waiting for more "shock". Oil prices during the day jumped 2.8% after the news of the invasion of Iranian tanks on the territory of Iraq and the capture of one of the frontier of oil wells. Great Leap prices prevented the likely reaction of many world politicians, deny outright the possibility of any serious conflict between Iran and Iraq. The situation is really resolved fairly quickly, and the next day the Iranian military have left the disputed border territory, and the states themselves have decided to resolve all conflicts through a specially established bilateral intergovernmental commission. In favor of a peaceful outcome to the conflict is the fact that it is now the head of Iraq is a Shiite government, supported by Tehran.  However, quite a rapid resolution of the controversial situation has failed to fully address the concerns of experts. The conflict between two of the three largest oil-exporting countries in the Persian Gulf that occurred to the same pre-summit of OPEC, which was attended by both sides, left many questions. The problem of the Iranian-Iraqi border areas has not been removed, as is possible, and further aggravation of the situation around the Iranian nuclear dossier. Either way, recent events have shown the extent of the oil market depends on political factors, and particularly on the actions of Tehran. Persian Gulf was the center and other political news of the week: a union of countries of the Cooperation Council of Arab Gulf states, closed a regional organization established in 1981, announced the creation in 2010, monetary union, an agreement was signed on 30 th Meeting of the Union held in Qatar. The single currency agreed to move Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman until the entry into the Union abstained. The name of the new currency and the exact timing of transition to it is not yet known, the experts also emphasize that the participating countries, as a minimum, you must advance to the revaluation of their currencies against the dollar. And, finally, "Oil News" finished going through today in Angola last in this year meeting of OPEC countries. As expected, the organization said the preservation of production quotas at the same level, 24.845 million barrels a day. Oil prices have responded to OPEC"s decision slight decrease in the region of 0,5%, as reported by Bloomberg News. According to experts, OPEC"s decision to finally consolidate the level of $ 70 as the lower grades "comfortable" price of oil. Themselves members of the Organization price of 70-80 dollars per barrel is called the "ideal".

  Thursday, December 24, the main share indexes of Latin America against the backdrop of exit optimistic macroeconomic data on the U.S., finished day with positive dynamics. example, orders for durable goods in the United States in November, after falling a month earlier, increased by 0,2% and the number of applications for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest since September 2008 level. Stock exchanges in Brazil and Argentina on Thursday were closed due to holidays. Mexican Bolsa by the end of the trading session added 0,3% to a maximum of more than 2 years the level of 32 548.53 points. U.S. is the largest trading partner countries. The Mexican peso rose 0.32% and finished the day at 12.87 pesos to the dollar. Papers silver producer Industrias Penoles went up by 1,5% against the background of strengthening the value of the metal. Grupo Mexico mining shares added 1.3% after the price of copper at the auctions in New York rose to a mark of 15-month high. Quotes Stock Exchange Bolsa Mexicana weakened by 0,5%. UBS analysts said that the outlook for the firm"s profits is the "conservative side". The company said that in 2010, expects to earn net profit of 600 million pesos ($ 46.6 million). indicator Chile IPSA stock market closed in positive territory at 0.18%. Papers of the country"s largest exporter of fertilizers Soquimich finished the day with a gain of 0.16%, while the manufacturer of wood Copec fell 0.34%. Quotes retailers were in a fairly optimistic mood. Thus, Cencosud shares added 0.41%, while its rival paper Falabella went up by 0,15%. Values of the basic indexes on closing are resulted in the table: Index Country Closing Change (items) Change (%) Change YTD MerVal Argentina 2249,35 8,26 0,37% 108,34 % Bovespa Brazil 67588,86 170,93 0,25% 80,00% IBC Venezuela 54910,55 0 0,00% 57,21% IGBC Colombia 11614,81 103,09 0,90% 53,62% Bolsa Mexico 32548,53 98,30 0,30% &f9aamp;lt;td align=right> 45,43% IGBVL Peru 14081,95 63,77 0,45% 99,78% IGPA Chile 16420,43 51,61 0,32% 45,00% IPSA Chile 3529,82 6 36 0,18% 48,54%

index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei (Nikkei) fell 90.18 points (-0.83%) and closed at 10764.90. Yield of 10-year Japanese government bonds is 1.330 (increased from the previous closing on 0.015). Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Haeng Seng (Hang Seng) has grown by 50.27 points (0.23%) and is located at 21510.28. The euro /dollar rose in the Asian session to the level of 1.4411. Support for the euro against the dollar has appreciation of the pound /dollar, which has grown today to a mark 1.6436. The market has information on what the U.S. company Kraft Foods Inc. is close to buying the British company Cadbury PLC for $ 19 billion. Currency dollar /yen fell to 90.31. Expected bankruptcy of the company Japan Airlines may increase the Yen, as companies need to recover their funds from abroad and buy yen. Meary China to tighten monetary policy, putting pressure on the rates of the Australian and New Zealand dollars. After Weekend in the U.S. today, trading volumes are low, which contributes to sharp fluctuations in exchange rates. Euro continues to remain under pressure due to investors" anxiety about the situation with the budget deficit in Greece. This week, investors" attention will be directed to the publication of financial statements of major American companies for the fourth quarter of 2009, in particular, banks Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs.

index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Nikkei (Nikkei) has grown by 74.42 points (0.68%) and closed at 10982.10. Yield of 10-year Japanese government bonds is 1.320 (has fallen from the previous closing on 0.010). Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Haeng Seng (Hang Seng) fell 62.79 points (-0.29%) and is located at 21654.16. The euro /dollar fell on the Asian session, with the level of 1.4509 to 1.4377. The euro /yen sank nearly 200 points to a mark of 130.49. The euro was under pressure because of speculation that the Chancellor of Germany may resign. Negative factor for the euro is also the situation in Greece, namely the high level of indebtedness of the country. ECB President Trichet said in a statement today, the fact that in Europe (16) there are "problems with debts. Currency Australian dollar /U.S. dollar fell from 0.9312 to 0.9236 level. The course of gold sank to twelve dollars to the level of 1133.20 dollars per troy ounce. Dealers noted that in anticipation of the weekend, investors reduce the amount of risky positions. wholesale price index (Wholesale prices) in Germany in December was 0.2% per month, 0.2% for the year (the previous value of 0.7% for the month, -3.2% per year). Today is scheduled for release the following data: at 09:00 GMT - the final value of the consumer price index (CPI) in Italy in December (forecast 0.2% per month, 1.0% for the year, the previous value of 0.0% per month, 0.7% for the year); at 10:00 GMT - Trade Balance (Trade balance) in billions of euros in Europe (16) for November (forecast 5.0, the previous value of 8.8); at 10:00 GMT - the final value of the consumer price index (Harmonized CPI) in Europe (16) for November (forecast 0.3% per month, 0.9% for the year, the previous value of 0.1% per month, 0.5% for the year); at 13:30 GMT - an index of business activity of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index) in the U.S.