Monday, June 7, 2010

Trader's Highlight

DJI-NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could face further pressure next week unless investors get some relief from worries about Europe, jobs and the toll they might take on the economic recovery.

Reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment, both of which should offer clues on the outlook for spending, are among the coming week's major economic indicators. Also on tap will be international trade data.

For the week, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 2 percent, while the S&P 500 declined 2.3 percent and the Nasdaq <.IXIC> lost 1.7 percent. The S&P 500 is also down 12.5 percent from its April 23 closing high for the year.

NYMEX-NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures ended 4 percent lower on Friday as disappointing U.S. employment data and fresh fear about Europe's bank woes spreading sparked risk aversion and fueled worries about economic recovery.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July crude fell $3.10, or 4.15 percent, to settle at $71.51 a barrel, lowest settlement since closing at the same level on May 26.

CBOT-CHICAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy complex closing trends on Friday.

CBOT-SOYBEANS - July down 20 cents at $9.35 per bushel; new-crop November down 19-3/4 at $9.00.

CBOT-SOYOIL - July down 0.88 cent at 36.78 cents per lb. Spillover weakness from declines in soybeans and crude oil.

FCPO-JAKARTA, June 4 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday as bullish crude oil and soyoil markets encouraged buying, traders said.

External markets supported palm oil, traders said, but further gains were limited by slowing demand from China and India.

Market players pegged support and resistance level at 2,450 ringgit and 2,480 ringgit per tonne respectively next week.

The benchmark August crude palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 0.73 percent, or 18 ringgit, to 2,474 ringgit ($756.6) a tonne, after hitting as high as 2,481 ringgit. Overall traded volume was 10,094 lots of 25 tonnes each.

REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, June 4 (Reuters) - Thai stocks climbed to their highest in three weeks on Friday as investors bought resource shares seen safe from domestic political risks while the region climbed higher as markets awaited U.S. payrolls data.

The Thai stock market <.SETI> regained foreign inflows this week, with net foreign buying worth a net $32.7 million. It suffered a huge $1.80 billion foreign sell-off in May as fears over political risks grew amid anti-government protests.

Singapore <.FTSTI> ended 0.5 percent up on Friday, Indonesia <.JKSE> added 0.4 percent and the Philippines <.PSI> edged up 0.05 percent. Malaysia <.KLSE> ended unchanged, erasing early gains, and Vietnam <.VNI> inched down 0.15 percent.

In Singapore, United Overseas Bank , its third-biggest bank, rose 0.7 percent after Fitch Ratings affirmed its long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at 'AA-' with a stable outlook.

In Kuala Lumpur, Maybank was up 0.4 percent. Broker Citi Investment said it rated the stock a 'buy', citing loan growth of Malaysian banks in April and generally healthy first quarter earnings in the sector.