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Stock Market History on 2010-01-28 (28 January 2010 ) |
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| Amman Stock Exchange trading report for Jan 27 | |
| Here's a scary thought for you. Every day, hundreds of billions of dollars of financial transactions are driven completely autonomously by computer algorithms. The fate of corporations and nations rests on bits of computer code sent out by their makers to do battle in a high-stakes trading war. And when something goes wrong, it can go spectacularly wrong. | |
| There was a short story in yesterday's Financial Times of London on the possibility of a rogue trading algorithm seizing up a stock exchange. | |
| Program trading fell last week on NYSE Euronext's (NYX) New York Stock Exchange while total volume grew. The daily program-trading average was million, or % of the billion total shares that changed hands. | |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Westfield Group , the world’s largest owner of shopping malls by market value, rose the most in five months in Sydney trading after JPMorgan Securities Australia Ltd. upgraded the stock to “overweight.” | |
| TORONTO - Economic worries and earnings disappointments pushed the Toronto stock market lower in early trading Thursday. | |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may be active in Russian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close. | |
| Stock futures are trading in a narrow range Wednesday as investors avoid making big bets in advance of the president's State of the Union address and the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate-setting meeting. | |
| High speed electronic stock exchanges around the world face a possible data meltdown, as trading volumes grow exponentially with computers doing most of the selling and buying. | |
| Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- China XD Electric Co. rose percent to yuan in Shanghai pre-market trading in its debut on the city’s stock exchange. |
Economic Calendar
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| 25 Jan | Mrkt Holiday | Brazil | - | - | - | - | | 25 Jan 07:00 | GfK consumer sentiment | Germany | Feb | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | | 25 Jan 07:00 | Industrial Production | Russia | Dec | 102.7 | - | 101.5 | | 25 Jan 07:30 | Industrial Production | Russia | Year | 89.2 | - | 102.1 | | 25 Jan 15:00 | Existing home sales mm | USA | Dec | 5.45 | 5.90 | 6.54 | | 26 Jan | Mrkt Holiday | India | - | - | - | - | | 26 Jan | BOJ rate decision | Japan | Jan | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | | 26 Jan 09:00 | Ifo business climate | Germany | Jan | 95.8 | 95.1 | 94.7 | | 26 Jan 09:30 | GDP prelim qq | Great Britain | 4 quarter | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.4 | | 26 Jan 15:00 | Consumer confidence | USA | Jan | 55.9 | 53.5 | 52.9 | | 27 Jan 23:50 | Trade balance total | Japan | Dec | 545.3 | 590.0 | 373.9 | | 27 Jan 09:00 | Unemployment Rate | Russia | Dec | 8.2 | - | 8.1 | | 27 Jan 15:00 | New home sales chg mm | USA | Dec | 342 | 370 | 355 | | 27 Jan 15:30 | EIA total crude stocks | USA | 22/01/10 | 326.7 | - | 330.6 | | 27 Jan 15:30 | EIA weekly crude stocks | USA | 22/01/10 | -3.9 | 1.4 | -0.4 | | 27 Jan 19:15 | FOMC rate decision | USA | - | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | | 27 Jan 20:00 | Copom - Interest Rates | Brazil | Dec | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | | 28 Jan 23:50 | Retail sales | Japan | Dec | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1.0 | | 28 Jan 23:50 | Foreign invest JP stock | Japan | 22/01/10 | 230.1 | - | 611.9 | | 28 Jan 07:30 | Volume of Retail Sales y/y | Russia | Dec | 96.4 | - | 93.6 | | 28 Jan 08:00 | International reserves | Russia | 22/01/10 | 435.6 | - | 441.4 | | 28 Jan 09:00 | Unemployment rate sa | Germany | Jan | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | | 28 Jan 10:00 | Business climate | Euro | Jan | -1.12 | -1.10 | -1.22 | | 28 Jan 13:30 | Initial Claims | USA | 22/01/10 | 470 | 450 | 482 | | 28 Jan 13:30 | Durable goods orders mm | USA | Dec | 0.3 | 2.0 | -0.7 | | 29 Jan 23:30 | CPI, core nationwide | Japan | Dec | - | -1.3 | -1.7 | | 29 Jan 23:30 | Unemployment rate | Japan | Dec | - | 5.3 | 5.2 | | 29 Jan 23:30 | CPI, overall nationwide | Japan | Dec | - | - | -1.9 | | 29 Jan 23:50 | Industrial output prelim | Japan | Dec | - | 2.5 | 2.6 | | 29 Jan 10:00 | Unemployment rate | Euro | Dec | - | 10.1 | 10.0 | | 29 Jan 10:30 | KOF Indicator | Switzerland | Jan | - | 1.71 | 1.68 | | 29 Jan 11:30 | FX Reserves, USD | India | 22/01/10 | - | - | 285.16 | | 29 Jan 13:30 | GDP advance | USA | 4 quarter | - | 4.6 | 3.5 | | 29 Jan 14:45 | Chicago PMI | USA | Jan | - | - | 60.0 | | 29 Jan 14:55 | Mich sentiment final | USA | Jan | - | 73.0 | 72.5 |
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