May 24, 2012, 6:21 a.m. EDT Stock futures edge up ahead of jobless claims Hewlett-Packard shares in focus amid layoff plans, results
By William L. Watts, MarketWatch FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) U.S. stock index futures edged higher Thursday as investors awaited data on weekly jobless claims and digested a round of weak economic surveys from China and Europe. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJM2 +0.39% rose 35 points to 12,501, while S&P 500 Index futures SPM2 +0.48% rose 4.6 points to 1,320.30. Nasdaq-100 futures NDM2 +0.31% rose 8.5 points to 2,549. A series of closely-watched surveys on economic activity in China and Europe and other data proved mostly weaker than expected Thursday. Private-sector output across the 17-nation euro zone contracted in May at its sharpest pace since mid-2009, according to a "flash" purchasing managers' index produced by Markit. The composite PMI reading fell to a 35-month low of 45.9 from 46.7 in April. A reading of less than 50 indicates a contraction in activity. Euro-zone PMI Meanwhile, the Ifo Institute's closely-watched gauge of German business confidence tumbled more than expected to a six-month low at 106.6. Ifo index "May's business surveys confirmed the picture of falling economic activity in the euro zone as a whole and suggest that the downturn has now really hit Germany," said Jennifer McKeown, senior European economist at Capital Economics in London. Also, Britain's Office for National Statistics downwardly revised its estimate of first-quarter U.K. gross domestic product to show a 0.3% quarterly contraction versus an initial estimate of a 0.2% drop. U.K. GDP Earlier, the HSBC flash PMI for China's manufacturing sector dropped to 48.7 in May from 49.3 in April. China manufacturing PMI Asian equities finished mostly lower, but European markets shook off initial losses to push back into positive territory. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index XX:SXXP +1.20% rose 0.4%, bouncing back from a steep loss on Wednesday. A summit meeting of European Union leaders Wednesday night produced no fresh agreement on how to tackle the euro-zone debt crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of other AAA-rated countries continue to resist calls to issue joint euro bonds in an effort to bring down borrowing costs for the region's most debt-strapped countries. Leaders stressed their desire to see Greece remain in the euro zone, but emphasized the country's next government must abide by the terms of its latest bailout package. On the economic front, data on weekly jobless claims is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. April durable-goods figures are also due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ -3.21% jumped more than 10% in Frankfurt trading. The computer maker issued results after Wednesday's closing bell that beat expectations and unveiled a plan to cut 27,000 jobs. Hewlett-Packard results Wall Street recovered from heavy early losses to post a mixed finish on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.05% ended 6.66 points lower at 12,496.15. The S&P 500 SPX +0.17% gained 2.23 points to close at 1,318.86, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 11.04 points to 2,850.12. Nymex crude-oil futures CLN2 +1.21% rose 68 cents to $90.58 a barrel in electronic trade. Gold futures rose $12 to $1,560.40. The dollar index DXY +0.07% , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of major rivals, was little changed at 82.101. The euro EURUSD -0.08% traded at $1.2572 versus the dollar, a 0.1% loss. The U.S. unit USDJPY -0.18% fell 0.1% versus the Japanese yen to trade at ¥79.41. William L. 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Now What? > Two Very Different Ways to Run a Company > Why I'm Stuck Like Glue to Silver Wheaton > Why Facebook Got Crushed > > Related Tickers > 5/23/2012 4:05 PM > ^DJI $12496.15 Down -6.66 -0.05% > DOW JONES INDUSTR CAPS Rating: No stars > FB $32.00 Up +1.00 +3.23% > Facebook CAPS Rating: * > BAC $7.17 Up +0.19 +2.72% > Bank of America Co CAPS Rating: *** > > > --- In [email protected], "aloysiussiwira" <aloysiussiwira@> wrote: > > > > Wall Street finishes flat in late reversal > > By Edward Krudy > > > > NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks staged a late-day reversal on Wednesday, > > rallying into the close in another volatile session as a sharp rise in > > materials shares boosted the S&P 500 and gains in Apple (NSQ:AAPL - News) > > helped lift the Nasdaq. > > > > The action shortly before the market's close was a mirror image of Tuesday > > when stocks gave up gains in the last minutes of trading. The late rebound > > suggested investors saw value in the market after the S&P 500 fell just > > below 1,300 but also underscored the skittishness of the trading > > environment. > > > > One trader warned not to read too much into the move that lifted the > > indexes near breakeven for the day. > > > > "I don't make anything of this. Volumes are very low, so there's no > > conviction," said Todd Schoenberger, managing principal at the BlackBay > > Group in New York. "We're only hearing what we want to hear. Don't be > > surprised if futures are disappointed tomorrow." > > > > Towards the close traders cited rumors that the European Union was > > considering a proposal to guarantee bank deposits across the bloc. Such a > > move could assuage fears of bank runs in Spain and Greece. The rumors, > > which one trader said may have originated in London, appeared to be > > unfounded and served to highlight the markets' current sensitivity to > > events in Europe. > > > > Shares in beaten-down materials companies led the S&P 500, with the S&P's > > materials sector gaining 1.1 percent. Alpha Natural Resources (ANR.N) rose > > 5 percent to $11.70. Boosting the Nasdaq were shares of Apple, up 2.4 > > percent to $570.56. > > > > In the overall market, the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) > > dipped 6.66 points, or 0.05 percent, to 12,496.15. The S&P 500 Index > > (MXP:^GSPC - News) edged up 2.23 points, or 0.17 percent, to 1,318.86. The > > Nasdaq Composite (NAS:^COMP) gained 11.04 points, or 0.39 percent, to > > 2,850.12. > > > > For most of the day shares fell by more than 1 percent as EU officials said > > euro zone countries must prepare contingency plans for a possible Greek > > exit of the currency bloc, while a weak outlook from Dell Inc (NSQ:DELL - > > News) cast doubts about the strength of global tech spending. > > > > Volume on the NYSE, Nasdaq and Amex was above average. Around 7.52 billion > > shares traded compared with a year-to-date average of 6.84 billion. About > > three stocks rose for every two that fell on the NYSE. > > > > Shares in Dell Inc (NSQ:DELL - News) tumbled more than 18 percent and hit > > other tech stocks as the revenue forecast from the third-largest computer > > maker spurred fears that global tech spending was declining faster than > > thought. > > > > Dell plunged 17.2 percent to $12.49, its biggest one-day drop in more than > > a decade. > > > > Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) slid more than 3 percent during the regular > > session. But shares of the tech company jumped 10 percent in extended > > trading after it released financial results. HP outlined a multi-year plan > > including job cuts of 27,000 employees, or about 8 percent of its > > workforce, to spur growth. > > > > The agreement by euro-zone officials on contingency planning for a Greek > > exit of the euro zone, or "Grexit" as some investors are now calling it, > > came during a teleconference of the Eurogroup Working Group on Monday, > > sources told Reuters. > > > > Eric Kuby, chief investment officer at North Star Investment Management in > > Chicago, said renewed concerns about Greece, troubling outlooks from Dell > > and others, worries about the economy, Facebook's disappointing IPO and > > JPMorgan's recent trading loss were adding up to significant headwinds. > > > > "It has made people less likely to jump in there and buy stocks," he said. > > "A lack of good news, some bad news and these worries that have been around > > for a long time make it hard to get a rally going." > > > > The S&P 500 is down 7 percent from a peak in April but is up 4.9 percent > > for the year so far. Some analysts are expecting the index to test its > > 200-day moving average at around 1,280, another 2 percent below current > > levels. > > > > Facebook Inc (FB.O) and banks, including Morgan Stanley (MS.N), were sued > > by the social networking leader's shareholders, who claimed the defendants > > hid Facebook's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial > > public offering. The stock was up 3.2 percent at $32 after falling more > > than 30 percent from it peak on Friday. > > > > Falling oil prices also depressed the energy sector, with an S&P index of > > energy companies (.GSPE) edging up 0.4 percent into the close. > > > > U.S. July crude oil future fell $2.30 to a session low of $89.55, trading > > below $90 a barrel for the first time since November 1, on easing concerns > > about Iran's nuclear dispute with the West and increasing worries about > > global economic growth. > > > > (Editing by Kenneth Barry) > > > > --- In [email protected], "aloysiussiwira" <aloysiussiwira@> wrote: > > > > > > Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) > > > -DJI > > > > > > 12,496.15 Down 6.66(0.05%) 4:05PM EDT > > > Add to Portfolio > > > Prev Close: 12,502.81 > > > Open: 12,501.52 > > > Day's Range: 12,311.56 - 12,508.30 > > > 52wk Range: 10,362.30 - 13,359.60 > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "kangduren" <kangduren@> wrote: > > > > > > > > sama2 sepikiran, aneh saat skr berita banyak yg ga heboh, keknya emang > > > > mau dump, justru skr udah diujung tanduk bener yunani, default ga jelas > > > > kabar dah disambung pemilu yunani. > > > > ga efek gitu, skr justru berita spanyol tenggelam, sementara internal > > > > indo emang lg kurang duit, ketauan harga oil turun, indo malah ga bs > > > > supply full BBM, cari2 duit dr pajak dan bea keluar ke mana2, > > > > kacau........ > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], HY <h16y07@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > efek psikologis kang... > > > > > > > > > > kasus yunani digantung hingga pertengahan juni... > > > > > sementara berita ekonomi amerika dan eropa semakin memanas. > > > > > investor pasti lebih memilih aman daripada gambling... + moment > > > > > liburan sekolah. > > > > > time to holiday... enjoying the profit. > > > > > > > > > > sambil menunggu perkembangan yunani selanjutnya... > > > > > pemodal besar akan mulai menangkap barang di level tertentu... tanpa > > > > > melakukan perlawanan. > > > > > pemodal tanggung + kecil lebih memilih wait & see sambil menunggu > > > > > good news... (bottom fishing). > > > > > > > > > > dengan demikian saham2 penuh dengan bazzar discount... > > > > > > > > > > sept-okt 2011 ... IHSG sempat menyentuh 3200an... > > > > > maka untuk yang sekarang bisa lebih parah... > > > > > > > > > > terbukti bahwa bank2 eropa saja belum siap kalau yunani out. > > > > > selama ini market hanya dibuai oleh gosip2 yang menjanjikan dan > > > > > meyakinkan agar F****** memiliki kesempatan untuk melepas barangnya > > > > > dengan harga yang masih menguntungkan. > > > > > > > > > > utang pemerintah bertambah demi intervensi nilai rupiah... tapi > > > > > apakah berhasil... > > > > > yang ada semakin kelilit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lihat saja harga GOLD yang sudah cukup memprihatinkan... (hanya > > > > > gara2 fre**** diacak-acak pemerintah) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *ini sekedar cuap2 pribadi, boleh dipertimbangkan atau diabaikan... > > > > > tapi tidak untuk diprotes. > > > > > namanya juga imajinasi pribadi... DISCLAIMER ON... * > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > " Hidupmu adalah Imajinasimu "Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: kangduren <kangduren@> > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:30 PM > > > > > Subject: [saham] Re: IHSG prediksi senin.../ Stock futures signal > > > > > rebound / IHSG - R1 4,002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > kapan mau ke 3500? keknya kalo dow bertahan bahkan bisa minus > 150, > > > > > IHSG bisa 3800 nih jumat. > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], HY <h16y07@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > IHSG mau di bawa ke 3500 an kang ... abis itu mantul lagi... > > > > > > > > > > > > kalo patah yaa melorot ke 3100... > > > > > > > > > > > > Pasang seat belt... siapkan amunisi > > > > > > > > > > > > sementara porto short term disisain 15-20 % > > > > > > lari ke property sama showroom mobil dulu... :D > > > > > > BSD kan lagi penawaran kavling 2M an.... > > > > > > Mobil bentar lagi masa liburan sekolah... anaknya pada minta beliin > > > > > > mobil baru... :D > > > > > > > > > > > > Juli - Agustus baru intip2 lagi sahamnya... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > > > " Hidupmu adalah Imajinasimu "ÃÂ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: kangduren <kangduren@> > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:14 PM > > > > > > Subject: [saham] Re: IHSG prediksi senin.../ Stock futures signal > > > > > > rebound / IHSG - R1 4,002 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÂ > > > > > > feeling dan keinginan sih sampe jumat 3800, tapi biasa angan2 susah > > > > > > tercapai...... > > > > > > minta diskon gede krn susah milih saham skr, mudah2an dikasih, > > > > > > sesuai keinginan komandan juga, hehehe..... > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "kangduren" <kangduren@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rebound dr 3950, pake sektor industri dan manufaktur, luar biasa > > > > > > > padahal harga gas naik 55%, profit margin bakalan turun, sahamnya > > > > > > > malah banyak yg naik dan tidak koreksi banyak...... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "kangduren" <kangduren@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wait n see nya moga2 ga sembari pegang2 barang :D > > > > > > > > btw indeks hr ini coba bertahan di support 3950 an... > > > > > > > > cuma bahas teknikal aje ane :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Tikno Susatio <tikno37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Untuk menembus R2 dari posisi sekarang nampaknya sulit karena > > > > > > > > > harus naik > > > > > > > > > 1,5% sedangkan hari ini sudah naik 2%. tapi semuanya bisa > > > > > > > > > terjadi, wait n > > > > > > > > > see aja > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:07 PM, aloysiussiwira > > > > > > > > > <aloysiussiwira@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TA-IHSG 220512 closing 4,021 up 80 point nembus R1 4,008 > > > > > > > > > > Masih ada R2 4,082 dan R3 4,131 yang harus ditembus . > > > > > > > > > > Bisakah IHSG menembus langsung R2 ? 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