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US stock index futures fall after Obama win


05/11/2008


LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday after Democrat Barack Obama decisively won the U.S. presidency.

At 0811 GMT futures for the S&P 500 index , DJ Industrial Average index and Nasdaq 100 index were down 1.3-1.6 percent.

Analysts said the decline in the futures reflected the difficult times the economy still faces.

"The market is maybe reflecting the hard work ahead and difficult economic circumstances new president Barack Obama has inherited," said Keith Bowman, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.

"Economic data has been difficult of late and the market after the election is over is now looking back on that," added Bowman.

(Reporting by Joanne Frearson) (joanne.frearson@reuters.com; +44 207 542 6437, Reuters Messaging:joanne.frearson.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)

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European Factors -- Shares set to fall after decisive Obama win


05/11/2008


(Adds futures, analyst comment, more company items; updates table)
LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - European shares were poised for a lower opening on
Wednesday, following six straight days of gains, after Barack Obama's decisive
win in the U.S. presidential election.
DJ Euro Stoxx futures were down 0.3 percent, Germany's DAX futures
were down 0.4 percent and France's CAC-40 futures were down 0.6
percent.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed 4.5 percent higher.
Democrat Obama captured the White House, defeating Republican John McCain to
make history as the first black U.S. president.
Analysts say construction and infrastructure stocks are potential gainers
from the Obama win, with European commercial banks set to benefit from
opportunities to acquire U.S. regional banks. A strong dollar would also be good
for European exporters.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading European shares on Tuesday
rose 4.3 percent to 974.15, its highest close in four weeks.
"It's been well telegraphed that people have been looking for a rally to sell
into," said Justin Urquhart Stewart, investment director at Seven Investment
Management.
"We've had a nearly 20 percent gain, so people are looking to take money off
the table," he said, adding that he expected the rally to resume though it would
"be based on beer and bunting following Obama's victory rather than reality".

[MarcoAntonio]

Para já não há sell the news e já é dito que é uma desculpa para o rally dos mercados. Não será antes que as vendas secaram e a regressão para a média de um movimento exagerado? tudo tem mesmo que ter explicação?

Bom, de facto os mercados já estavam a recuperar.

Portanto não começou agora com a eleição (poderá é argumentar-se que "já se estava a descontar a vitória do Obama")...

Em todo o caso, inclino-me bastante mais para a desculpa/pretexto (e que eventualmente agora até poderá ajudar a dar mais empurrão).

[Pata-Hari]

Para já não há sell the news e já é dito que é uma desculpa para o rally dos mercados. Não será antes que as vendas secaram e a regressão para a média de um movimento exagerado? tudo tem mesmo que ter explicação?

HONG KONG, China (AP) -- Asian markets rose Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, amid hopes for a year-end rally and that a new U.S. president would act to boost the sluggish American economy.


Investors follow news on the US presidential election on Tuesday in the Philippines.

With Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential race, investors were hopeful he could focus renewed energy on tackling deteriorating conditions in the world's largest economy -- a vital export market -- that have dragged on growth around the world, analysts said.

"We are definitely upbeat now about the market direction. I think investors and funds will be coming in and buying aggressively until the end of year," said Alex Tang, head of research at Core Pacific-Yamaichi in Hong Kong.

"Investors also are hoping that Obama can make a number of changes to help the economy," he said.

Some of the gains were driven by relief that the political uncertainty was lifted with Obama's win. There was also a growing belief that, as the credit crunch eased, world equity markets could rally the rest of the year after last month's historic sell-off.

"It's an excuse for the market to rally, there's less political uncertainty and that gives investors more confidence in the short term," said Frank Gong, a Hong Kong-based managing director for JP Morgan Securities. "But technically it's more about the credit crisis settling down and the market's fear coming down."

Across Asia, markets rose. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average advanced 2.7 percent to 9,341.41, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surged 5.7 percent to 15,196.87.

The upswing followed Wall Street, where many investors looked past more signs of a slumping U.S. economy and piled into stocks in anticipation of a year-end rally.

The Dow Jones index staged its biggest Election Day rally ever, rising 305.45 points, or 3.3 percent, to close at 9,625.28. The broader indices also rose, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 39.45, or 4.1 percent, to 1,005.75, its first close over the 1,000 mark since October 13.

Wall Street futures also were down a touch, suggesting U.S. markets would climb higher Wednesday. Dow futures were down 3 points at 9,584.

In Japan, a weaker yen boosted shares of major exporters including automakers and consumer electronics firms. Toyota Motor Corp. rose 8.1 percent, Canon Inc. jumped 11.7 percent and Sony Corp. advanced 6.3 percent.

The dollar was trading at 99.46 yen, up from the 98-yen zone the previous day in Asia.

Sanyo Electric Co. surged 18 percent after being untraded Tuesday due to a rush of buy orders triggered by weekend reports that the company may be bought by rival Panasonic Corp.

A Sanyo-Panasonic entity would create Japan's biggest electronics maker, surpassing Hitachi Ltd., and would also be among the biggest in the world. Officials from both companies denied Tuesday that any deal has been reached.

Oil prices retreated after surging above $70 a barrel overnight. Light, sweet crude for December delivery was exchanging hands at $68.88, down $1.65 cents, in Asian trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Tuesday in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 196.22 points, or 4.4 percent, to 4,639.50, while Germany's DAX gained 251.20 points, or 5.0 percent, at 5,278.04. France's CAC-40 jumped 163.12 points, or 4.6 percent, at 3,691.09.