Monday, May 9, 2011

Greek debt fears hurt European stocks

LONDON - Swooning shares of the Bank contributed to a decline in the European stock exchange Monday as investors line venerate but more whether the Greece will need a second financial rescue in a little over a year.


Although reports Friday that the country is considering even to leave the euro have been flatly refused, investors think Greece will need assistance in the euro area and the Monetary Fund International is unable to take advantage of bond markets.


"What made the reports Friday is put the thorny subject of the debt restructuring sovereign return to top the political agenda and the economic agenda", said Michael Hewson, CMC Markets market analyst.


Responsible for the EU this weekend recognized that the Greece could need more help. Many investors believe however that a restructuring of the debt of the Greece is inevitable. This would mean what Greek bondholders will accept what the value of their property do are not what they thought they were when first, they bought their.


Greek bonds are held by a wide variety of institutions and they may be affected by a possible restructuring. As a result, the shares of the Bank throughout Europe have suffered.


In Europe, the FTSE 100 index leading British shares was by 0.4 percent to 5,952 while Germany DAX fell by 0.7% in 7,443. The CAC 40 in France was 0.8% lower than the 4,027. In Greece, the main index was decreased by 1.1%.


Bank stocks were lower across Europe. Deutsche Bank AG has decreased by 1.8% while BNP Paribas SA fell by 2%. Even the banks to the United Kingdom, which is not a member of the euro, has suffered too, with Barclays PLC fell by 1.3%.


The euro was doing a little better Monday after dropping heavily Friday, when the German magazine Der Spiegel said that Greece plans to leave the euro zone. The online report came after the close of European stock markets.


Late morning, the euro has been trading 0.2 per cent more raised $1.44. Friday, the euro slipped to a minimum of $1.4306 approximately $ 1.45 before speculation of output of the euro.


Although European markets struggle, Wall Street is ready to open strongly, as investor sentiment remains signs by data from Friday last with better forecasts U.S. jobs for April. Future Dow increased by 0.4% to 12,620, then that the future of Standard & Poor 500 of broader increased by a rate similar to 1,340.


Investors applauded Friday by the news of the Department of the work of the United States that the committed private sector employers 268,000 people in April, the most since February 2006. Work taking into account reductions are employees of the Government, the economy has added a total of 244 000 jobs throughout the last month, well over 185,000 jobs analysts had predicted and easing fears that the economic recovery was faltering.


The figures of U.S. jobs has also continue to support commodity and energy markets after big declines last week. Improvement of the hopes for economic recovery in the United States have helped allay the fears of much lower demand for these products.


In oil markets, a barrel of crude oil as traded to New York was back above $ 100 a barrel to $100.16, $2.98 up the day.


Earlier in Asia, Hang Seng Hong Kong spent 0.8 per cent to 23,336 then that S & P/ASX 200 the Australia added 0.3 for cent at 4,756.80.


But the average stock of Nikkei 225 of the Japan faced winds as the struggles of countries to rebuild after the earthquake of March and the tsunami. Decrease of 0.7% to 9,794.38, the index had lost 4 percent since the March 11 disaster has killed more than 25,000 people, destroyed cities, equalised a central nuclear and swept the entire industries.


Bordered Chinese 苏童 shares higher as investors pull bargains after big losses last week.


The reference index of Shanghai Composite index has gained 0.3 percent to 2,872.46 and index Composite's Shenzhen gained 0.7 per cent to 1,203.07. Actions of railways and of nuclear energy has led the gains.


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