Noticias de Hoy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Employment grew modestly in January and job gains in the previous two months were larger than first reported, a counterpunch to recent data that suggested a tepid economic recovery had stalled at the end of last year. Adding to that optimism, separate reports on Friday showed factory activity hit a nine-month high in January as new orders rebounded, while car and truck sales surged and consumer confidence perked. The reports, which helped propel U. S. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s current jubilant narrative is that a rush into stocks by small investors has sparked a "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities that will power the bull market to new heights. That sounds good, but there’s a snag: The evidence for this is a few weeks of bullish fund flows that are hardly unusual for January. Late-stage bull markets are typically marked by an influx of small investors coming late to the party – such as when your waiter starts giving you stock tips. For that to happen you need a good story. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose to five-year highs on Friday, with the Dow closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy’s recovery remains on track. The S&P touched its highest since December 2007 after a 5 percent gain in January, which was its best start to a year since 1997. The index is now just about 60 points away from its all-time intraday high of 1,576. 09. Employment grew modestly in January, with 157,000 jobs added. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Employment grew modestly in January and gains in the prior two months were bigger than initially reported, supporting views the economy’s sluggish recovery was on track despite a surprise contraction in output in the final three months of 2012. Other data on Friday also suggested the recovery was intact, with factory activity hitting a nine-month high in January on strong new order growth. Consumer confidence perked. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The euro hit a fresh 14-month high on Friday as investors returned to the region’s riskier asset markets, while shares steadied ahead of a batch of major U. S. and European economic data. The euro hit a high of $1. 3634 to the dollar, building on gains of over 3 percent in January, as the European Central Bank prepared to reveal how much more of its three-year emergency loans banks were likely to repay early. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged lower on Thursday on caution ahead of Friday’s all-important jobs report, but the S&P 500 still posted its best monthly gain since October 2011. The benchmark S&P 500 advanced 5. 1 percent in January as investors cheered a compromise that temporarily postponed the impact of the "fiscal cliff" and fourth-quarter earnings were better than expected. The S&P 500 registered its largest monthly advance since a rise of more than 6 percent in October 2011 and the best January showing since a 6. 1 percent jump in 1997. For the month, the Dow gained 5. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors were cautious after a mixed bag of economic data, while stellar earnings from chipmaker Qualcomm helped the Nasdaq index to edge higher. The S&P 500 is on track to post its best month since October 2011 and its best January since 1997. Investors expect a pullback in equities after the recent gains, though they have bought on dips over the past four weeks. The largest daily decline on the S&P 500 so far in 2013 was Thursday’s 0. 39 percent drop after data showed the economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2012. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday ahead of data on the labor market and a slew of corporate earnings reports. Facebook Inc shares dropped 6. 7 percent to $29. 14 in premarket trading. The company doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter but that growth trailed some of Wall Street’s most aggressive estimates. Qualcomm Inc gained 6 percent to $67. 35 in premarket trading after the world’s leading supplier of chips for cellphones beat analysts’ expectations for quarterly profit and revenue and raised its financial targets for 2013. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares took a breather from recent rallies on Thursday though sentiment was underpinned by the U. S. Federal Reserve’s pledge to retain its stimulus policy and on signs of stabilization in the euro zone. Positive economic reports from Asia failed to lift markets as investors continued to assess regional earnings results and ahead of key data such as China’s official manufacturing PMI and U. S. monthly nonfarm payrolls on Friday. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0. 4 percent after rising 1. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said in its latest statement that economic growth had stalled but indicated the pullback was likely temporary. Stocks were flat for most of the session prior to the Fed statement at the end of a two-day policy meeting. The Fed repeated its pledge to keep purchasing securities until employment improves substantially. The statement followed data that showed the economy, as measured by gross domestic product, unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter. Economists stressed that the 0. . . .

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