Noticias de Hoy

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were flat on Wednesday as an unexpectedly weak read on fourth-quarter economic activity was offset by strong results at Boeing and Amazon. com. Equities continued to shrug off negative news, with the S&P 500 staying above 1,500, a level that market technicians call an inflection point that will determine the overall direction in the near term. The first read showed gross domestic product fell 0. 1 percent, far below expectations for growth of 1. 1 percent. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The euro hit its highest level in over a year on Wednesday and shares, oil and metals were also on the rise, as confidence in the global economic outlook strengthened ahead of European data and the U. S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision. The Fed is expected to maintain asset buying at $85 billion a month when it concludes its meeting later and retain its commitment to hold interest rates near zero until unemployment falls to at least 6. 5 percent. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks advanced on Tuesday, led by defensive sectors, in a sign the cash piles recently moving into the market are being put to use by cautious investors to pick up more gains. The S&P 500 is on track to post its best monthly performance since October 2011 and its best January since 1997 as investors poured $55 billion in new cash into stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in January, the biggest monthly inflow on record. [ID:nL1N0AX45Q] The Dow Jones industrial average has been flirting with 14,000, a level it hasn’t seen since October 2007. Shares of Amazon. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Tuesday, led by defensive sectors, in a sign the cash piles recently moving into the market are being put to use by cautious investors to pick up more gains. The S&P 500 is on track to post its best monthly performance since October 2011 and its best January since 1997 as investors poured $55 billion in new cash into stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in January, the biggest monthly inflow on record. Among rising defensive shares, which are companies relatively immune to economic swings, were drugmaker Pfizer, up 1. 2 percent to $27. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0. 1 percent. Futures for the Dow Jones were flat, while contracts on the Nasdaq 100 shed 0. 2 percent at 04. 47 a. m. EST. European shares edged up to hover near two-year highs, with strong earnings reports and a brightening economic outlook lifting sentiment, although technical factors could limit gains in the near term. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday as recent selling drew bargain hunters, but investors were cautious ahead of more U. S. economic reports and a Federal Reserve policy decision later in the week that may offer clues to the Fed’s stimulus plans. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0. 7 percent to snap a four-day losing streak, led by a 1. 1 percent jump in Australian shares to a fresh 21-month high on gains in financials shares. South Korean shares , which slumped to an 8-week low on Monday, rebounded 0. 8 percent. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 eased slightly on Monday after an eight-day run of gains, while the Nasdaq edged higher as Apple shares rebounded. The index remained above 1,500, however, after closing above that level on Friday for the first time in more than five years. The S&P 500’s eight sessions of gains was its longest winning streak in eight years. Caterpillar shares helped cap losses in the Dow industrials even as the company posted a 55 percent drop in quarterly profit due to a charge connected with accounting fraud at a Chinese subsidiary and weak demand among its dealers. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Monday following strong data and results from Caterpillar, though gains were slight after a rally that took the S&P 500 above 1,500 for the first time in more than five years. A strong start to the earnings season has boosted equities, with major averages rising for four straight weeks. The S&P has gained for eight straight days, its longest winning streak in eight years. Caterpillar Inc rose 2. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Tech-heavy South Korean shares led the broader Asian share index lower on Monday on fears of weaker earnings, but improving economic prospects in Europe and solid U. S. profit reports underpinned sentiment. Gold languished near two-week lows and was capped as the improving global macroeconomic environment has curbed interest in safe haven assets. "Investors would rather move their money into equities or bulk commodities from safe-haven assets," said Li Ning, an analyst at Shanghai CIFCO Futures. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s ultra-loose monetary policy is a root cause of the "currency wars" that some see as a looming threat to the world economy, but don’t expect the U. S. central bank to signal a shift back to normal any time soon. The Fed, whose policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee concludes a two-day meeting on Wednesday, said just last month that it expects to keep short-term interest rates exceptionally low until the U. S. unemployment rate falls to 6. 5 percent, inflation permitting. That goal is still distant. . . .

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