Noticias de Hoy

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks firmed on Friday after a jobs report showed the pace of hiring met expectations by easing slightly in December, but gave indications of momentum in the labor market recovery. The market also reacted modestly to data from the Institute for Supply Management, which showed the U. S. service sector grew at its fastest pace in 10 months in December, boosted by a rise in new orders. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – World shares, oil and copper edged lower on Friday and the dollar rose after U. S. Federal Reserve officials raised concerns about possible side effects of its stimulus program. Minutes from the Fed’s December policy meeting unsettled financial markets as some policymakers raised the longer-term impact of its efforts to simulate the U. S. economy. The Fed’s bond-buying has underpinned appetite for risk, and the comments that raised the possibility it might be less committed to the program than previously thought unnerved investors before U. S. employment data later on Friday. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Friday, tracking overnight weakness in global equities, but the dollar gained as U. S. debt yields rose after several Federal Reserve officials expressed concerns about continuing to expand stimulative bond buying. Minutes from the Fed’s December policy meeting released on Thursday showed some voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee were increasingly concerned about the potential risks of the Fed’s asset purchases on financial markets, even if it look set to continue an open-ended stimulus program for now. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell in afternoon trade on Thursday after minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee showed rising concern about the risks of the Fed’s policy of buying bonds to stimulate growth. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 16. 78 points, or 0. 13 percent, to 13,395. 77. The S&P 500 fell 1. 64 points, or 0. 11 percent, to 1,460. 78. The Nasdaq Composite lost 3. 29 points, or 0. 11 percent, to 3,108. 97. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Kenneth Barry)

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LONDON (Reuters) – World share gains stalled and the dollar rose on Thursday as investors grew concerned about political battles looming in Washington over spending cuts, following this week’s deal to avoid sharp U. S. tax hikes. The MSCI world equity index dipped from an 18-month high to be down 0. 15 percent at 346. 7 points while the dollar hit a three-week peak against a basket of major currencies and oil prices fell. . . .

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Most Asian stock markets edged higher on Thursday on hopes of a steady economic revival in China although oil gave back some of the previous session’s strong gains as investors took some money off the table and braced for more U. S. budget battles. The MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index of stocks was up 0. 3 percent following Wednesday’s 2 percent jump on relief that U. S. politicians had averted the "fiscal cliff". Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0. 7 percent. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks kicked off the new year with their best day in over a year on Wednesday, sparked by relief over a last-minute deal in Washington to avert the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts that threatened to derail the economy’s growth. In 2013’s first trading session, the S&P 500 achieved its biggest one-day gain since December 20, 2011, pushing the benchmark index to its highest close since September 14. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks surged on the first trading day of 2013 after lawmakers agreed a deal to avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts that had threatened to hurt economic growth. The gains come after stocks ended 2012 with their strongest day in more than a month, which put the S&P 500 up 13. 4 percent for the year, after a flat performance in 2011. Late on Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted for a bill that will raise taxes on wealthy individuals and families and preserve certain benefits. The vote averted immediate austerity measures, like tax hikes for almost all U. S. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – European shares, oil and gold rose strongly on Wednesday after U. S. politicians struck a long-awaited deal to avoid a fiscal crisis, while safe-haven dollar and German government bonds fell. Lawmakers approved a plan to prevent huge tax increases and delay spending cuts that together would have pushed the world’s largest economy off the "fiscal cliff" and into a likely recession. European markets followed their Asian counterparts and rallied on the news, while futures markets pointed to Wall Street doing the same. . . .

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SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian stocks started new year trading with tentative gains as investors anxiously wait to see if the U. S. Congress can strike a last-minute compromise and avert the harsh "fiscal cliff" tax rises and spending cuts that are technically already in force. The U. S. Senate early on Tuesday passed a bill that aims to avoid the cliff’s automatic implementation of $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases. But the bill’s fate was uncertain in the House of Representatives, where a number of Republicans complained it did not tackle spending cuts adequately. . . .

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