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Quote.rbc.ru 01.11.2012 09:35

Stock trades in the U.S. on Wednesday, October 31 – in the first session after a long break in the exchange, caused by the passage of Hurricane “Sandy” – ended mixed dynamics in the leading index. Due to the bad weather in New York, many companies have postponed the publication of financial results.

October 31 published data Managers Association in Chicago on business activity index in October 2012. and statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy (US Department of Energy) on commercial stocks of crude oil for the next reporting period.

During the session lower prices characterized by high-tech companies and companies operating in the health sector. Quotes of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer dropped by 2.2%, contributing to a reduction of the index of “blue chips” Dow, a computational framework that includes the company. Shares of Hewlett-Packard office equipment lost in value 1.7%.

played Exchange reports carmaker Ford Motor (quotes rose by 8.24%), chip maker AMD (-0,97%) and retailer Home Depot (+2,23%). Retailers, as the airline or hotel business enterprise, were severely affected by the hurricane. On the first day of the exchanges investors pay attention to the representatives of these sectors to assess the impact of “Sandy” in the business environment.

media giant Walt Disney shares fell 1.9% on the background information that the company has agreed to buy Lucasfilm, which released the legendary “Star Wars.” Combined transaction (cash + stock) Walt Disney cost of 4.05 billion dollars in cash. Compensation for the rest of the demand from Walt Disney production of 40 million new shares.

increase in value of shares of public companies and the financial sector contributed some “balancing” exchanges.

Prior to the opening of the trading session announced its financial results and the American automobile giant General Motors (GM). Performance of the company exceeded forecasts of experts and of GM shares jumped in price by 9.54%. Meet market expectations and financial report MasterCard (the operator of the payment system of the same name): quotes of the close of trading gained 1.76%.

The outcome of the October 31, the Dow Jones fell by 10.75 points (-0.08%) – up to 13,096.46 points, the NASDAQ fell by 10.72 points (-0.36%) – to 2977.23 points, while the S & P gained 0.22 points (0.02%), rising to 1412.16 points.

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