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Overnight Market News – August 5, 2009

 
  • Lloyds Banking Group Plc Posts First Half Loss of GBP 4B or USD 6.8B as Loan Impairments Surged More than Five Fold to GBP 13.4B from a Year Ago
  • Adidas AG Second Quarter Profits for Period Ended June Plummets 93% to EUR 9mm from EUR 116mm a Year Earlier on Lower Consumer Spending
  • Hong Kong’s Biggest Carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd Returns to Profit Reporting First Half Earnings of USD 104.8mm on a USD 271mm Fuel-Hedging Gain
  • UK Services Unexpectedly Grows at Fastest Pace in Seventeen Months in July as the Services Index Rose to 53.2 from 51.6 in June
  • Kraft Food Inc Second Quarter Profits Jump 11% to USD 827mm or USD 0.56 per Share Up from USD 745mm or USD 0.49 per Share a Year Ago
  • French Bank Societe Generale SA Second Quarter Profits Halved to EUR 309mm Down from EUR 644mm a Year Earlier on Increasing Write-Downs
  • Crude Oil Stands at USD 71.13 per Barrel
  • Ethanol Stands at USD 1.74 per Gallon
  • Natural Gas Stands at USD 3.98 per British Thermal Unit (Btu)
  • Gold Stands at USD 967.90 per Troy Ounce
  • Dow Jones Industrial Average Rises 33.63 Points (0.36%)
  • London FTSE Index Rises 11.90 Points (0.25%)
  • Japan Nikkei Index Falls 122.48 Points (-1.18%)
  • Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Falls 301.66 Points (-1.45%)
  • Brazil Bovespa Index Rises 40.26 Points (0.07%)
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