Date: Thursday 22 Mar 2012
LONDON (ShareCast) - - PMIs disappoint from Eurozone and China
- S&P thinks Portuguese debt-restructuring is avoidable
- Banks lead the decline in Europe
Euro Stoxx 600: -0.11%
FTSE-100: -0.79%
Dax-30: -1.27%
Cac-40: -1.56%
FTSE MIB: -1.70%
IBEX: -1.62%
European stocks sank on Thursday after some weak manufacturing data from the Eurozone and China weighed on the outlook for the global economy. A fall in the number of initial weekly jobless claims in the US did little to help the mood as major benchmark indices across the continent dropped between 1.3 and 1.7 per cent.
The preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the Eurozone manufacturing sector, compiled by Markit Economics, has shown that the economy remains in recessionary territory. Both French and German PMIs hit four-month lows.
Chinese factory activity registered an even worse contraction in March as manufacturing hit a four-month low. The flash HSBC Manufacturing PMI for this month fell back to 48.1 from the 49.6 registered in February. This is its lowest level since last November.
In other news, Standard & Poor's head of sovereign ratings for Europe told BloombergTV that Portugal can avoid a debt restructuring as its debt level is lower than Greece's and the country has shown greater capacity to implement reforms.
The OECD sees the need for the Eurozone to create a one trillion euro safety net in order to stop the debt crisis contagion, according to a Swiss newspaper. Meanwhile, ECB President Mario Draghi said he feels the worst of the sovereign debt crisis has passed although the Eurozone governments need to take up the baton to deal with the risks that still exist.
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Currency | Euro |
Share Price | 6.31 |
Change Today | 0.04 |
% Change | 0.57 % |
52 Week High | 6.34 |
52 Week Low | 4.12 |
Volume | 6,501,079 |
Shares Issued | 2,010.00m |
Market Cap | 12,691m |
Beta | 0.75 |
Strong Buy | 4 |
Buy | 3 |
Neutral | 8 |
Sell | 0 |
Strong Sell | 0 |
Total | 15 |
Time | Volume / Share Price |
17:35 | 10,446 @ 6.31 |
17:35 | 9,906 @ 6.31 |
17:35 | 4,225 @ 6.31 |
17:35 | 3,180 @ 6.31 |
17:35 | 654 @ 6.31 |
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