por admin » Lun May 24, 2010 9:57 pm
North Korea anuncio que ha ordenado a sus militares a prepararse para combate.
el euro baja y los commodities declinan ante la preocupacion de que la crisis de la deuda Europea se extendera al resto de los demas paises.
Europa esta caminando en territorio minado. Los inversionistas estan vendiendo y ajustando sus posiciones.
La banca baja en el Asia, el petroleo, el cobre, etc.
Asian Stocks Fall to 10-Month Low, Won Dives, Commodities Drop
By Clyde Russell and Masaki Kondo
May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks and the won plunged to the lowest in 10 months after Yonhap news agency reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ordered his military to prepare for combat. The euro weakened and commodities declined on concern Europe’s debt crisis may spread.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 2.3 percent to 109.80 as of 11:22 a.m. in Tokyo, set for its lowest close since Aug. 21. Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index futures lost 1.1 percent. The euro fell for a second day against the yen and the dollar. Crude oil slipped below $70 a barrel in New York and copper declined for the first day in four. The won slumped 2.7 percent.
Spain’s banking sector “remains under pressure,” the International Monetary Fund said yesterday in urging Spain to do more to overhaul its ailing banks, spurring speculation that financial institutions in the euro area face further losses. Four Spanish savings banks plan to combine to form the nation’s fifth-largest financial group with more than 135 billion euros ($167 billion) in assets, as regulators push ailing lenders to merge with stronger partners.
“Europe is walking on land mines that have yet to explode,” said Fumiyuki Nakanishi, a strategist at Tokyo-based SMBC Friend Securities Co. “Investors are selling shares and adjusting their positions on concerns over European debt.”
The Kospi Index plunged 3.2 percent following the Yonhap report. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 2.3 percent in Tokyo. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 1.6 percent today. New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index slipped 1.3 percent.
Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index decreased after the benchmark dropped 1.3 percent in New York yesterday. Banks fell the most among the S&P 500’s 24 industries, after the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, for three-month dollar loans advanced to a level not seen since July 16, according to data from the British Bankers’ Association.
Financials Drop
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. slid 2.5 percent, leading declines among financial companies after the Libor rate gained. Canon Inc., which counts Europe as its biggest market, fell 2.4 percent after the euro weakened versus the yen. BHP Billiton Ltd., which got 22 percent of its fiscal 2009 revenue in Europe, dropped 2.9 percent after copper and oil prices retreated.
The euro dropped 0.5 percent to 110.09 yen in Tokyo from 111.71 yen in New York yesterday. The common currency fell to $1.2311 from $1.2372. The dollar traded at 90.19 yen from 90.29 yen.
The won fell to 1,260.50 per dollar in Seoul, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The decline came as the U.S. yesterday said it plans to conduct joint anti-submarine exercises with South Korea, following an investigation that said North Korea fired a torpedo at a South Korean Navy corvette and sunk it. Japan will consider imposing financial sanctions on North Korea, Finance Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference in Tokyo today.
Oil, Copper
Crude oil declined 1.2 percent to $69.39 a barrel in New York, giving up yesterday’s 0.2 percent gain as concern over Europe boosted the dollar, reducing the investment appeal of commodities.
“I don’t think things have worsened in Europe in the past few days, but the reason we haven’t seen any significant rallies in the market is that the uncertainty hasn’t dissipated,” Ben Westmore, a minerals and energy economist at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Melbourne, said in a telephone interview. “The one thing about the euro zone is that everyone has been revising down their demand outlook. The fundamentals there have no doubt become weaker in the last month.”
Copper dropped 1.6 percent to $6,800 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. The metal has slumped 11 percent in the past month. Aluminum declined 1.5 percent to $2,053 a ton and nickel slumped 2.5 percent to $21,650 a ton.
Bond Risk Rises
The cost of insuring Asia-Pacific bonds from non-payment rose, according to traders of credit-default swaps.
The Markit iTraxx Asia index of 50 investment-grade borrowers outside Japan climbed 4 basis points to 151.5 basis points in Singapore, according to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. The risk benchmark is headed for its first increase in three days, CMA DataVision prices show.
The Markit iTraxx Australia index jumped 7 basis points to 132 basis points in Sydney, Nomura Holdings Inc. prices show. The Markit iTraxx Japan index rose 3 basis points to 160 in Tokyo, according to Morgan Stanley.