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发表于 17-3-2014 23:59:00|来自:新加坡
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U.S. stocks popped, rebounding after last week's selloff, as investors took Crimea's widely expected vote to secede from Ukraine in stride.The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 145 points, or 0.9%, to 16211 in midmorning trading.The S&P 500 advanced 14 points, or 0.8%, to 1855. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 34 points, or 0.8%, to 4279.Crimea's parliament said the region would formally seek Russia's permission to rejoin the country as a republic, after more than 95% of Crimeans voted Sunday to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.The outcome matched market participants' expectations, traders said, prompting investors to unwind cautious bets meant to protect against potential market-spooking headlines. Looking ahead, investors are awaiting details of any economic penalties to be imposed on Russia by Western leaders, who have said a Russian annexation of Crimea would be illegal."Insurance policies that were taken out on the Crimean situation are being sold this morning," said John Brady, managing director at Chicago futures brokerage R.J. O'Brien & Associates."There seems to be a bit of a relief rally taking place, because nothing worse happened over the weekend than what people familiar with the situation were expecting," Mr. Brady said.The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, a measure of options traders' expectation for stock-market volatility, tumbled 13%.Meanwhile, the S&P 500's 2% drop last week, the biggest weekly loss since late January, may have provided an opportunity for bulls who have been looking for pullbacks, as stock indexes remain near record highs."The market's come off, on some quite significant headwinds. Maybe market participants think it has come back far enough in the near term," said Nick Lawson, a London-based managing director in global market equities at Deutsche Bank AG.On the economic front, Federal Reserve data showed U.S. industrial production rose a greater-than-expected 0.6% in February. Capacity utilization increased slightly to 78.8%.But the New York Federal Reserve's Empire State March index of manufacturing activity-based on a survey of New York state manufacturers-rose less than economists had forecast. U.S. homebuilders remained cautious about the housing market in March, according to a National Association of Home Builders survey.Investments seen as safe-havens, such as bonds and gold, also showed little concern over the outcome of the Crimea vote. Selling in bonds pushed the yield on the 10-year Treasury note up to 2.667% from 2.645% late Friday. Bond yields rise as Treasury prices decline.Gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,881.50 an ounce, after settling Friday at a six-month high.Crude-oil futures fell 0.3% to $98.55 a barrel. The dollar gained ground against the yen, but was little changed against the euro.Investors will be looking ahead to the Federal Reserve's policy statement on Wednesday. The Fed is expected to continue to pare back its stimulus program, but the recent weakness seen in global stock markets on the heels of Ukraine crisis, coupled with signs that U.S. economic growth has slowed, has investors focused on the Fed's plans for stimulus and interest-rate policy.In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 advanced 1%.Russia's Micex stock index surged 3.5%, after closing at a near four-year low on Friday.Separately, the euro zone consumer-price index for February increased 0.7% on an annual basis, below a previous estimate of 0.8%.Asian markets were highlighted by a 1% rise in China's Shanghai Composite after the Chinese government released over the weekend a long-awaited plan to accelerate urbanization in China. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average slipped 0.3%.In corporate news, Web domain-name infrastructure provider VeriSign slumped 8% after the government said it plans to relinquish oversight of a body that manages Internet domain names and addresses.Yahoo rose 3.3% after reports that Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo owns a large stake, is moving closer to an initial public offering.
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