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US Markets: Broader indexes in the United States were trading in red, with the S&P 500 index traded 14.94 points or 0.46% lower at 3,258.46, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index contracted by 84.16 points or 0.29% lower and quoting at 28,650.29 and the technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite traded lower at 9,244.69 and was down by 30.48 points or 0.33% against its previous day close (at the time of writing, before the U.S market close at ET 10:20 AM).
US News: On 30th January 2020, stocks opened in the red, primarily because the investors have been worried by Chinaâs Coronavirus threats. Coca Cola Stocks were up by 0.9 per cent, as the companyâs quarterly sales were valued above the expectations of the market. Hershey stocks were also up by 3.5 per cent on the back of strong quarterly results. Facebook was one of the biggest losers of the day as its shares went down by 7.5 per cent, after posting a decline in the annual profit for the first time in the companyâs history since inception. Tesla saw a massive boom in its shares, as they went up by 11 per cent in premarket trade, following a record earnings announcement, convincingly leaving behind market estimates. Verizon stock fell by 0.7 per cent, after announcing a very modest outlook for the year. Southwest Airlines shares went down by around 3 per cent, after a report suggested that the company failed to comply with security regulations for the past two years.
S&P 500 (SPX)
Companies in the SPX Index Top Movers List*: ServiceNow Inc, Lam Research Corp, and Mondelez International Inc are top gainers and increased by 7.26%, 6.68% and 4.80% respectively.
Companies in the SPX Index Laggards Movers List*: Facebook Inc, United Parcel Service Inc, and Dupont De Nemours Inc are the top three laggards and decreased by 6.31%, 5.45% and 5.29% respectively.
NASDAQ Composite (IXIC)
Companies in the IXIC Index Top Movers List*: Datasea Inc, SINTX Technologies Inc, and Riot Blockchain Inc are top gainers and increased by 110.11%, 90.41% and 21.37% respectively.
Companies in the IXIC Index Laggards Movers List*: Sundial Growers Inc, Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc, and Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc are the top three laggards and decreased by 22.09%, 15.35% and 14.24% respectively.
Sectors in the positive zone*: Consumer Non-Cyclicals (up 0.63%), Consumer Cyclicals (up 0.26%) and Financials (up 0.02%).
Sectors in the negative zone*: Telecommunication services (down 0.95%), Energy (down 0.65%) and Healthcare (down 0.61%).
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI)
Companies in the DJI Index Top Movers List*: Microsoft Corp, Coca-Cola Co, and Boeing Co are top gainers and increased by 3.01%, 2.39% and 0.34% respectively.
Companies in the DJI Index Laggards Movers List*: Dow Inc, UnitedHealth Group Inc, and Verizon Communications Inc are the top three laggards and decreased by 1.91%, 1.42% and 1.31% respectively.
European Markets: The Londonâs broader equity benchmark index FTSE 100 traded at 101.61 points or 1.36% lower at 7,381.96, the FTSE 250 index snapped 177.11 points or 0.82% lower at 21,291.88, and the FTSE All-Share Index ended 52.01 points or 1.25% lower at 4,105.32 respectively. European equity benchmark index STOXX 600 was down by 4.25 points or 1.01 per cent, at 415.16. Another FTSE AIM All-Share Index ended 6.91 points or 0.72% lower at 951.41.
European News: In Big economic news today, the Bank of England today has announced that it will currently hold the interest rates steady in the face of improving economic fundamentals of the British economy. While it was widely anticipated that the bank would decide in favor of a cut, Governor Mark Carney had warned earlier in the month that a further rate cut could very well put the British economy in the risk of going into a liquidity trap. However, the past one and half months particularly the period after the December 2019 general elections results were declared, encouraging data has been flowing in from several quarters of the economy, pointing out to the fact that sentiments are finally improving in the country. In business news, The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) the industry body of Car manufacturers in the United Kingdom has stated that the production of cars in 2019 fell by 14.2 per cent compared to 2018 with only 1.3 million cars being produced.
London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Top LSE Companies in the Gainers list*: DP EURASIA N.V. (DPEU), PETROPAVLOVSK PLC (POG) and CENTAMIN PLC (CEY) zoomed up by 16.49%, 6.21% and 6.18% respectively.
Top LSE Companies in the Laggards list*: AVAST PLC (AVST), CARNIVAL PLC (CCL) and INTU PROPERTIES PLC (INTU) were in the red zone and declined by 13.83%, 8.60% and 7.25% respectively.
FTSE 100 Index
 FTSE-100 index 5-day performance â January 30th, 2020 (Source: Thomson Reuters)
Top FTSE 100 Companies in the Gainers list*: POLYMETAL INTERNATIONAL PLC (POLY), UNILEVER PLC (ULVR), and WHITBREAD PLC (WTB) accelerated by 1.77%, 1.40% and 1.16% respectively.
Top FTSE 100 Companies in the Stragglers list*: CARNIVAL PLC (CCL), BT GROUP PLC (BT.A), INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GROUP SA (IAG), went down by 7.73%, 6.40% and 3.85% respectively.
Top FTSE 100 Companies in Volume*: LLOYDS GRP. (LLOY), BT GROUP (BT.A), and VODAFONE GRP. (VOD).
Sector in the negative zone*: Telecommunications Services (down 4.39%), Energy (down 2.76%), and Consumer Cyclicals (down 1.67%).
Foreign Exchange Rate Quotation*: GBP/USD and EUR/GBP currency pairs traded at 1.3093 and 0.8426, respectively.
U.S. 10-Year and U.K. 10-Year Bond Yields*: U.S. 10-Year Treasuries yield were quoting at 1.591%, and the U.K. 10-Year Government Bond yield was trading at 0.532%, respectively.
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*At the time of writing.
