Morningstar Morning Research Update Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013

Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 11:47 am
Press Release: Morningstar

20-Feb-2013

Overseas Market Report

Stocks were up after the holiday weekend as another large merger could be in the works, this time among office-supplies retailers OfficeMax and Office Depot, which could be a sign of even more merger and acquisition activity to come elsewhere.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 53.91 points, or 0.39%, to 14,035.67 on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 11.15 points, or 0.73%, to 1,530.94 and the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 21.56 points, or 0.68%, to 3,213.59... Read More

	Foreign Equities (20-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Dow Jones (US)	14036	54	0.39
/	S&P 500	1531	11	0.73
/	NASDAQ	3214	22	0.68
/	FTSE 100 Index	6379	61	0.96
/	DAX 30	7752	124	1.62
/	CAC 40	3736	69	1.88
/	Nikkei 225 (Japan)	11372	-36	-0.31
/	HKSE	23144	-238	-1.02
/	SSE Composite Index	2383	-39	-1.60
/	BSE Sensitive	19636	135	0.69
/	NZ 50	4244	30	0.70

	Commodities (20-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Aluminium	2069	-8	-0.39
/	Copper	8016	-69	-0.86
/	Nickel	17322	-467	-2.63
/	Gold	1605	-8	-0.50
/	Silver	29.4	0.6	2.20
/	Oil - West Texas crude	96.4	0.0	0.01
/	Lead	2354	-17	-0.73
/	Zinc	2130	2	0.11

	Currency (20-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	$A vs $US	1.0350	-0.0035	-0.34
/	$A vs GBP	0.6707	-0.0043	-0.64
/	$A vs YEN	96.81	-0.26	-0.27
/	$A vs EUR	0.7729	-0.0001	-0.01
/	$A vs $NZ	1.2222	-0.0029	-0.24
/	$US vs Euro	0.7468	0.0023	0.31
/	$US vs UK	0.6481	-0.0020	-0.31
/	$US vs CHF	0.9223	0.0008	0.09

Research Updates (19)

	Special Reports (1)
/	Hybrids Special Reports: NAB Convertible Preference Shares (NABPA)

	Funds (2)
/	Vanguard International Shares Index (4489)	Bronze
/	Vanguard International Small Companies Index (15897)	Neutral

	Shares (15)
/	Asciano (AIO)	/	Reduce
/	Coca-Cola Amatil (CCL)		Hold
/	Cardno (CDD)		Reduce
/	Challenger Diversified Property (CDI)	/	Reduce
/	Contact Energy (CEN-NZ)		Hold
/	Caltex (CTX)	/	Hold
/	Fleetwood Corp. (FWD)		Hold
/	InvoCare (IVC)	/	Reduce
/	Monadelphous (MND)		Reduce
/	News Corp (NWS)	/	Reduce
/	Precinct Properties New Zealand (PCT-NZ)	/	Hold
/	Regional Express (REX)	/	Hold
/	Sonic Healthcare (SHL)	/	Reduce
/	Southern Cross Media (SXL)	/	Hold
/	Transfield Services (TSE)		Hold

	ETFs (0)
	There were no research reports published on the previous business day.

	Fixed Income (1)
/	Tabcorp Bonds (TAHHA)	/	Accumulate

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