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Morningstar Morning Research Update Thu 01-Nov-2012

Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:00 am
Press Release: Morningstar

01-Nov-2012

Overseas Market Report
US stocks ended October on a soft note as investors trickled back to work following a two-day shutdown caused by a storm that battered the Atlantic Coast.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 10.75 points, or 0.08% from Friday's close, to 13,096.46, after rising as many as 82 points shortly after the opening bell. .. Read More

Foreign Equities (01-Nov-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
Dow Jones (US)	13096	-11	-0.08
S&P 500	1412	0	0.02
NASDAQ	2977	-11	-0.36
FTSE 100 Index	5783	-67	-1.15
DAX 30	7261	-24	-0.33
CAC 40	3429	-30	-0.87
Nikkei 225 (Japan)	8928	86	0.98
HKSE	21642	213	1.00
SSE Composite Index	2069	7	0.32
BSE Sensitive	18505	75	0.40
NZ 50	3958	17	0.42

Commodities (01-Nov-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
Aluminium	1878	-5	-0.25
Copper	7758	36	0.47
Nickel	16135	145	0.91
Gold	1720	1	0.08
Silver	32.2	-0.4	-1.12
Oil - West Texas crude	86.2	0.6	0.65
Lead	2078	32	1.54
Zinc	1829	14	0.74

Currency (01-Nov-2012 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
$A vs $US	1.0375	-0.0011	-0.11
$A vs GBP	0.6431	0.0016	0.25
$A vs YEN	82.77	-0.21	-0.25
$A vs EUR	0.8006	-0.0011	-0.14
$A vs $NZ	1.2612	-0.0006	-0.05
$US vs Euro	0.7715	-0.0001	-0.01
$US vs UK	0.6199	0.0023	0.36
$US vs CHF	0.9312	0.0009	0.10

Research Updates (8)

	Special Reports (1)
	Funds Quarterly League Table: Risk Conditions Benefit Growth Funds in September Quarter

	Funds (2)
	Aberdeen Diversified Fixed Income (14322)		Neutral
	Invesco Australian Smaller Companies (2557)		Bronze

	Shares (5)
	Blackmores (BKL)		Hold
	Harvey Norman (HVN)		Hold
	ALE Property (LEP)		Hold
	National Aust. Bank (NAB)		Accumulate
	ResMed (RMD)		Reduce

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

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

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