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Morningstar Morning Research Update Friday, Feb 22, 2013

Friday, 22 February 2013, 2:11 pm
Press Release: Morningstar

22-Feb-2013

Overseas Market Report

Stocks fell after disappointing data in the US and Europe.

The closely watched eurozone composite purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to a preliminary reading of 47.3 in February from 48.6 in January according to Markit. Economists had expected a much more modest decline. The reading implies that the economic slowdown in the eurozone is continuing unabated and that GDP is likely to shrink again in the first-quarter... Read More

	Foreign Equities (22-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Dow Jones (US)	13881	-47	-0.34
/	S&P 500	1502	-33	-1.04
/	NASDAQ	3131	-33	-1.04
/	FTSE 100 Index	6292	-104	-1.62
/	DAX 30	7584	-145	-1.88
/	CAC 40	3625	-85	-2.29
/	Nikkei 225 (Japan)	11309	-159	-1.39
/	HKSE	22907	-401	-1.72
/	SSE Composite Index	2326	-71	-2.97
/	BSE Sensitive	19325	-317	-1.62
/	NZ 50	4170	-44	-1.04

	Commodities (22-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	Aluminium	2034	-26	-1.29
/	Copper	7832	-93	-1.18
/	Nickel	16571	-533	-3.12
/	Gold	1576	7	0.43
/	Silver	28.7	0.0	0.10
/	Oil - West Texas crude	95.2	-1.9	-1.94
/	Lead	2308	-20	-0.87
/	Zinc	2089	-19	-0.91

	Currency (22-Feb-2013 / Close)	Close	Change	% Change
/	$A vs $US	1.0245	0.0001	0.01
/	$A vs GBP	0.6714	0.0014	0.21
/	$A vs YEN	95.37	0.59	0.62
/	$A vs EUR	0.7766	-0.0048	-0.62
	$A vs $NZ	1.2274	--	--
/	$US vs Euro	0.7582	-0.0048	-0.63
/	$US vs UK	0.6554	0.0012	0.18
/	$US vs CHF	0.9312	-0.0033	-0.35

Research Updates (44)

	Special Reports (1)
/	Australian Economic Update - February 2013

	Funds (2)
/	Colonial First State Global Share (4672)	Neutral
/	Generation Global Shares (15813)	Bronze

	Shares (41)
/	Ardent Leisure (AAD)		Hold
/	Adelaide Brighton (ABC)		Hold
/	Amalgamated Holdings (AHD)		Hold
/	Auckland Airport (AIA)		Hold
/	Auckland Airport (AIA-NZ)		Hold
/	Aust. Infrastructure (AIX)		Hold
/	AMP Limited (AMP)		Accumulate
/	APN (APN)		Avoid
/	ASX (ASX)		Reduce
/	Alumina (AWC)		Buy
/	Brambles (BXB)		Reduce
/	Cabcharge (CAB)	/	Reduce
/	CFS Retail Property Trust (CFX)		Hold
/	Commonwealth Property (CPA)		Hold
/	Echo Entertainment Group (EGP)		Hold
/	Emeco Holdings (EHL)		Hold
/	Envestra (ENV)		Reduce
/	Fortescue Metals (FMG)		Sell
/	Fisher & Paykel Hlth (FPH)		Hold
/	Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH-NZ)		Hold
/	Fairfax Media (FXJ)		Hold
/	Goodman Gp (GMG)		Hold
/	Insurance Aust. Grp. (IAG)		Reduce
/	iiNET (IIN)		Hold
/	Iluka Resources (ILU)	/	Accumulate
/	InvoCare (IVC)		Reduce
/	Mount Gibson Iron (MGX)		Hold
/	Mermaid Marine Australia (MRM)		Reduce
/	Nuplex Industries (NPX)		Hold
/	Nuplex Industries (NPX-NZ)		Hold
/	NRW Holdings (NWH)		Hold
/	News Corp (NWS)	/	Reduce
/	PanAust (PNA)		Hold
/	Port of Tauranga (POT-NZ)		Reduce
/	Qantas Airways (QAN)		Hold
/	Super Retail Group (SUL)		Reduce
/	Treasury Group (TRG)		Hold
/	Trust Company (TRU)	/	Hold
/	Tatts Group (TTS)		Reduce
/	Wesfarmers (WES)	/	Hold
/	Woodside Petroleum (WPL)		Buy

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