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 DAILY

19th February 2014

 OIL (WTI $103.24/bl; +0.71; Brent $110.67/bl; +0.16%): Oil increased to a four-month high on

speculation that inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, dropped for a third week. More >> 

 GOLD  ($1311.80/oz t; -0.67%): Gold fell from a three-month high as minutes from FED’s  meeting

which indicated stimulus cuts would likely continue, crimping demand for the precious metal. More >> 

 COFFEE ($172.25/lb; +11.18%): Coffee Posts Biggest Two-Day Gain in 11 Years on Brazil Drought whichdamaged crops in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of the commodities. More >> 

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PSI20: -0.42% DAX30: +0.00%  FTSE100: +0.00%  S&P500: +0.12% NIKKEI225: -0.52% 

 Asian stocks outside Japan advanced, with a regional gauge heading for a one-month high, as the health-

care sector led gains. More >> 

 Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said that Japan’s All Industries Activity Index fell to a

seasonally adjusted -0.1%, from 0.3% in the preceding month. More >> 

 Australian wage price index rose to a seasonally adjusted 0.7%, from 0.5% in the preceding quarter.

Analysts had expected Australian wage price index to rise to 0.6% in the last quarter. More >> 

 Stocks finished near session lows in volatile trading Wednesday, with the Nasdaq snapping an eight-day

winning streak, as investors digested minutes from the Fed's latest policy meeting. More >> 

 The number of building permits issued last month declined by 5.4% to a seasonally adjusted 937,000

units from December’s total of 991,000. Analysts expected building permits to fall by 1.8%. More >> 

 In a report, the Commerce Department said that producer prices increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.2%

last month, above forecasts for a 0.1% gain, after rising 0.1% in December. More >> 

 European shares pared early losses in late trade on Wednesday, tracking a rally in Wall Street, with WM

Morrison gaining in the afternoon after a report that the grocer may be taken over by private-equity

firms. The FTSEurofirst 300 closed up 0.1 percent to 1 338.67 points. More >> 

 The chaos unfolding in Kiev hit central and eastern European currencies on Wednesday, with Poland’s

zloty falling 0.5% against the euro, while Hungary’s forint slid about 1% against the dollar, and the

Romanian leu slipped 0.6%. Fears over Ukraine also exacerbated a sharp fall in Russia’s rouble. More >> 

 The PSI20 Index slid 0.42% to 7 197.67 points for the second session in a row. The PSI20 closed lower on

Wednesday, due to the fall of the telecom sector (PT dropped 2.35% and ZON OPTIMUS slid 0.79%) and

the financial sector (BPI declined 2.33%, BES slipped 1.95%, and BCP fell 0.47%). More >> 

 According to data released by the National Statistical Institute of Portugal on Wednesday, the indicator of

economic activity in Portugal rose by 2.3% in December 2013. This is the fifth consecutive monthly

increase since last August. More >>