June 5, 2014 – Stock Market News

Today’s Hot Asset – General Motors

Stocks in Asia traded mixed during today’s morning session. Investors within Asia are keenly awaiting the European Central Banks (ECB) policy meeting which is due to take place later today. Investors in Asia will have their first chance to react to the meeting during tomorrows session, so expect a lot more activity then.

Stocks in Europe closed the day yesterday trading mixed. Investors in Europe were very cautious during the session yesterday, as they await the outcome of the ECB’s policy meeting today. Once this data is released there will be some significant movement amongst European equities, creating plenty of attractive trading opportunities for binary options investors.

Stocks in the U.S. closed the day yesterday trading sharply higher. Investors were encouraged by the news that the service sector is showing signs of growth. This immediately gave investors a huge boost of optimism and drove equity values broadly higher. The S&P 500 index actually reached a new record high, as a direct result of this data.

Today’s hot asset is, General Motors. The car manufacturer has been in the news a lot recently regarding vehicles that they are trying to recall due to faults. Investors are constantly wondering how this will effect the current CEO Mary Barra. News broke yesterday that she should be keeping her job and this news allowed their share price to rise by 3.57% during yesterdays session. Investors will continue to react throughout today’s session, so keep an eye of for further trading opportunities.

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