August 15, 2014 – Stock Market News

Today’s Hot Asset – Pfizer

Stocks in the U.S. continued to trade higher throughout yesterday evenings trading session. Investors in the U.S. showed their sense of relief yesterday, as they noticed the conflict between Ukraine and Russia looks like it’s starting to subside. This lifted lots of sentiment from the stock markets and as a result equity values rose.

Stocks in Europe traded lower during the majority of the trading session yesterday. Investors were dealt a blow yesterday as they were greeted with a plethora of negative regional fundamental data. The data implied that both the German and French economies are showing signs of weakening. The frightened many investors and as a result stock values started to drop.

Stocks in Asia traded mixed during the final trading session of the week for investors within the region. Investors in had mainly closed their books early for the week and as a result the trading was very thin. This lead to some slight movement as the session progressed.

Today’s hot asset is, Pfizer. The pharmaceutical company had a good day yesterday and this was reflected in their share price which rose 1.84%. This movement will not have gone unnoticed by investors within the region so I expect another reaction on this asset today.

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