En de olieprijs, Wall Street, Egypte, Israël, goud, zilver?

Geen categorie29 jan 2011, 8:30
Het FD meldt:

Olieprijs sluit hoger, na onrust in Egypte
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De maartfuture voor een vat ruwe olie sloot vrijdag op de New York Mercantile Exchange $3,70 hoger op $89,34.
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Egypte is geen grote olieproducent, maar toch ontstond vrijdag bezorgdheid onder beleggers dat de onrust kan overslaan naar andere landen in de regio die wel over grote olievoorraden beschikken.

En Reuters meldt:

Egypt riots knock Wall St to biggest drop in 6 months
Stocks suffered their biggest one-day loss in nearly six months on Friday as anti-government rioting in Egypt prompted investors to flee to less risky assets to ride out the turmoil.

En WSJ meldt:

Egypt Unrest Starts to Rattle Other Markets
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The Market Vectors Egypt Index (EGPT) ETF is down 20% since Jan. 14 and down 2.9% today on more than six times the daily average volume. Egypt’s credit-insurance costs have also spiked. According to Markit, a data provider, a credit-default swap to insure $10 million of Egyptian sovereign debt over five years has spiked 33% to $405,000. (Update: the CDS cost has jumped to $450,000 since this post was first made.) It may surprise, given what you see on TV, but that’s still cheaper than similar insurance for Portugal, Ireland and Greece.
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Israeli stocks. There’s little likelihood of political instability here, but the neighborhood could get a lot messier, with potentially negative implications. The Nasdaq Israel Index (ISRQ) is down 1.2% today and 3% in the past 10 days.

Gold. The precious metal has been in broad retreat most of the month, but its value as a place to hide during difficult-to-predict moments. After opening lower today, it has rallied. Silver is also higher.

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