S&P 500, Dow Jump to Records After Deal on Greek Aid Extension

KONTAK PERKASA FUTURES - U.S. stocks rose, sending benchmark indexes to records, after European officials reached a deal to extend Greece™s aid for four months. The Standard & Poor™s 500 Index climbed 0.6 percent to a record 2,110.14 at 4 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 153.90 points, or 0.9 percent, to 18,139.67, also an all-time high. The Russell 2000 Index reached a record, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rallied 0.6 percent, up for an eighth straight day to its highest level since March 2000. This is the first time the Dow has closed at a record this year. It™s been 56 days since the Dow™s last all-time high, reached on Dec. 26. When the S&P 500 reached its first record of 2015 last week, it had been 46 days since the previous one. The Dow climbed to closing records on 38 days in 2014, and on 52 occasions in 2013 as the index recovered from the financial crisis to top its previous high from October 2007 for the first time. The S&P 500 is up 0.6 percent for the holiday-shortened week after reaching a record reached Feb. 17. It has gained 2.5 percent this year, trailing all but three of the 24 developed markets tracked by Bloomberg.

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U.S. Stocks Fluctuate, Euro Pares Drop Amid Greek Debt Talks

KONTAK PERKASA FUTURES - U.S. stocks fluctuated, while the euro erased losses and Treasuries rose as investors weighed the possibility for a resolution to Greek debt negotiations. The Standard & Poor™s 500 index slipped 0.1 percent at 12 p.m. in New York, paring an earlier drop of 0.6 percent. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose to a seven-year high. Greek stocks trimmed a weekly loss. Europe™s shared currency erased a drop of 0.6 percent to trade at $1.1369. Treasuries rose, sending the 10-year yield five basispoints lower to 2.06 percent. Germany™s rate slid to 0.36 percent. Oil in New York headed for a weekly decline. Emergency talks between euro-region finance ministers at agreeing an extension of Greece™s aid program were set to resume in Brussels Friday. Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem told reporters there was œstill reason for some optimism on the talks œbut it™s very difficult. Germany and its allies are ready to let Greece leave the euro unless the nation accepts the conditions required to extend financial support, according to Malta™s Finance Minister Edward Scicluna. Failure to reach an agreement today would lead to more talks Sunday or Monday, the EU official said. Without aid, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras™s government in Athens risks running out of cash as early as next month.

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Wall Street bervariasi, Dow turun dan Nasdaq naik

KONTAK PERKASA FUTURES - Saham-saham di Wall Street ditutup bervariasi pada Jumat pagi, setelah bergerak sempit di antara keuntungan dan kerugian, dengan Dow turun sedangkan Nasdaq naik tipis. Satu proyeksi mengecewakan dari Wal-Mart dan pelemahan saham-saham minyak mendorong Dow lebih rendah, sedangkan Nasdaq sedikit lebih tinggi mendekati 5.000 berkat hasil yang kuat. Indeks Dow Jones Industrial Average turun 44,08 poin (0,24 persen) menjadi berakhir di 17.985,77. Indeks berbasis luas S&P 500 merosot 2,23 poin (0,11 persen) menjadi ditutup pada 2.097,45, sedangkan indeks komposit teknologi Nasdaq naik 18,34 poin (0,37 persen) menjadi 4.924,70. Wal-Mart menjadi pencetak kerugian terbesar dalam indeks saham unggulan (blue-chip), jatuh 3,2 persen, setelah mengungkapkan proyeksi laba yang lebih rendah dari perkiraan sebagian karena rencana menaikkan upah bagi 500.000 pegawai di Amerika Serikat. Raksasa minyak Chevron dan ExxonMobil, keduanya anggota Dow, masing-masing turun 1,9 persen dan 1,7 persen, di tengah penurunan harga minyak. Tetapi situs perjalanan daring (online) Priceline naik 8,5 persen setelah melaporkan kenaikan 20 persen pada laba kuartalannya dan mengumumkan rencana untuk membeli kembali sahamnya hingga tiga miliar dolar AS. Saham Facebook dan Tesla Motors keduanya naik masing-masing 3,5 persen. Sementara saham Amazon naik 1,5 persen. Anggota Dow American Express kehilangan 1,7 persen, setelah seorang hakim AS menyimpulkan kebijakan perusahaan kartu kredit itu melarang pedagang mengarahkan para pelanggan ke kartu kredit berbiaya lebih rendah di harga yang lebih tinggi melanggar undang-undang anti monopoli. AmEx mengatakan akan mengajukan banding atas keputusan tersebut. Anggota Dow Coca-Cola naik 0,9 persen setelah mengumumkan  peningkatan dividen kuartalannya delapan persen. Distributor makanan dan jasa makanan Sysco turun 3,4 persen setelah otoritas antitrust AS bertindak melarang pengambilalihan perusahaan atas US Foods senilai 8,2 miliar dolar AS. Sysco mengatakan akan mengajukan "full judicial review" atas keputusan FTC (Federal Trade Commission) tersebut. Harga obligasi jatuh. Imbal hasil pada obligasi 10-tahun pemerintah AS naik menjadi 2,11 persen dari 2,08 persen pada Rabu, sedangkan pada obligasi 30-tahun maju menjadi 2,73 persen dari 2,71 persen. Harga dan imbal hasil obligasi bergerak berlawanan arah.

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