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WRAPUP 2Russia stocks tumble as oil falls rouble at 2yr low Reuters via Yahoo Malaysia News TradeStation Group Reports EPS of 020 and Record Revenues in Third MSN MoneyCentral
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:22:29 +0000
The rouble slid a further kopecks to . rouble per dollar touching a two year low as the U.S. currency rallied on global markets. The rouble s slump continued despite interventions from the central bank which spent a total of billion on supporting the currency this week including . billion on Friday a Reuters poll of forex dealers showed. What we see is a huge liquidation. Liquidation of positions with big leverage of those clients who used shares as collateral said Timur Nasardinov from Troika Dialog. There is a global liquidation. But our Russian liquidity situation is much worse he said. Russia s benchmark RTS index fell . percent and the more liquid MICEX bourse fell . percent before both were suspended by the regulator until Tuesday. Investors regularly complain about Russia s erratic trading hours and a drift in trading volumes to London where most of Russia s more liquid shares are traded. The Russian index for London listed shares closed down . percent. It will most likely be a bad day in the U.S. today and on Monday in Asia. So the exchange will be shut on Monday said Maxim Gulevich from UBS. Nasardinov said the suspension will only cause further damage. The situation with liquidity will be even worse there will be sales abroad and no purchases here . The state has pledged to start buying depressed stocks of state firms this or next week although traders say state money may already have been used to buy shares. On Thursday Standard Poor s lowered its outlook for Russia to negative warning of the costs of bailing out troubled banks at a time when Russian spends billions of dollars per day to support the currency. ID nLN Gold and foreign exchange reserves fell by billion last week to . billion. They were as high as billion at the beginning of August but the central bank says it could spend more to prevent panic spreading to the streets. MARGIN CALLS GROW The cost of insuring Russia s sovereign debt against restructuring or default hit record highs this week with the debt now classified as distressed. It is clear what must happen to shares when Russian CDS are at points. The roots of all this are in the credit market said Nasardinov. Russia s benchmark year Eurobond spreads to U.S. five year treasuries hit a record bps . Rating agencies see Russia s reserves as a key factor behind the country s investment grade debt rating. In individual company news market participants noticed the number of margin calls warnings was growing. Russian companies borrowed aggressively in recent years to fuel growth at home and abroad and used shares as collateral. As markets around the world tumble bank lenders ask them to commit more assets or cash or redeem loans immediately. On Thursday Russian aluminium company RUSAL said it had managed to persuade billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to allow it to defer a million tranche for the purchase of his stake in mining giant Norilsk Nickel as RUSAL could not meet the Friday deadline. The telecoms arm of Russia s Alfa Group said on Friday it had no plans to sell its stake in Russia s No. mobile phone firm Vimpelcom after a newspaper reported that Deutsche Bank could impose a margin call on a loan to Alfa Group. The snowball is growing. Until they close out all the owners who put up their shareholdings as collateral on loans this is going to continue said Eduard Lebedev head of trading at Kapital brokerage. On the currency front the central bank continued to fight against what it perceives as an attack on the rouble as it defends a . level versus the dollar euro basket. The regulator set a billion rouble limit on currency swaps on Friday down from billion on Monday in a bid to further deter speculators betting on the rouble devaluation. People are virtually cut off from shorting the rouble now. I think in the short term they have a good chance to stop the panic. They will defend . for a while said a high level executive from a Western bank. 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The NZ dollar rose to US . from US . before the RBNZ rate decision. The currency however was still weaker on the day falling . percent from late Tuesday. The New Zealand dollar had fallen significantly into the rate decision and the basis point cut was fully priced in said Kathy Lien director of currency research at GFT Forex in New York. The currency also got a short term bounce from hopes lower rates would help ease pressure on New Zealand s export sector though she said the kiwi dollar would likely come under renewed pressure in the coming weeks as markets brace for the possibility of more cuts. The cut the third since July was the biggest since the official cash rate was instituted in early . In a statement the RBNZ said tight credit conditions and market turmoil called for sharply lower rates. For details see ID nWEL Reporting by Gertrude Chavez Dreyfuss and Steven C. 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WRAPUP 2Russia stocks tumble as oil falls rouble at 2yr low Reuters via Yahoo Malaysia News TradeStation Group Reports EPS of 020 and Record Revenues in Third MSN MoneyCentral
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:22:29 +0000
The rouble slid a further kopecks to . rouble per dollar touching a two year low as the U.S. currency rallied on global markets. The rouble s slump continued despite interventions from the central bank which spent a total of billion on supporting the currency this week including . billion on Friday a Reuters poll of forex dealers showed. What we see is a huge liquidation. Liquidation of positions with big leverage of those clients who used shares as collateral said Timur Nasardinov from Troika Dialog. There is a global liquidation. But our Russian liquidity situation is much worse he said. Russia s benchmark RTS index fell . percent and the more liquid MICEX bourse fell . percent before both were suspended by the regulator until Tuesday. Investors regularly complain about Russia s erratic trading hours and a drift in trading volumes to London where most of Russia s more liquid shares are traded. The Russian index for London listed shares closed down . percent. It will most likely be a bad day in the U.S. today and on Monday in Asia. So the exchange will be shut on Monday said Maxim Gulevich from UBS. Nasardinov said the suspension will only cause further damage. The situation with liquidity will be even worse there will be sales abroad and no purchases here . The state has pledged to start buying depressed stocks of state firms this or next week although traders say state money may already have been used to buy shares. On Thursday Standard Poor s lowered its outlook for Russia to negative warning of the costs of bailing out troubled banks at a time when Russian spends billions of dollars per day to support the currency. ID nLN Gold and foreign exchange reserves fell by billion last week to . billion. They were as high as billion at the beginning of August but the central bank says it could spend more to prevent panic spreading to the streets. MARGIN CALLS GROW The cost of insuring Russia s sovereign debt against restructuring or default hit record highs this week with the debt now classified as distressed. It is clear what must happen to shares when Russian CDS are at points. The roots of all this are in the credit market said Nasardinov. Russia s benchmark year Eurobond spreads to U.S. five year treasuries hit a record bps . Rating agencies see Russia s reserves as a key factor behind the country s investment grade debt rating. In individual company news market participants noticed the number of margin calls warnings was growing. Russian companies borrowed aggressively in recent years to fuel growth at home and abroad and used shares as collateral. As markets around the world tumble bank lenders ask them to commit more assets or cash or redeem loans immediately. On Thursday Russian aluminium company RUSAL said it had managed to persuade billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to allow it to defer a million tranche for the purchase of his stake in mining giant Norilsk Nickel as RUSAL could not meet the Friday deadline. The telecoms arm of Russia s Alfa Group said on Friday it had no plans to sell its stake in Russia s No. mobile phone firm Vimpelcom after a newspaper reported that Deutsche Bank could impose a margin call on a loan to Alfa Group. The snowball is growing. Until they close out all the owners who put up their shareholdings as collateral on loans this is going to continue said Eduard Lebedev head of trading at Kapital brokerage. On the currency front the central bank continued to fight against what it perceives as an attack on the rouble as it defends a . level versus the dollar euro basket. The regulator set a billion rouble limit on currency swaps on Friday down from billion on Monday in a bid to further deter speculators betting on the rouble devaluation. People are virtually cut off from shorting the rouble now. I think in the short term they have a good chance to stop the panic. They will defend . for a while said a high level executive from a Western bank. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average votes Sign in to recommend this article Most Recommended Stories Related Articles Business Apple Inc. comes out against gay marriage ban AP minutes ago State closes failed suburban Atlanta bank AP hour minutes ago Finance crisis inflicts more pain as recession fears grow AFP hours minutes ago Wall St Week Ahead For stocks October can t end soon enough Reuters hours minutes ago Star Ledger cuts newsroom staff by nearly half AP Saturday October Most Popular Business Viewed Finance crisis inflicts more pain as recession fears grow McCain says Democrats will tax and spend Iceland asks IMF for funds to stem banking crisis OPEC slashes oil output triggering Western backlash Stock markets in free fall on gathering global gloom View Complete List Search Home Malaysia Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology U.K. Europe Asia Markets News Hot Stocks Economy Bonds News Advances Declines Most Actives Indices Calendars Deals Industries Industry Summits Stocks Currencies Commodities Options Portfolio News leftrail BEGIN Section NZ dollar trims losses vs USD after RBNZ cuts rates Wed Oct pm EDT Email Print Share Reprints Single Page Text NEW YORK Oct Reuters The New Zealand dollar trimmed losses against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand slashed interest rates by a record full percentage point. The NZ dollar rose to US . from US . before the RBNZ rate decision. The currency however was still weaker on the day falling . percent from late Tuesday. The New Zealand dollar had fallen significantly into the rate decision and the basis point cut was fully priced in said Kathy Lien director of currency research at GFT Forex in New York. The currency also got a short term bounce from hopes lower rates would help ease pressure on New Zealand s export sector though she said the kiwi dollar would likely come under renewed pressure in the coming weeks as markets brace for the possibility of more cuts. The cut the third since July was the biggest since the official cash rate was instituted in early . In a statement the RBNZ said tight credit conditions and market turmoil called for sharply lower rates. For details see ID nWEL Reporting by Gertrude Chavez Dreyfuss and Steven C. Johnson Thomson Reuters All rights reserved Featured Broker sponsored link Most Popular on Reuters OPEC agrees sharp output cut oil slide goes on Video U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO New York Times endorses Obama for president Video Greenspan shocked at credit system breakdown Video Wall Street drops on worries about deep slowdown Video The dollar is dandy again . Now what Markets in tailspin Video China EU see severe economic shock Global recession fears intensify markets dive Video Oil powerhouse Venezuela struggles to keep lights on Most Popular Articles RSS Feed START News Content Page Tags Text Picture Slideshow Video ie. articleId ie. articleId ie. articleId ie. headline for article ie. headline for article END News Content Page Tags END Section content END Content BEGIN baseFooterHTML Reuters.com Help and Contact Us Advertise With Us Mobile Newsletters RSS Interactive TV Labs Reuters in Second Life Archive Site Index Video Index Thomson Reuters Corporate Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support About Thomson Reuters Careers International Editions Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan LatinAmerica Mexico Russia Spain UnitedKingdom UnitedStates Thomson Reuters is the world s largest international multimedia news agency providing investing news world news business news technology news headline news small business news news alerts personal finance stock market and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com video mobile and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays please click here . END baseFooterHTML BEGIN baseFooter START OF SmartSource Data Collector TAG Copyright c WebTrends Inc. All rights reserved. END OF SmartSource Data Collector TAG END baseFooter Please see the link below to the MSN Money News Center. Click here to go to the MSN Money News Center home page. Microsoft Corporation and or its suppliers. All rights reserved.