Markets See Correction Ahead Of Meeting

Yesterday, the main stock indices of the USA were traded in negative territory. During the day, data was presented from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) on sales of houses in the secondary market, which showed that they did not change in December. According to the report, sales of existing houses grew in December by 1.0% in comparison with last month, having reached an annual level of 4.87 million units, when an increase to the level of 4.99 million units was forecast.

Following the results of the trading session, the indicator of blue chips, Dow Jones Industrial Average, went down by 1.07% to the level of 16197.35 points. The index of the wide market Standard & Poor's 500 decreased by 0.89% to a level of 1828.46 points, and the index of high-tech industries of Nasdaq Composite went to a minus on 0.57% and reached the level of 4218.87 points.

In the currency market, during yesterday’s trading session, the EUR/USD pair grew by 170 points to the level of 1.3696, traded this morning on a level of 1.3673. The Euro got stronger after the publication of data on the PMI index in the Eurozone. The summary index of 18 countries of the Eurozone in January, grew to the level of 53.2 points, which is the highest level since June, 2011.

Prices of gold sharply raised yesterday against the essential fall of the dollar, the price for a troy ounce added 2% and rose above the level of $1260. This morning, prices of gold are flat and are traded with a small decrease of 0.23% on a level of 1259.36$ per troy ounce.

Today’s trading day is not very interesting, from the publication of macroeconomic statistical data point, but the upcoming meeting of the FED is already having an influence on the moods in the markets. The upcoming meeting is the first meeting this year and the last meeting for Ben Bernanke. On the last meeting, he declared that the QE3 will probably be reduced at each subsequent meeting of the committee, but since that time a lot of news has been presented. Growth rates of employment were slowed down, a reduction of consumer demand in both the retail sector and the real estate sector has also been declared. The mass of doubt and uncertainty will most likely press on the American currency and the stock market up until the time of the next meeting.