Uptick-Rule - Handel eingeschränkt

[Christian]

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Handel eingeschränkt

Die Kurse an der Wall Street sind nach der Eröffnung so stark eingebrochen, dass die "Uptick-Rule" in Kraft trat.


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New York - Zeitweilig verlor der Dow-Jones-Index nach der Eröffnung der New Yorker Börse über 300 Punkte oder 2,9 Prozent. Beim Minus von 220 Punkten wurden Handelsbeschränkungen entsprechend der "Uptick-Rule" ausgelöst. Damit bleibt der Handel mit den im S&P-500-Index enthaltenen Aktien so lange unterbunden, bis der Verlust auf die Hälfte des Schwellenwertes eingegrenzt ist.
Händler sprachen von einer Reaktion auf die wieder aufgeflammte Gewalt im Nahen Osten. Auch der hohe Ölpreis, der wegen der Nahost-Krise auf ein neues Zehnjahreshoch geklettert war, wurde für die Verluste am Aktienmarkt verantwortlich gemacht.

Zuletzt lag der Leitindex der Weltbörsen mit 1,7 Prozent im Minus. Der Nasdaq-Composite notierte hingegen im Plus.

[Ralph]

Wenn dann noch eine Home Depot eine Gewinnwarnung abgibt, dann heisst es anschnallen ....

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Home Depot Sees Profit Shortfalls
By Ian Simpson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD - news), the world's No. 1 home-improvement retailer, said on Thursday its third-quarter and 2000 profits per share would fall short of forecasts because of lower lumber and building materials prices.

Home Depot, a component of the marquee Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI), said it expected fourth-quarter sales to be hurt for the same reasons.

In a statement, Atlanta-based Home Depot forecast third-quarter earnings per share of 28 cents, up 12 percent from a year earlier.

Wall Street analysts on average had been expecting a Home Depot profit of 31 cents per share, according to research firm First Call/Thomson Financial.

Home Depot shares fell sharply in pre-opening trading. The stock was down at $37-3/8 on the Instinet electronic broker system from a Wednesday closing price of $48-15/16.

The shares are off a 12-month closing high of $68-9/16 in December.

President and Chief Executive Arthur Blank said the goal of earnings-per-share growth of 23 to 25 percent in fiscal 2001 remained intact.

``While our earnings outlook for fiscal 2000 is short of our long-term earnings growth target, the company's rate of profitability and return on capital are continuing at very strong levels,'' he said.

For the year, Home Depot said it expected to earn about $1.16 or $1.17 per share, compared with $1 per share in 1999. Analysts had been looking for $1.25 per share, according to First Call.

Home Depot joined rival Lowe's Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW - news) in warning about its third-quarter performance. Lowe's said last week that sales from stores open at least a year would fall short of projections because of lower lumber prices and a drop in sales in a chain bought last year.

The weakness in lumber and building materials prices is expected to cut 2 percentage points from growth in sales at stores open at least a year.

Home Depot said it expected to report a 4 percent comparable sales increase for the third quarter. The company had estimated a rise of 5 to 7 percent.

Home Depot said its 2000 sales also suffered in comparison with 1999's because those from last year had been bumped higher by hurricane repairs and purchasing ahead of the projected Year 2000 computer glitch.

The same issues will also hurt fourth-quarter sales.

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Aber im nahen Osten gab es noch einen Zwischenfall, im Jemen, wo ein mit Sprengstoff beladenes Boot einen US-Zerstörer angriff .... vier tote Marines.

Im Nahen Osten ist es im Moment nicht so toll !

Ralph