Weekly Equity Capital Markets Newsletter Piper Jaffray Asia Securities Limited October 10, 2011 Glo ba l Equit y Mark et Per formance Global Equity Market Update Piper Jaffray Asia Capital Markets Group U.S. stocks rose last week amid optimism that European leaders J. West Riggs (Head of Asia ECM),
[email protected], Tel: 852 3755 - 2333 will tame the region’s debt crisis and after American economic data improved. The European Central Bank president announced a bond- Michael Cheung (Principal),
[email protected], Tel: 852 3755 - 2323 purchase program to tackle the debt crisis. Stocks rose as a report Amanda Lui (Associate),
[email protected], Tel: 852 3755 - 2318 showed that claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rose less than ftforecast ltlast week. USU.S. LbLabor DttDepartment dtdata shdhowed payrolls Michlhael Bassett (Associate), michlhael.w.
[email protected], Tel: 852 3755 -2322 climbed by 103,000 workers in September after a revised 57,000 increase in August. Raw-material producers in the S&P 500 surged Gaby Zhang (Analyst),
[email protected], Tel: 852 3755 - 2321 6.2 percent last week, the most among ten groups. Last week, the Morgan Stanley Cyclical Index advanced 4.4 percent, the Dow rose 1.7 percent to close at 11,103.1, the NASDAQ gained 2.6 percent to close at 2,479.4 and the S&P500 was up 2.1 percent— Global Market Performance breaking a two-week losing streak—to close at 1,155.5. Performance (%) European stocks advanced for a second week as the European Central Bank announced the reintroduction of year-long loans— Last price 1 day 1 week 1 month 2011YTD giving banks access to unlimited cash through January 2013—and Global Indices U.S.