52 and the index Standard and Poor's 13

Fiscal year 2006 ended well shy performance Friday in the stock market. A Wall Street, the Dow Jones fell 0.31, to 12.463,15 points, away so of its all-time record of 12.510,57 points reached last week. The Nasdaq composite index has lost 0.42, to 2.415,29 points. For its part, the Standard and Poor's 500 index gave 0.45, to 1.418,30 points.

However, on the whole of the year 2006, US stocks rose more than expected by strategists. The Dow Jones won 16.29 over a year, the Nasdaq, 9.52, and the index Standard and Poor's, 13.62. Among the values with the more advanced, include General Motors, AT & T and Hewlett-Packard. US markets will remain closed this afternoon, in honor of President Gerald Ford, who died last week. In Europe, Futsee 100 ended the year on a slight withdrawal, as the DAX 30 index. The reference of the City has surrendered a 0.32, to 6.220,80 points, Friday due to catches of profit and the removal of oil and mineral values in a little developed market.

BP declined 0.70 and Royal Dutch Shell of 0.67. For their part, Xstrata and Rio Tinto have given respectively 0.2 and 0.07. On the other hand, the market seemed relieved by news that information Amvescap (1.53) would have lost the auction for the resumption of American Fund Manager Putnam Investments.

Good performance of the mining

In any event, the 2006 balance sheet remains synonymous with a gain of 10.71 Futsee 100, the last week of the year having to earn 0.50. Among the values featured throughout the year, mining have draw their pins of the game, Xstrata won the Palm of the index with an increase of 109.5, before Lonmin (86.6).

2006 has been more favourable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, where the DAX 30 (indented 0.23 Friday, or 1.44 on the week) jumped 22 percent to end at 6.596,92 points. The increase of 1.14 of the Infineon title and that of ThyssenKrupp ( 0.76) have failed to conclude the year on a new above. Yet, ThyssenKrupp would have been the strongest support of the place last year with a flight of 102.5, before Volkswagen (92.5) or further Deutsche Börse ( 61). The index of the German market has only three values indented on the whole of the year: TUI ( 12.5), Adidas ( 5.7) and Deutsche Telekom ( 1.7).

Overall, major European indices showed performance exceeded the expectations of most strategists. They ranged from 10.7 to 31.8. The Palm to the Ibex 35 of the Madrid Stock Exchange, whose index finished Friday at 14.146,50 points.

In Asia, the annual balance appears more contrasty. Thus, in Tokyo, the Nikkei index almost unchanged Friday at 17.225,83 points, displays only a gain of 6.92 on 2006. It is far from 40.2 percent in 2005. The Japanese market has lived it is true a year marked by scandals and economic statistics serrated on the latest months. On the other hand, Hong Kong, the Hang Seng (0.19 Friday indented) won 34.2 to end at 19.964,72 points the year. In end of week, the index even renewed its earlier history by touching 20.049,03 points. Same observation at Singapore, where the Straits Times broke a new record in closing at 2.985,83 points, up 0.75 Friday. The index reached winning 27.2 last year.