The rally on the leading stock platforms across the world continued during the previous week. The American market is raising chances to finish the troubled 2014 with a positive result, while European trading platforms are trying to minimize their losses.

Many macroeconomic indicators of the US turn out to be noticeably better than analysts forecast for several consecutive weeks. The ISM Manufacturing Index in the US grew to 59 points in October 2014 from 56.6 points a month earlier. Experts polled by the Bloomberg agency expected this indicator to slip to 56.2 points. The highest estimate within this poll was 58.6 points. The number of applications for unemployment benefit in the US submitted over the last week of October fell below the forecasts. Labor productivity in the US rose 2% in the third quarter of 2014 according to preliminary data of the US Department of Labor. Analysts interviewed by the Bloomberg agency expected this indicator to grow 1.5% on the average.

Financial markets survey 10.11.2014