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Oil varies in New York after the biggest gain in a week. Sector report showed U.S. crude and gasoline inventories rose last week while distillate stocks fell.
"The U.S. is still somewhat weak in terms of demand," said David Lennox, an analyst at Fat Prophets in Sydney. "Their proposals are beginning to look a lot better in terms of oil and which may constrain prices. You do not want to be short of oil at the time because of geopolitical supply shock events that seem to ripple on the surface."
Market News
WallStreet back to normal after the sale, the results of the momentum
Shares rose on Tuesday, restoring a day after the largest sales in November, as stronger-than-expected revenues perked theprofit picture of the market.
Dell Inc shares rose after the world's No. 3 PC maker agreed to privately $ 24.4 billion deal, the largest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Action was 1.1percent to $ 13.42.
All 10 S & P sectors were higher, and the S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose more than 1 percent.
Market sales should rebound on Monday, giving S & P 500 for its large percentage decline since mid-November. The benchmark remains at 6 percent since the beginning of the year and less than 4 percent from its all time closing high 1,565.15 in October 2007.
Analysts said the fourth-quarter results were one of the factors helping to increase reserves. Tuesday, Archer Daniels Midland reported income and adjusted fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations, caused by strong global demand for oilseeds. The shares rose 3.3 percent to $ 29.38.
"There's not a big surprise up by any means, but we definitely see a slightly better-than-expected revenues of the general," said Bryant Evans, a portfolio manager at UK Cozad, in Champaign, Illinois.
Index Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 99.22 points, or 0.71 percent, to 13,979.30. 500 Index Standard & Poor was up 15.58 points, or 1.04 percent, to 1,511.29. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 40.41 points, or 1.29 percent, to 3,171.58.
The market shot higher at the beginning of this year, after U.S. lawmakers could not come at the last minute agreement to avoid national "financial cliff", but the issue of reducing the costs remain.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to pass a small package of spending cuts and tax reforms. Although the plan was quickly rebuffed by the Republican leaders, investors are looking for agreement.
"I think there is some hope that there is a reasonable compromise will be done," Evans said.
In addition, the income, Estée Lauder Cos Inc reported a higher quarterly profit and raised its full-year profit forecast. The shares rose 6 percent to $ 64.71.
As a result, more than half of the S & P 500 companies, 69 percent have beaten profit expectations, comparedwith 62 percent average in 1994 and 65 per cent on average for the last four quarters. Sixty-six percent of companies beat on revenue.
In the fourth quarter earnings for S & P 500 companies are expected to increase by 4.5 percent, according to the data, 1.9 percent higher than forecast at the beginning of the season earnings.
On the down side, McGraw-Hill shares fell 10.7 percent to $ 44.92 after the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit of $ 5 billion over the rating of mortgage bonds. Standard & Poors, a block McGraw Hill, was accused of inflating ratings and underestimation of risk out of the desire to get more business from investment banks.
On Monday, McGraw-Hill stock suffered its worst one-day drop since 1987 market collapse.
Volume was about 6.7 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, compared with 2012 average daily volume of about 6.45 billion closing.
Advanced ahead of the outsiders at the NYSE by 11 to 4, and the Nasdaq about 3 to 1. Reuters.com
Currencies
Yen drops sharply to 33-month low, euro rebounds
Yen fell to a 33-month low against the dollar and the euro on Wednesday, as investors piled back into the light of bilateral trade on the fact that the more dovish Bank of Japan governor will soon be set to push through aggressive mitigation measures.
The euro resumed its upward trend, despite ACALL from French President Francois Hollande protect the currency from irrational movements, while the Australian dollar fell to a six-week lowafter soft Australian retail sales data.
The Japanese currency was again under pressure after the Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa on Tuesday announced that he will retire on March 19, three weeks before his five-year term ends in April.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has put the Bank of Japan under strong pressure to do more to stimulate the economy, made it quite clear that he wants the governor to be bolder than the outgoing chief of the Bank of Japan in easing monetary policy. Abe is expected to name a successor Shirakawa at the end of this month.
Despite some complaints from some governments, such as Germany and South Korea, support for Abe's aggressive easing does not seem annoyed many other countries, making it easy sell yen, said Minori Uchida, a senior currency strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
"G20 finance ministers meeting next week is unlikely to be much to discuss rates. Market is likely to check the further decline of the yen in the near future," said Uchida.
On Wednesday, the dollar and the euro rose to a fresh 33-month high of 93.91 yen and 127.63, respectively, has been steadily moving toward their 2010 peaks at 94.99 and 134.37.
The dollar last traded at 93.77 yen, up 0.1 percent from late U.S. levels, while the euro has brought 127.40 yen, and again by 0.1 percent during the day.
The single currency also held the upper hand in relation to the dollar. This is the last of $ 1.3585, flat from late U.S. levels, but sharply from one-week low of $ 1.3458 hit on Tuesday.
Spanish and Italian bonds rebounded after a sharp sell-onTuesday in the previous session, easing fears that political instability in these countries could undermine efforts to contain the euro zone debt crisis.
Also helping to make the euro above survey was conducted on Tuesday showing the euro-zone economy is likely to restore, although it also showed the gap between the two largest members of the expanded development, which, no doubt, anxiety politicians.
The French economy is struggling, the president urged eurozone Hollande set medium-term targets for the exchange rate of its currency.
But the market shrugged his shoulders, as an idea that was not enough support, with Germany opposed intervention in the currency markets and the euro bulls turned cautious in the beginning of the week, fearing that the European Central Bank can do or say something to ease the single currency at a political meeting Thursday.
While the ECB has been relatively optimistic about the prospects for the euro area, the strengthening of the euro is undesirable aregion still largely mired in recession.
"I wanted to see how the ECB will change its tone after, maybe it was too bullish in January," said Uchida Mitsubishi Bank.
Elsewhere, the Aussie fell apart in a six-week low of $ 1.0345 after a weak local retail sales strengthened the case for further interest rate cuts this year. The last cut was in December.
This is the last trading at $ 1.0354, down 0.3 percent from late U.S. trade.
Sterling saw only partial relief to the Bank of England's own policy meeting on Thursday after he fell to fresh 5-1/2 month low of $ 1.5630 on Tuesday.
Concerns about the economy prompted some talk of limiting the central bank may choose to further quantitative easing to stimulate growth.
The consensus forecast, however, is the Bank of England to stand pat. The market is also highly expected to hear that the incoming Governor of the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said when testifying before the parliamentary committee on Thursday. Reuters.com
