European Markets Are Climbing, Asian Markets Closed Down, US Futures Are Down

MIKE BIRD

 OCT. 21, 2014

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It’s another rocky morning: Most of the big European stock indexes opened up, but have now climbed into positive territory. This follows news that Chinese growth has fallen to a six-year low, which came out overnight.

Here’s the scorecard, so far: 

France’s CAC 40 is up 0.44%

Spain’s IBEX is down 0.08%

Italy’s FTSE MIB is up 0.52%

Britain’s FTSE 100 is up 0.16%

Germany’s DAX is up 0.37%

The Nikkei ended down 2.03%, with no repeat of Monday’s impressive climb. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is currently down 0.30% 

US stock futures have taken a hit: Both Dow and S&P futures are down 0.43%. 

UK public borrowing figures will be released at 4:30 a.m. ET, with analysts expecting a deficit of £9.2 billion ($14.9 billion). The figures are increasingly important as Britain heads toward its 2015 general election, with public spending a major issue.

In the US, home sales figures will be released at 10 a.m. ET, giving some idea of how the housing market performed in September. Analysts are expecting 5.1 million sales. 

European Markets Are Up, Asian Markets Closed Mixed, US Futures Are Flat

MIKE BIRD

 OCT. 9, 2014

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European markets are bouncing back early Thursday morning, despite bad export data out of Germany. Exports fell 5.8%  in August, the biggest drop since 2009. 

Here’s the scorecard:

France’s CAC 40 is up 0.84%

Spain’s IBEX is up 0.67%

Italy’s FTSE MIB is up 0.49%%

Britain’s FTSE 100 is up 0.64%

Germany’s DAX is up 1.21%, leading the way again.

Asian markets closed mixed. The Hang Seng bounced back overnight, closing up 1.17%, while the Nikkei closed down at 0.75%. 

US futures are mostly flat. S&P futures are up 0.01% and Dow futures are down 0.02%. 

From Europe, the Bank of England’s latest decision on monetary policy is out at 7:00 a.m. ET and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi is making a speech at 12.00 p.m. ET. Analysts will be looking for any hint of further easing, as the outlook for the Eurozone seems to get grimmer by the day.

In the US, jobless claims come out 8.30 a.m. ET. Economists estimate weekly claims climbed to 294,000 from 287,000 a week ago.

We’ll also get US factory orders. Economists estimate orders fell by 9.5% in August.

European Markets Are Mixed, Germany Is Down, US Futures Are Up

DINA SPECTOR

AUG. 12, 2014

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European markets are mixed early in Tuesday trading. 

Here’s the scorecard:

Britain’s FTSE 100 is up 0.04%.

France’s CAC 40 is down 0.35%.

Germany’s DAX is down 0.38%. 

Spain’s IBEX is up 0.59%.

Italy’s FTSE MIB is up 0.44%.

In Germany, the the ZEW investor confidence survey index plunged to 44.3 in August from 61.8 a month ago.

Pantheon Economics’ Claus Vistesen said: “In one line: Grim, as slump in investor sentiment deepens.”

Asian markets closed in the green. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed up 0.18% and Japan’s Nikkei closed up .020%. 

U.S. futures are in the green with Dow futures up 26 points and S&P futures up 3.8 points.

European Markets Are Down, US Futures Are Up

DINA SPECTOR

AUG. 7, 2014

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European markets are down on Thursday after Russia said it would ban all food imports from the U.S., E.U., Canada, Australia and Norway in retaliation to sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

Here’s the scorecard:

Britain’s FTSE 100 is down 0.24%.

France’s CAC 40 is down 0.27%.

Germany’s DAX is down 0.13%. 

Spain’s IBEX is down 0.40%.

Italy’s FTSE MIB is up 0.27%.

The European Central Bank meets on Thursday. Economists expect the bank to keep rates on hold. 

Markets are also down in Asia. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.80%.

Japan’s Nikkei closed up .048%, turning green after Reuters reported “Japan‘s public pension fund will increase allocations to stocks.“

U.S. futures are in the green with Dow futures up 24 points and S&P futures up 4.4 points.

US Futures Are Trading And They're Tanking Again

Sam Ro

 Oct. 29, 2012

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U.S. stock market futures reopened at 6:00 PM EST, and they tanked instantly and have been near their lows for the past hour.

Dow futures are down 90 points.

S&P 500 futures are down 8.8 points.

Nasdaq futures are down 23.2 points.

Earlier today, the SEC and major stock market operators confirmed that the markets would be closed again on Tuesday. 

This announcement came after futures trading closed at 9:15 AM.

Wednesday October 31 marks the last day of the fiscal year for mutual funds.  As such, futures activity could be reflecting hedging for any anticipated tax loss selling.

Japanese Market Dives —US Futures Get Whacked

Joe Weisenthal

 Oct. 9, 2012

Wednesday begins with more selling.

US futures are falling a couple of points today, ans Japan is diving.

Here's the Nikkei.

There isn't a ton of news tonight, but meh earnings from Alcoa and a big warning from Cummins Engine about global growth and China isn't helping.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/asian-morning-markets-october-10-2012-10#ixzz28vpS7h8G

Oil Is Tanking, US Futures Are Falling, And Europe Is Getting Smoked Again

Joe Weisenthal

 Jun. 21, 2012in

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Looks like another rough morning.

After a weak Chinese Flash PMI and a series of clearly contractionary European flash PMIs, everything is lower today.

Crude oil is about to drop below $80.

US futures are down about 0.5%.

Gold is below $1600

And Europe is getting smoked. The Spanish market is down 1.6%. Italy is off 0.6%. Germany is down 0.9%.

So basically we're seeing a combination of weak data, and perhaps some global reaction to yesterday's Fed, which may have been a tad more hawkish than expectations.

The Week Begins: US Futures Are Sliding, Italian Market Getting Clobbered

Joe Weisenthal

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A decidedly "risk off" start to the week.

Europe is red across the board, with Germany down 1.2%, France off 1.25%, and Italy down 2%.

Shares of Italian bank UniCredit are down 3%.

US futures are solidly in the red, as well, with losses on the order of 0.5%, or at least in that ballpark.

In terms of news, things are still pretty quiet.

 There was a bad Italian business confidence report but mostly not much is going on in the headline-world.