Author: Dow Futures

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.09%) are up +0.11% and European stocks are up +0.71% after upbeat comments late Thursday evening from Fed Chair Yellen who said the U.S. economy faces no serious short-term obstacles with low unemployment and wage growth beginning to pick up. Stock gains were limited on global growth concerns Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.29%) are down -0.28% and European stocks are down -0.09% on negative fallout from President-elect Trump’s press conference Wednesday that lacked specifics and details on any economic-stimulus plans. The dollar index (DXY00 -0.98%) is down -0.76% at a 4-week low and sold-off as well as a lack of Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.03%) are little changed, up +0.03%, and European stocks recovered from a 1-week low and are up +0.10%. Equity markets are marking time ahead of President-elect Trump’s first press conference since his election. That press conference is scheduled for later today and may provide clues on his promises Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.02%) are little changed, up +0.02%, and European stocks are down -0.04% at a 1-week low. Strength in energy producers is lifting U.S. stock indexes with Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 +0.25%) up +0.29% amid further announcements from OPEC members that they are adhering to agree upon production Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.10%) are down -0.11% and European stocks are down -0.62% as a slide in crude oil prices drags energy producing stocks lower. Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 -1.96%) is down -1.83% as an increase in U.S. drilling activity reduces the impact of OPEC production cuts after data from Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.01%) are little changed, down -0.03%, and European stocks are down -0.38%, ahead of the monthly U.S. jobs report. Losses were contained as a +0.63% rally in Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 +0.76%) lifted energy producing stocks. Crude oil garnered support in comments from someone familiar with Saudi Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.20%) are down -0.03% and European stocks are up +0.14%. U.S. stock futures are being dragged lower by weakness in retailers with Kohl’s down 13% and Macy’s down 10% in pre-market trading after both companies cut their 2017 EPS forecasts. Losses were limited as energy producers rose with Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.18%) are up +0.16% as mining companies rose with the price of Mar COMEX copper (HGH17 +0.76%) up +0.72%. European stocks are down -0.02% after a larger-than-expected increase in Eurozone Dec CPI dampened expectations that the ECB will expand stimulus measures. Eurozone Dec CPI rose a more than Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.79%) are up +0.78% and European stocks are up +0.27% at a 1-year high on signs of strength in the global economy. A gauge of manufacturing in China climbed at its fastest pace in 4-years last month, while UK manufacturing activity last month expanded at the fastest pace Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.20%) are up +0.21% in thin year-end trading as raw-material stocks move higher with a rally in gold and silver prices to 2-week highs. A -0.46% slide in the dollar index (DXY00 -0.45%) to a 2-week gave metals prices a boost with Feb COMEX gold (GCG17 +0.14%) up Read More