Author: Dow Futures

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.21%) this morning are up +0.20% before a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the passage of the American Health Care Act, the Republican’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. A failure by the Republicans to push the healthcare plan through Congress could delay enactment of Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.09%) this morning are down -0.07% at a 1-month low and European stocks are down -0.48% at a 1-week low amid uncertainty over the prospects that the Trump administration can pass its pro-growth policies. Top U.S. Republicans have warned that failure to repeal Obamacare could threaten the passage Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.20%) this morning are up +0.18% and European stocks are up +0.37%. Equities rallied and EUR/USD jumped to a 1-1/2 month high as European political risks eased after pro-EU French presidential candidate Macron emerged as the likely winner of the five contenders in a presidential debate Monday night. Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.13%) this morning are down -0.16% and European stocks are down -0.40% as a slide in crude oil prices undercuts energy producing stocks. Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 -1.25%) is down -1.25% on negative carry-over from Friday’s data from Baker Hughes that showed active U.S. oil rigs rose Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 unch) this morning are little changed, down -0.01%, as the markets focus on a meeting today in Washington D.C. between U.S. President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel. Stock losses were limited as a +0.47% increase in Apr WTI crude oil prices (CLJ17 +0.55%) lifted energy producing companies. European Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.25%) this morning are up +0.25% at a 2-week high and European stocks are up +1.16% at a 1-1/4 year high on a less hawkish Fed and after pro-Europe parties won elections in the Netherlands. The FOMC did not signal a faster pace of tightening as they kept Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.24%) this morning are up +0.16% and European stocks are up +0.05% as a rally in crude oil prices lifts energy producing stocks. Apr WTI crude (CLJ17 +2.14%) is up sharply by +2.01% after API data released late Tuesday showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell -531,000 bbl last week. Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.19%) this morning are down -0.14% and European stocks are down -0.29% as the FOMC begins its 2-day policy meeting today where the markets are expecting a 25 bp rate hike in the federal funds rate. European stocks fell and GBP/USD slid -0.74% to a 1-3/4 month low Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.03%) this morning are down -0.08% and European stocks are down -0.09% as weakness in crude oil prices undercuts energy producing stocks. Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 -0.39%) is down -0.80% at a fresh 3-1/2 month low on negative carryover from Friday’s data from Baker Hughes that showed Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.34%) this morning are up +0.38% and European stocks are up +0.81% at a 15-month high as strength in crude oil lifts energy producing stocks with Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 +0.69%) up +0.65%. Also, optimism that this morning’s U.S. Feb non-farm payrolls report will show a strong Read More