Author: Dow Futures

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.06%) are up +0.02% and European stocks are down -0.18% in thin year-end holiday trade. Energy producing stocks are weaker as Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 -0.26%) falls -0.30% after the API late yesterday reported that U.S. crude inventories rose +4.2 million bbl last week. European government bonds Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.21%) are up +0.20% on strength in energy producing stocks with Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 +0.28%) up +0.52% at a 2-week high. Crude oil continues to garner support on expectations of tighter global supplies as OPEC and 11 other crude producing nations begin to curb oil production Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.06%) are up +0.06% and European stocks are up +0.10% in thin holiday trade. Markets in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong are closed today for holiday. A +0.30% rally in Feb WTI crude (CLG17 +0.26%) is positive for energy producing stocks, although a -0.22% decline in the Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.04%) are unchanged in thin pre-holiday trade and European stocks are up +0.04% on strength in bank stocks led by a nearly 3% increase in Deutsche Bank after it agreed to pay $ 7.2 billion to resolve a years-long U.S. investigation into its dealings in mortgage-backed securities. Also, Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.09%) are down -0.09% and European stocks are down -0.04% in quiet trade. A -1.18% decline in Mar COMEX copper (HGH17 -0.92%) to a 1-month low is undercutting mining stocks, while a -0.40% fall in Feb WTI crude oil (CLG17 -0.53%) is putting pressure on energy producing stocks. Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.08%) are little changed, down -0.07% in uninspired trade, and European stocks are down -0.37% on weakness in bank stocks. Spanish bank stocks sold-off, with Banco Sabadell SA down over 7% and Banco Popular down 10%, which put pressure on the overall market after the EU Court of Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.20%) are up +0.20% and European stocks are up +0.30% on improved prospects for global growth after Japan’s Cabinet Office hiked its Japanese 2017 GDP forecast. Also, energy producing stocks are higher with the price of Feb WTI crude (CLG17 +0.53%) up +0.62%. Crude oil prices are higher Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps are up +0.12% as energy producing stocks climb with Jan WTI crude oil up +0.21%. Crude oil rose after Libyan oil-facility guards prevented two of the country’s biggest oil fields from resuming production. European stocks are down -0.09%, led by losses in mining stocks, as the price of Mar Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.20%) are up +0.14% and European stocks are up +0.54% at an 11-1/2 month high. M&A activity is boosting European stocks with Actelion up over 8% after people with knowledge of the matter said Sanofi is in talks to acquire the company. According to Bank of America’s Merrill Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.08%) are up +0.04% and European stocks are up +0.98% at an 11-1/4 month high. Gains in U.S. equities were muted as the 10-year T-note yield jumped to a 2-year high of 2.63% as the Fed yesterday signaled a faster pace of rate hikes next year. As expected, Read More