Author: Dow Futures

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

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