Author: Dow Futures

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.37%) are up +0.28% and European stocks are up +0.89% at an 11-1/4 month high. A rally in Italian bank stocks is leading European equities higher after UniCredit SpA, Italy’s biggest bank, climbed over 7% when it said it plans to raise 13 billion-euros ($ 13.8 billion) in Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.01%) are little changed, down -0.02%, as they fell back from a contract high in overnight trade. European stocks are up +0.08% at a 11-1/4 month high. A +4.19% surge in Jan WTI crude oil (CLF17 +4.39%) to a 17-month high lifted energy producing stocks and pushed global Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.03%) are up +0.03% as the market consolidates following Thursday’s rally to an all-time high. European stocks are up +0.31% at an 11-month high on positive carry-over from the ECB’s decision Thursday to extend QEE until the end of next year. European equities also received a boost after Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.10%) are up +0.02% and European stocks are up +0.30% at an 11-month high as the markets expect the ECB later today to announce an extension of its QE program. Government bond prices fell and EUR/USD (^EURUSD) rose to a 3-week high on speculation the ECB may also Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.01%) are up +0.02% and European stocks are up +1.01% at a 7-1/4 month high on optimism the ECB will prolong QE. Expectations are for the ECB at its monthly meeting tomorrow to extend its monthly asset purchases of 80 billion euros by 6 to 9 months. Also, Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.03%) are little changed, up +0.05%, as a -0.85% decline in Jan WTI crude oil (CLF17 -1.08%) weighs on energy producing stocks. Crude oil is under pressure on concern over whether OPEC will be able to adhere to its recently announced production cuts. European stocks are up +0.70% Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.34%) are up +0.46% and European stocks are up +1.28% at a 3-week high as the markets recovered from a brief sell-off after Italian voters voted ‘No” to Prime Minster Renzi’s constitutional reforms. Dec mini S&Ps had dropped to a 2-week low and EUR/USD (^EURUSD)tumbled to a 20-month Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 -0.26%) are down -0.29% at a 1-1/2 week low and European stocks are down -1.28% at a 3-week low on concern over higher interest rates and rising political risks in Europe. This morning’s U.S. Nov non-farm payrolls report may boost expectations for faster Fed rate increases while a Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 -0.14%) are down -0.08% and European stocks are down -0.75% as investors remained sidelined ahead of Friday’s U.S. monthly non-farm payrolls report, Italy’s vote Sunday on constitutional reform and next Thursday’s ECB meeting. Interest rate concerns are also weighing on stocks with the 10-year T-note yield climbing to Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Dec E-mini S&Ps (ESZ16 +0.26%) are up +0.22% and European stocks are up +0.32% at a 1-week high as strength in energy producing stocks leads the overall market higher. Jan WTI crude oil (CLF17 +7.96%) has surged +7.12% to a 1-week high after OPEC ministers expressed optimism about a deal to cut Read More