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PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.22%) this morning are down -0.25% on concern over the future of U.S. trade policies after Commerce Secretary Ross said President Trump will order a comprehensive study to identify every form of “trade abuse” that contributes to U.S. deficits with foreign countries. European stocks are down -0.29% on Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.13%) this morning are down -0.13% and European stocks are down -0.26% after a gauge of Eurozone economic confidence unexpectedly declined. The Eurozone Mar economic confidence unexpectedly fell -0.1 to 107.9, weaker than expectations of +0.3 to 108.3. Also, weaker than-expected regional German inflation data point to a Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 unch) this morning are little changed, down -0.02%, and European stocks are up +0.08% at a 1-1/4 year high. Strength in crude oil prices is lifting energy producing stocks with May WTI crude oil (CLK17 +0.41%) up +0.45% at a 1 week high on disruptions in Libyan oil Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.01%) this morning are up +0.05% and European stocks are up +0.21% as a rally in crude oil pushes energy producing stocks higher. May WTI crude oil (CLK17 +0.82%) is up +0.69% on global supply concerns after Libya said its crude output dropped to 560,000 bpd from 700,000 Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 -0.80%) this morning are down sharply by -0.82% at a 1-1/2 month low after Friday’s failure by House Republicans to pass their health-care bill bolstered concern that the Trump administration will be unable to pass its pro-growth tax reform and infrastructure spending plans. European stocks are down -0.33%, Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM17 +0.16%) this morning are up +0.09% ahead of today’s delayed vote of the U.S. Republican health-care plan. House Republican leaders are unsure if they have enough votes to pass the bill, which if it does not pass, threatens the Trump administration’s plans on tax reform and infrastructure spending. Read More

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