Author: Dow Futures

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

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.11%) this morning are down -0.08% at a 1-week low and European stocks are little changed, up +0.02%, as weakness in energy producers drags the overall market lower. Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 -2.29%) is down -1.73% at a 3-1/4 month low on signs the global oil glut Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.05%) this morning are down -0.05% and European stocks are down -0.15% as weakness in crude oil prices undercuts energy producing stocks. Apr WTI crude oil (CLJ17 -0.98%) is down -0.96% after API data late Tuesday showed U.S. crude inventories surged +11.6 million bbl last week. Mining stocks Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 -0.18%) this morning are down -0.15% and European stocks are down -0.14% as weakness in metals prices undercuts mining stocks and raw-material producers. Apr gold (GCJ17 -0.09%) is down -0.15% at a 2-1/2 week low as expectations mount for a Fed rate hike at next week’s FOMC meeting, Read More

PREMARKET WORLD NEWS Mar E-mini S&Ps this morning are down -0.24% and European stocks are down -0.37% as weakness in commodity prices undercuts energy producers and mining stocks. Marathon Oil and Kinder Morgan are both down more than 1% in pre-market trading as Apr WTI Crude oil falls -0.77% after data from Baker Hughes Friday Read More