Category: Pre-Market Report

UPDATED 7:10 am ET  STOCKS – European stocks advanced, after falling yesterday from a six-year high, as investors awaited data on U.S. retail sales and jobless claims to gauge the health of the world’s largest economy. U.S. index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares declined.   BONDS –  A five-month surge in Treasury 30- year…

UPDATED 7:30 am ET    STOCKS – Asia’s benchmark stock index rose to their highest level since June 2008 fueled by a rally in Japanese equities. Most stocks in the region outside Tokyo fell after the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast.   BONDS –  A Treasuries selloff pushed yields on 10-year notes to…

Pre-Market Open Trading Report for Stocks, Bonds, Commodities and Forex UPDATED 7:07 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks were little changed, trading near a six-year high, as reports showed that industrial production in the U.K. and France matched economists’ estimates. U.S. index futures slipped, while Asian shares rose.   BONDS –  Treasury three-year yields were…

UPDATED 7:00 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks were little changed, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index trading near a six-year high, as investors awaited the outcome of the European Central Bank’s policy meeting. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares were also little changed.   BONDS –  Treasuries rose for the first time in six days…

UPDATED 7:15 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks fell for a second day as investors weighed data on the euro-area economic growth for clues to European Central Bank’s policy decision tomorrow and awaited data on American jobs. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were little changed.   BONDS –  US Treasuries traded range bound ahead of…

UPDATED 7:05 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks declined from a six-year high as a report showing lower-than-estimated inflation in the euro area prompted investors to weigh the outlook for interest rates before Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting. U.S. futures were little changed, while Asian shares climbed.   BONDS – As Treasuries give back some of this…

UPDATED 7:25 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks were little changed, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index heading for a seventh weekly advance, as investors awaited data on U.S. business activity. U.S. futures and Asian shares were also little changed.   BONDS – Treasuries headed for the steepest monthly gain since January as signs the economy…

UPDATED 7:10 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks were little changed near a six-year high as investors awaited data on U.S. jobless claims and economic growth. U.S. equity-index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares rose.   BONDS – A worldwide bond-market surge pushed yields to the lowest levels in a year on growing evidence…

UPDATED 7:17 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks were little changed, trading near their highest level since January 2008. Asian shares and  U.S. equity-index futures rose.   BONDS – U.S. 30-year bond yields headed for a fifth monthly decline, the longest since 2006, as slow inflation and mixed economic data underpinned demand for long-term debt.  …

UPDATED 7:15 am ET    STOCKS – European stocks rose for a fifth day, extending a six-year high, as investors awaited U.S. data on durable-goods orders and consumer confidence. U.S. index futures advanced, while Asian shares were little changed.   BONDS – Treasury two-year notes were poised to draw the lowest auction yield in three months as…