News from the world’s financial markets by stock market expert Marcus Padley.
The market is up 3. SFE futures were up 9 this morning. US market up 67. The Dow was up 82 at best and down 2 at worst on better than expected company earnings and on news that the Federal Debt ceiling has been lifted until May 19. The Dow has posted gains in 9 […]
The market is down 2. SFE futures were down 3 this morning. US market closed for the Martin Luther King Jnr public holiday. European markets up — UK FTSE up 0.43%, German DAX up 0.61%, France up 0.57%, Spain 0.72%, Italy up 0.44%. The Stoxx Europe 600 index up 0.3% with Utilities (+1.1%), Basic Materials (+1.0%), […]
The market is down 5. SFE futures were up 17 this morning. Dow Jones up 54. The Dow was up 55 at best and down 23 at worst and managed to close near its high of the day. The S&P 500 hit a fresh five year high and is holding the break of 1470. US […]
The market is up 18. SFE futures were up 34 this morning. Dow Jones up 85. The Dow was up 123 at best and down 1 at worst. US markets all up on the back of mixed economic data and some fourth quarter earnings results. Metals, precious metals, oil, US bond yields and European markets […]
Dow Jones closed down 24. SFE Futures up 8. We are having a strong day in the market again today, up 38 at midday. The Dow was down 66 at worst. No big surprises in their economic numbers. The US CPI number came in unchanged at 1.7% for December, US industrial production was up 0.3% […]
The market is up 6. SFE Futures were up 1 this morning. Dow Jones closed up 19. The Dow was up 13 at best and down 47 at worst ahead of a week of company earnings and Ben Bernanke’s speech set to take place after Wall St closes today. Obama last night warned of a […]
The market is up 7. SFE Futures were up 8 this morning. Dow Jones closed up 17. The Dow was up 25 at best and down 31 at worst. US markets were steady on Friday ahead of earnings results due out of the financials sector this week. Last week the Dow Jones finished up 0.25%, […]
The market is up 21. SFE Futures were up 16 this morning. Dow Jones was up 60. The Dow was down 36 at worst and up 63 at best as fiscal cliff discussions continued in Washington and US economic data was slightly better than expected. Republican Speaker John Boehner said that the President and the […]
The Dow was up 7 at best and down 99 at worst on the back of mixed economic data and further discussion regarding the "fiscal cliff".
The market is up 18. SFE Futures were up 29 this morning. Dow Jones was up 116. The Dow was up 130 at best and down 3 at worst on signs that the Democrats and Republicans are moving closer to announcing a deal to resolve the fiscal cliff which includes a solution for the debt […]
