Today’s Markets?
In Asia, Japan?+1.1%?to 9055.2. Hong Kong?+0.2%?to 21810. China-0.7%?to 2102. India?+0.3%?to 18759.?
In Europe, at midday, London?+0.3%. Paris?+0.5%. Frankfurt?+0.6%.?
Futures at 7:00:?Dow?+0.4%. S&P?+0.5%. Nasdaq?+0.6%. Crude?+0.6%to $86.27. Gold?+0.8%?to $1715.30.
Economic calendar
8:30 Durable Goods, Initial Jobless Claims and?Chicago Fed National Activity Index
?9:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
10:00 Pending Home Sales
10:30 EIA Natural Gas Inventory
11:00 Kansas City Fed Mfg Survey
1:00 PM Results of $29B, 7-Year Note Auction
4:30 PM Money Supply and?Fed Balance Sheet
Earnings
Aetna,?Alaska Air, Amazon.com, Apple,?AutoNation,?Biogen, Bunge, CA,?Cabot Oil & Gas,?Celgene, Clearwire,?CME,?Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coinstar,?Columbia Sportswear,?ConocoPhillips,?Consol Energy,??DeVry,?Diebold,?Dominion Resources, Dunkin? Brands,?Expedia, Hershey,?International Paper, ITT Educational,?Janus Capital,?JetBlue Airways, Lazard, McClatchy, McKesson?New York Times,?Noble Energy,?Occidental Petroleum, Old Republic,?Perkin ElmerProcter & Gamble,?PulteGroup,?Raytheon, Regis, Royal Caribbean,?Sprint Nextel, Under Armour, VeriSign
Stories
Falling trading volumes hit CME From Financial Times
CME Group Net Income Falls 31 Percent as Rates Volume Decreases From Bloomberg
FINRA reviewing conflicts of interest at U.S. brokerages From Reuters
Judge dismisses MF Global employee lawsuit From Reuters
Knight Capital’s Chief Ponders His Options From Wall Street Journal
Watchdog faults Treasury, Fed for Libor use, wants alternatives From Reuters
Accused UBS London “rogue trader” to begin defence From Reuters
Wall Street Leaders Peer Into Economic Gloom From New York Times