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There is very little due out on the US economic release calendar again today and so the real focus will come later this evening, when the US Fed minutes hit the screens, at 6pm GMT. Ahead of that all the US equity futures markets are holding pretty tight ranges and so far ignoring any gains seen here across the major European markets. Right now those gains are split pretty evenly amongst the FTSE, DAX and CAC, with all higher between 0.20% and 0.35%. Yesterday the Nasdaq 100 was marginally the weakest of the three US majors, as noted here earlier today. The index closed 46 points lower, at 19,719, pretty much in the middle of the range seen that day. The price action across the Nasdaq 100 futures so far today has been steady and pretty tight. Right now the index is priced to reopen not far removed from where it closed yesterday, currently at 19,725
Since a much earlier update here noted the DAX just failing to set a new all time high above 19,491, the index fell back to below 19,400. However...
The gains in the Nasdaq 100 right from the opening has now seen that index push towards 20,500 and that in turn has helped to lift the S+P 500 to a...
The US stock markets have just reopened and the immediate moves have seen the Dow Jones drop a little further into the red whilst the Nasdaq 100 moves...
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