Before the Open (Apr 2)

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India, Indonesia and the Philippines did well; Japan, New Zealand and Australia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. France, Germany, Denmark, South Africa, Kenya, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden are doing well; the UAE, Greece, Israel and Bulgaria are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.
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The dollar is down. Bitcoin is up. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are down.
Stock headlines from barchart.com…
Facebook (FB +4.42%) CEO Zuckerberg told Vox in an interview that it will take “a few years” to fix Facebook
Walmart (WMT +1.37%) is moving closer to acquiring Humana (HUM)
Tesla (TSLA +3.24%) is trading lower on continued concern about the recent autonomous driving accident in California and news of a recall on Model S cars build before April 2016. Tesla is expected to announce Q1 delivery figures early this week.
Fitbit (FIT +3.87%) is trading lower after Morgan Stanley issued a negative opinion
Agilent’s (A +0.75%) price target was raised to $95 from $90 at Morgan Stanley on stronger cyclical trends in the sector.
Northern Trust (NTRS +1.98%) was upgraded to Buy at Goldman and the price target was raised to $121 from $113.
Baker Hughes (BHGE -1.07%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
Today’s Economic Calendar
9:45 PMI Manufacturing Index
10:00 ISM Manufacturing Index
10:00 Construction Spending
6:00 PM Fed’s Kashkari speech
Other…
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