Before the Open (Jan 3)

Good morning. Happy Thursday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines closed up; Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mixed. Russia, South Africa and Norway are up; Poland, France, Germany and the Netherlands are down. Futures in the States point towards a relatively big gap down open for the cash market.
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List of Indexes and ETFs – here
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The dollar is down. Oil is up; copper is down. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are up.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
(to be posted)
Today’s Economic Calendar
Auto Sales
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
7:30 Challenger Job-Cut Report
8:15 ADP Jobs Report
8:30 Initial Jobless Claims
10:00 ISM Manufacturing Index
10:00 Construction Spending
4:30 PM Money Supply
4:30 PM Fed Balance Sheet
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
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