{"id":12532,"date":"2018-12-31T08:53:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leavittbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=12532"},"modified":"2018-12-31T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:53:17","slug":"before-the-open-dec-31-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leavittbrothers.com\/?p=12532","title":{"rendered":"Before the Open (Dec 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning. Happy Monday. Goodbye 2018.<\/span>
\n The Asian\/Pacific<\/strong> markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand closed up; Japan closed down. Europe, Africa and the Middle East<\/strong> are currently posting solid gains. Denmark, Poland, France, Germany, the UAE, Russia, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Sweden are leading. Futures in the States<\/strong> point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market. <\/span>
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\n List of Indexes and ETFs – <\/strong> here<\/a>
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\n The dollar is down. Oil is up; copper is down. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are down. <\/span>
\n Overnight Stock Movers<\/strong> from barchart.com…<\/span>
\n Boeing (BA -0.24%) was awarded a $400 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for B-1 and B-2 bomber engineering services.<\/span>
\n iStar Financial (STAR +0.33%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Market Perform’ at JMP Securities with a price target of $11.50.<\/span>
\n CRIPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP +1.29%) rose almost 3% on after-hours trading after Vertex, the company’s second-largest shareholder, raised its stake in the company to 10.4%.<\/span>
\n Ocular Therapeutics (OCUL +6.72%) may initially open lower this morning after it filed a $200 million mixed securities shelf.<\/span>
\n Today’s Economic Calendar<\/strong>
\n 10:30 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey<\/span><\/span>
\nOther<\/strong>…<\/span>
\ntoday’s upgrades\/downgrades<\/a> from briefing.com<\/span>
\nthis week’s Earnings<\/a><\/span> from Morningstar
\nthis week’s Economic Numbers\/Reports<\/a><\/span> powered by ECONODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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