Were they up, you ask . Lets take a look. Yes, spain and italy, i always like to see the ftse over in the uk, wilfrieds home, the only one that is up this morning. The big outperformer this month as well. Playing catchup for the year more than any other specific factors. But its been a good month the rest kind of flat for the month. Lets take a look at the tenyear yield and of course, oil Oil Important yesterday. Having climbed above that 60 mark for wti you can see its slightly below. Lets call it not much of a move this morning, flat or so and 2. 42 on the tenyear note yield. Lets get to our road map this morning. In it, it does start with those two trading days that are left for the year u. S. Futures are pointing to a higher open, buoyed by gains in the utility and real estate sector and the cryptocurrency tumbling after new regulation talk in south korea. And its the year of the global ipo, 2017 saw the most Companies Going public since the financial crisis a lot of them right her
Note, the hang seng. The hang seng hitting the highest level since june of 2015 during that session. The picture of europe here, inflation data hit the tape moments ago. A mixed bag. Fractional losses in germany and france. Home depot just out with First Quarter results. Earnings of 1. 67 a share, coming in 5 cents above estimates. Global Comp Store Sales were up 5 , that beat the consensus of 4 . U. S. Comps were up 6 . Wae above e home depot raising the fullyear earnings forecast. Market reaction in the currencies from the Washington Post story. I to be honest with you, i didnt buy it because what were seeing across the board is that people are willing to take on a little bit of risk. Euros are turning to levels since before the french election, yen is coming off. We saw the chart. Its been a while that the dollar euro has been strong. You can do just about anything you want in the Financial News reporting, sort of and im sure we didnt make that up. Im sure the person that wrote that
Even though officials did not exclude the bond buying thing extended. That is what you need to know. David continuing on the top story about the ecb. A many tempora cant a mini tenter hampshire a mini temper tantrum. Gradually tapering away from quantitative easing. We are joined by paul gordon, our editor responsible for covering Central Banks, and guy johnson in our European Headquarters in london. Paul guy, im sorry. I want to go to you. Tell us what the reaction was in the markets over there. Guy the Market Reaction was fairly fierce, to the honest. May of 2013. Be of the market was spooked by thats would have a ecb taper when the Current Program winds down. But the rational heads are working their way through this. Of course the ecb is thinking about a plan for when he needs to wind down, but if you took a look at the latest data, the expectations, in the ecb, the ecb downgrading its projections. The eurodollar rate, but it did not pick up inflation. It is not expecting to meet it
A check on the yields on the tenyear right now. Youre looking at the 30year bond, 2. 985 . Want to get a mortgage right now . What do you think . Anybody . Better hurry up. What do you think . Better hurry up. Hurry up, right . Trains left the station . Whats going to happen to real estate prices . Well, commercial real estate prices, cap rates fallen to 4 . They only have one way to go. This is very true. Among todays top stories, were watching oil prices closely ahead of a key opec meeting wednesday. Crude was down sharply on reports of disagreement between opec countries and non opec exporters like russia over who should cut production to curb oversupply. A meeting scheduled for today between opec and non opec producers was canceled after saudi arabia decided not to attend. Take a look there. Wti down just a few cents a barrel, 46. 03 last trade, brent unchanged. On this weeks economic agenda, tomorrow look for the estimate on thirdquarter gdp, the s p caseshiller, Consumer Confiden
Average. We had the big rally comeback rally and its been going sideways now. Its going to be 39 days today trading days when we have failed to see the dow move 1 up or down. Its happened again today. So as we kick off the month of september, kelly, after the postbrexit rally, we wonder if we get any volatility the month, right . Automakers are probably happy august is ending. Sales coming in weak. Well look at how long this downturn could last. Oil is hit today down more than 8 over the last week. But if you think its a buying opportunity, think again. We have somebody who says things are just going to get worse for the energy patch. Well, heres worse for you. Samsungs new phones are on fire. But not in a good way. We told you last week sales were much stronger than expected but issues are arising this week with reports of the batteries catching fire. Delays now in getting the phones in peoples hands. We have pictures and the impact coming up. Horrible, horrible timing with the iphone