One day after the DOW and SP 500 surged to closing records, markets will take a breather (SPY -0.2%). Home price growth reaches 15-year highand Credit Suisse takes $4.7 billion hit.
Here is the current market situation from CNN Money
European markets are mixed. The DAX is higher by 0.06%, while the CAC 40 is leading the FTSE 100 lower. They are down 0.43% and 0.07% respectively.
What Is Moving the Markets
Here are the headlines moving the markets.
Iraq Moves To Exploit Its Massive Natural Gas Reserves
Official estimates are that Iraqs proven reserves of conventional natural gas amount to at least 3.5 trillion cubic meters (tcm), or about 1.5 percent of the worlds total, placing Iraq 13th among global reserve-holders, with around three-quarters of this figure comprising associated gas that is found in the same reservoirs as oil. The International Energy Agency, though, estimates that ultimately recoverable resources will be considerably larger, at 8.0 tcm, of which around 30 percent is thought to be in the form of non-associated