Points overnight in asia, the nikkei hitting 26year highs during the trading session. Market ended up by over a half percentage point to 23,849 in europe this morning green arrows there the dax up is up by 0. 2 in france, the cac is up the ftse up over 0. 1 . Yesterday the yield on the treasury closing at 2. 48 . This morning the tenyear is yielding all the way up, almost 2. 496 stocks to watch today. Samsung is forecasting a 64 rise in Fourth Quarter profits on continued demand for memory chips but that guidance is below analyst estimates. The strong yuan and yearend bonuses hit results. Samsung will report detailed earnings at the end of the month. Shares of altice are higher after the Company Announced plans to spin off u. S. Operations the Telecom Provider will pay a 1. 5 billion Cash Dividend prior to separation and launch a 2 billion buyback of u. S. Shares after the spinoff. British American Tobacco says the new u. S. Tax rules will boost earnings by 6 in 2018 the changes will a