Tuesday Morning Market Snapshots

Stocks were flat this morning and have listed lower as more earnings data has come out. DJIA futures are trading down 0.25% and S&P futures are down 0.3%.  In Europe, the FTSE is down 0.4%, the DAX is up 0.2%, and the CAC is down 0.2%.  In Asia, Japan was up 1.3% and Hong Kong closed up 0.2%.

Tuesday morning’s major media headlines snapshots from Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg, and more…

NYMEX WTI crude is lower but still above the $81.00 per barrel mark; Gold is lower around $1,180.00 per ounce.

Treasury bond prices were firm this morning in longer-dated maturities with the yield on the 10-Year at 2.93% is and the yield on the 30-Year was 4.04%.

These are today’s top economic data:
8:30 AM EST June’s Personal Income (+0.2% exp.)
8:30 AM EST June’s Personal Spending (+0.1% exp.)
10:00 AM EST Aug. Pending Home Sales
10:00 AM EST June Factory Orders
12:00 to 2:00 PM July Auto Sales
4:30 PM EST API Weekly Crude Data

Major earnings today are from ACOR, ACTS, ALY, ACAS, AMT, ACF, APC, ADM, ARM, ARNA, BHI, BIO, SAM, BYD, BKI, CALP, CBS, CHK, CRA, CIM, CLX, COH, CVLT, CRIS, DNDN, DF, DOW, DHI, DTG, DUK, ERTS, EMR, FCH, FE, GBL, GWR, GLUU, WOFL, HRW, HW, HERO, HTZ, IGLD, JCOM, LEAP, LEA, LOOK, MMP, MRO, MMC, MA, MSSR, MGM, TAP, MWA, NEU, NICE, GAS, NI, NYX, OZM, OMX, OPEN, OEH, PZZA, PEET, PFE, PBI, PCLN, PG, RDN, RJET, RUE, SVNT, SOLF, SII, SOLF, SOFO, SPR, THC, UNM, USU, VSH, VICL, WTS, WWWW, WBMD, WLK, ZIPR.

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