Morning Wire — US Stock-Index Futures Higher
US index futures are higher this morning as investors react positively to the report of a slight rise in Germany’s business climate index (more coverage here). Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is giving a speech about jobs this morning and the…
At about 8:15 a.m. ET, Germany’s DAX is up 0.62% at 7,039.12 and France’s CAC 40 is up 0.10%, at 3,479.81. In London, the FTSE 100 is up 0.47%, at 5,882.53.
In Asia, the Hang Seng index closed flat, at 20,668.90. The Nikkei closed up 0.07% at 10,018.20 and the Shanghai exchange closed up 0.05%, at 2,350.60.
Dow futures are up 0.56%, at 13,105.00. The Nasdaq is up 0.66%, at 2,746.75 and the S&P is up 0.55%, at 1,401.80.
In the currency markets, the US dollar is weaker against the euro and the British pound, and higher versus the Japanese yen. The US dollar index is down -0.05% at 79.306.
In commodities, WTI and Brent crude are mixed this morning, with WTI down -0.05% at $106.82/barrel and Brent is up 0.25% at $125.44/barrel. Gold is up 0.04% this morning, at $1,663.10/ounce.
Paul Ausick
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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.
He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.