BT Three Minute Markets Update
Summary: BT's Chief Economist Chris Caton and our expert product managers provide a recorded regular update on current market conditions. The updates are current, quick and easy to listen to.
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US Census Bureau released its quarterly services data for Q4 of 2014: BEA believes revenue data hospitals and doctor's offices may have exceeded its initial estimate.
Ugly night: FTSE -2.5%, DAX -0.7%, S&P -1.7%, Dow -1.8%; Aus futures index suggests we'll be -0.75% at opening.
FTSE -0.7%, DAX +0.4%, S&P -1.4%, Dow -1.5%; S&P -1.5%, Dow -1.6% for the week.
FTSE +0.6%, DAX +1.0% - German market +20.6% in the past year; S&P +0.1%, Dow +0.2%; Aus futures is close to flat.
FTSE +0.4%, DAX +1.0%, S&P -0.4%, Dow -0.6%; US losses due to consternation in the energy sector.
American Car Industry reported February sales below expectations; blame the weather.
US February Market PMI rose from Jan's 53.9 to 54.1; ISM manufacturing report declined to 52.9 for Feb.
FTSE flat, DAX +0.7%, Dow -0.5% and S&P -0.3%; Dow +5.6% and S&P +5.5% for Feb, the strongest monthly gain since Oct 2011.
FTSE +0.2%, DAX +1.0%, Dow and S&P -0.1%; Aus futures market suggests we'll be close to flat at open.
US new home sales declined in January, down 0.2%; December's figure remained unchanged.
FTSE +0.5%, DAX +0.7%, Dow +0.5%, S&P +0.3%, Nasdaq within 2.0% of its record high.
US January National Association of Realtors existing home sales report declined by 4.9% over the month.
It was a good night. Markets rose above the zero line everywhere. The Dow +0.9%, S&P +0.6%, DAX and FTSE +0.4%; 4 month extension on the bailout deal for Greece
Philadelphia fed's manufacturing index posted just 5.2%; consensus was tipping a bounce back from January's 6.3%.
US January Industrial Production Report came in at 0.2%; December's 0.1% decline was amended to 0.3%.
