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The premarket movers and the news setting up each trading session - US and European market-open wraps, the week ahead, and original analyst commentary from the Newsquawk desk, published twice a day before the bell. Know what moved overnight, what’s expected, and what to watch into the open.
EU Market Open
Reports over the weekend noted heavy fighting between Ukraine’s armed forces and Russian-backed separatists along the contact line US President Biden and Russian President Putin have separately agreed in principle to meet APAC stocks traded mostly negative before trimming losses on the Biden-Putin u
US Market Open
European bourses are contained around the unchanged mark, Euro Stoxx 50 +0.2%, as an initially positive open on geopolitical developments waned as we await further drivers. US futures are deriving greater upside from the reported meeting of US-Russian officials today and next week; however, focus tu
EU Market Open
Sentiment picked up following reports of a meeting between the US Secretary of State and Russian Foreign Minister late next week US President Biden is to hold a meeting on Friday with the heads of NATO, EU, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Poland, and Romania APAC stocks maintained a mild downside bias,
US Market Open
Risk sentiment remains at the whim of geopolitics, US futures lower across the board (ES -0.5%) while European bourses are somewhat cushioned on corporate updates (Euro Stoxx 50 Unch.) Crude benchmarks are pressured as we await clarity on reported shelling in Donbas; currently, WTI and Brent remain
EU Market Open
Markets saw risk-off trade following reports of mounting tensions in Ukraine via Russian press – awaiting confirmation from Ukraine/NATO Russian-backed separatists claimed that Ukraine opened fire in the Donbas region; a US official said there are more Russian troops at the border and not fewer FOMC
US Market Open
European bourses (Eurostoxx 50 unch.) trimmed early gains as NATO Sec. Gen. Stoltenberg pushed back on claims of Russian troop withdrawals, adding he is yet to see signs of a de-escalation. US futures (ES -0.1%) sit in minor negative territory amid the pullback in risk sentiment; traders await US re
EU Market Open
US stocks finished with firm gains across the board; Russell 2000 and Nasdaq led the gains APAC stocks traded higher following the optimism seen in European and US peers Chinese PPI and CPI Y/Y printed below expectations and both cooled from the prior US President Biden said an invasion of Ukraine i
US Market Open
European bourses are firmer in a pick-up from a relatively contained open amid developments on the geopolitical front. Updates that some Russian troops are returning to base lifted US futures above Monday's best levels; ES +1.4%. On the Russian withdrawal, we are awaiting confirmation from a non-Rus
EU Market Open
APAC stocks traded mostly lower following a similar handover from Wall Street (S&P 500 -0.4%); mainland China outperformed European and US equity futures traded with a non-committal tone overnight but tilted lower as European players entered the fray Kremlin spokesperson struck a conciliatory tone,
US Market Open
European bourses are pressured across the board as geopolitics exacerbates a subdued APAC handover and soft end to the US week. Stateside, US futures are suppressed but faring better than EU comparables as participants await fresh Fed developments amid broader geopolitical focus. Dollar in demand al
Week in Focus
MON: Japanese GDP (Q4). TUE: UK Jobs Report (Jan/Dec); German ZEW Survey (Feb); US PPI (Jan). WED: FOMC Minutes; ECJ judgement on Rule of Law; Chinese Inflation (Jan); US Retail Sales (Jan); Canadian CPI (Jan). THU: CBRT Announcement; Australian Jobs Report (Jan); US Philly Fed (Feb); Japan Nationwi
EU Market Open
Asian stocks traded mostly lower with the region cautious following the sell-off on Wall Street (S&P 500 -2%) US equity futures were mixed overnight, whilst European equity futures are indicative of a softer open DXY edged higher and topped 96.00. Antipodeans lag in the G10 FX space Biden and Putin
US Market Open
European bourses are pressured, Stoxx 600 -0.8%, after a negative US close on hot-CPI was exacerbated by further hawkish Fed speak/speculation. US futures are in-fitting with their European peers with the NQ -0.8%, modestly underperforming. Buck boosted by hawkish rate rise and balance sheet reducti
EU Market Open
US stocks tumbled after a hot CPI report pushed the 10yr yield above 2%; S&P 500 -1.81%, Nasdaq 100 -2.33% Fed's Bullard (2022 voter) favours 100bps of interest-rate increases by July 1st and a half-point rate hike in March Asian stocks declined following the weak US handover and remarks from Bullar
US Market Open
European bourses are mixed/positive having pulled back modestly from a firmer cash open, individual movers heavily dictated by pre-market earnings. US futures are contained but with a modest negative bias apparent as we await US CPI and subsequent Fed speak. DXY somewhat deflated into US CPI even th
EU Market Open
US stocks closed higher with the Nasdaq leading the advances amid a tech/growth bias; S&P 500 +1.43%, Nasdaq 100 +2.10% Asian stocks traded mixed as participants digested another deluge of earnings and US-China frictions European futures are indicative of a slightly higher open with the Eurostoxx 50
US Market Open
European bourses are firmer in a continuation of positive APAC/US trade, catalysts light thus far going into Thursday's US CPI US futures post broad-based gains in a continuation of yesterday's action awaiting Central Bank speak Greenback ground down, but off recent lows ahead of Fed speakers on the
EU Market Open
US stocks were higher and finished near the best levels of the day; S&P 500 +0.8% at 4,520 Asian stocks traded higher with earnings releases in focus and following the positive handover from Wall St European futures are indicative of a firmer open with the Eurostoxx 50 future up by 0.9% after the ca
US Market Open
European bourses are mixed and in proximity to the unchanged mark following an indecisive open; sectors similarly mixed. US futures are also mixed/unchanged, action directionally following European peers but has been more contained thus far. China State funds have reportedly purchased stocks to slow
EU Market Open
US stocks finished mixed (S&P 500 -0.4%) following a choppy, catalyst-lite session with indices stumbling into the close Asian stocks were mixed after the choppy mood in the US with newsflow dominated by geopolitical headlines European futures are indicative of a softer open with the Eurostoxx 50 fu
US Market Open
Core European bourses are choppy and mixed overall, Euro Stoxx 50 -0.1%, though the periphery is pressured on domestic debt downside; FTSE MIB -1.6% Stateside, US futures are pressured but have also been choppy/rangebound for the most part, RTY lags Dollar retains the bulk of its stellar BLS labour
Week in Focus
MON: Biden/Scholz Meeting; Chinese Caixin Services PMI (Jan); Russia-Ukraine Berlin Meeting. TUE: NBP Announcement; EIA STEO. WED: RBI Announcement; New Zealand Inflation Forecasts (Q1). THU: Riksbank Announcement; Banxico Announcement; Bank of Indonesia Announcement; UK GDP (Q4); US CPI (Jan); OPEC
EU Market Open
US stocks finished mostly positive on Friday in what was a choppy session as investors digested a blow-out NFP report Asian stocks were mixed with mainland Chinese participants returning from the Lunar New Year holiday European futures are indicative of a higher open with the Eurostoxx 50 future up
US Market Open
European equities have drifted from the positive cash open despite a lack of news flow; US equity futures have largely given up earlier gains, NQ remains the outperformer post-Amazon DXY is contained but with a negative bias as EUR extends further, GBP pullsback and antipodeans lag Core EGB benchmar
EU Market Open
Asian stocks eventually traded mostly positive following the tech-related turbulence in US After-market earnings saw Amazon (AMZN) rising 14% and Snap (SNAP) soaring almost 60% US equity futures rose overnight with the NQ (+2%) leading the gains; Amazon holds an ~8% weighting in the NDX In FX, DXY e
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Premarket movers are the stocks, indices and assets making the biggest moves before the regular session opens — driven by overnight news, earnings, economic data and shifts in sentiment. Newsquawk’s Premarket Movers & Daily Market Open distils what happened overnight and what’s expected next into concise, analyst-written wraps published twice a day: the US and European market-open briefings and a week-ahead look at the calendar. Rather than a raw list of tickers, each wrap explains why things moved and what to watch into the session - across equities, FX, rates, energy and metals. It’s the pre-market read for traders who want context, not just a screener.
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