The Premarket Movers & News by Newsquawk

Both the House and Senate passed the stop-gap measure which would avert a shutdown and keep the government funded tspanough to January 19th Unionist Citizens (anti-independence) party won the most seats in the Catalan Parliamentary Elections, although separatists groups collectively still retained

Congress have passed tax reforms, focus now turns to avoiding a government shutdown by Saturday BoJ maintained QQE with yield curve control and kept negative rates at -0.10% as expected Highlights include US GDP, PCE, Philly Fed and Canadian CPIASIAAsia stocks traded mixed after another lacklustre

US House initially voted 227 vs. 203 to pass the tax reform bill. However, it was later reported that the House hit a procedural snag US Senate voted 51 vs. 48 to approve the Republican tax bill as expected and sent the bill back to the House for a final vote Looking ahead, highlights include the

Asian equity markets were mostly positive as the region followed suit from US with the GOP now seen to have secured enough votes for passage of the tax bill EU's Barnier said that the UK cannot have a special deal for the City with Davis warning the EU that they cannot cherry-pick during trade talk

Asia equity markets began the week mostly positive following Friday’s gains on Wall St. where tax reform optimism buoyed all major indices to record levels EU Brexit Chief Michel Barnier said the EU is not prepared to come up with a makeshift trade deal for the UK that knits together all the best b

Asian stocks were mostly lower as a downbeat tone rolled over from Wall St, where sentiment was pressured on tax reform discord ECB sources suggested that a minority of ECB rate setters wanted to signal guidance may change if inflation keeps accelerating Looking ahead, highlights include US Indust

The FOMC hiked rates to 1.25% - 1.50%, as expected. Yellen failed to deliver any hawkish surprises while the rate path trajectory was kept broadly the same The UK government was defeated in parliament in a 309-305 vote, meaning MP's will get a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal Looking ahead

ECB Monetary Policy Decision Due At 12:45 GMT, 13:45 CET, 07:45 EDT, On Thursday 14th December 2017, Press Conference Due At 13:30 GMT, 14:30 CET, 08:30 EDT- Unanimous expectations look for the ECB to leave its tspanee key rates unchanged.- As a reminder October’s announcement revealed that the Bank

DAILY EUROPEAN OPENING NEWS: The GOP’s US Senate majority was trimmed to 51-49 seats after Doug Jones won the race to be Alabama’s first Democratic Senator in 25 years The GOP’s US Senate majority was trimmed to 51-49 seats after Doug Jones won the race to be Alabama’s first Democratic Senator in 2

Asian bourses failed to benefit from the record closes seen on Wall Street with Chinese stocks hampered by ongoing regulatory concernsIn FX, the greenback was firmer as both EUR/USD and GBP/USD languished near the prior day’s lowsLooking ahead, highlights include UK inflation, German ZEW and US PPI,

UK PM May will insist that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” on the terms of Brexit after the Irish government claimed that last week's preliminary deal is binding Asia equity markets began the week mostly positive after last Friday’s gains on Wall St Looking ahead, highlights include

Key Events: -   Monday:   Tuesday: UK Inflation Data (Nov)                   Wednesday: FOMC MonPol Decision, US CPI (Nov), UK Labour Market Report (Nov/Oct)   Thursday: EU Summit, ECB, BoE & SNB MonPol Dec

UK PM May plans go to Brussels early today to meet EU's Juncker and Tusk to finalize Irish border deal Asia equity markets took the impetus from a positive tone in US where all indices finished higher and tech continued its rebound Looking ahead, highlights include UK production numbers and the US

Asia equity markets somewhat sspanugged off the subdued tone on Wall St and mostly rebounded from the prior day’s losses EU's chief Brexit negotiator Barnier said UK has 48 hours to agree a text on potential deal over Irish border or else talks will not move on to the next phase Looking ahead, hig

Asia equity markets were lower as the region followed suit from Wall St, where the major indices finished mostly lower AUD/USD was pressured and gave up the 0.7600 handle after Australian Q3 GDP figures disappointed Looking ahead, highlights include RBI and BoC rate decisions, ADP Employment, DoE’

Asia equity markets were subdued following a similar close on Wall St where the S&P 500 and DJIA pulled back from intraday record levels In FX, antipodeans stole the limelight in which NZD/USD briefly reclaimed 0.6900, AUD was underpinned by better than expected Retail Sales and an unsurprising

Asia stock markets traded mixed and lacked the firm conviction seen across US equity futures which were buoyed after the Senate voted to pass the tax bill Safe-haven JPY weakened on outflows after the US Senate passed the tax plan which saw USD/JPY advance to within a whisker of the 113.00 handle

Key Events: -   Monday: UK PM May To Meet EU’s Juncker & Barnier   Tuesday: UK Services PMI (Nov), RBA MonPol Decision                          &nbs

Asia equity markets were choppy as the region counterbalanced the momentum from the record highs on Wall St. with disappointing Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI data WTI crude was stable overnight and mildly nursed some of the losses from the prior session, where prices were dampened by the OPEC an

Asia stock markets were mostly negative as the tech-sell off on Wall St. dampened sentiment in the region and overshadowed better than expected Chinese PMI data UK is reportedly close to a deal regarding Northern Ireland, with officials said to predict an agreement within weeks Looking ahead, high

GBP/USD held firmly above the 1.3300 level following reports the UK and EU reached an agreement on the size of the Brexit divorce bill The Senate Budget Committee approved the Republican tax reform plan which will now go to the Senate floor to be voted on Looking ahead, highlights include regional

Asian stocks were downbeat on what was a choppy session amid a lack of drivers FX trade very quiet amid a lack of data releases and after Fed speakers failed to spur a sustained impact on prices Looking ahead, highlights include BoE Stress Test Results, US Wholesale Inventories, BoE’s Carney, Fed’

Asian equities traded mostly lower despite Friday’s firmer close on Wall Street In FX, commodity-linked currencies were mildly pressured as WTI crude pulled back from USD 59/bbl, which also coincided with the broad China-led weakness Looking ahead, highlights include US New Home SalesASIAAsia stoc

Key Events: -    Monday:   Tuesday: BoC Financial System Review   Wednesday:   Thursday: OPEC/Non-OPEC Summit, US Core PCE (Oct)   Friday: Canadian GDP (Q3), Labour Market Report (Nov)   North America: -   Wednesday w

Asian equities traded with little in the way of firm direction with the Shanghai Comp. unable to stage any major recovery from yesterday’s sell-off FX trade mostly resumed the consolidation observed during the Thanksgiving US market closure Looking ahead, highlights include German IFO, ECB’s Coeur