Dow +0.31$ S&P +0.23% Nasdaq +0.85% Russell +0.30%
US Market Closed again higher. WMT +4.5% after reaffirming its guidance for fiscal year 2018, announcing a $20 billion share repurchase program, and projecting a 40.0% increase in next year's online sales, AMZN -0.4%. Airlines outperformed with AAL& UAL raising their Q3 guidances. WTI +2.6% after Saudi Arabia's announcement that it will cut its monthly exports in November. Micron (MU) annonce a $1b offer of common stock. US After Hours, HDSN -14%, VOXX -12%, CUDA -7% following earnings/guidance, MU -4%. Asian Market, opened mixed again before turning positive, the Nikkei 225 is heading for its highest close since December 1996, thought the yen remained slightly weaker; the upward trend in equities being attributed to more solid economic and market conditions. Uncertainty around the upcoming Japan election and the ramifications of BOJ Gov Kuroda losing his position if PM Abe is not re-elected have started to circulate in the press. China MOF to offer $2B in 5 and 10-year sovereign bonds in Hong Kong, could be sold end of Oct. 1st doller bond since 2004. Sanrio (8136) -9% after cutting guidance, Kobe Steel (5406) -16% on falsified information
Nikkei +0.30% HAng Seng +0.08% CSI +0.38% Shanghai +0.22% Shenzen +0.05%
Eur$ 1.1816 CNH 6.5752 CNY 6.5807 JPY 112.36 GBP 1.3193 CHF 0.9752 RUB 58.036 WTI$ 51.13 +0.43%
S&P -0.03% EuroStoxx +0.42% FTSE +0.18% Dax +0.17% SMI +0.05% IBEX indicated +1.8%
Macro :
- Nobel Economist Thaler Says He’s Nervous About Stock Market
- Puigdemont Seeks to Suspend Independence Vote Result For Weeks
- May Won’t Say If She’d Back Brexit in Second U.K. Referendum
Keep an eye on :
- ABE SM : Abertis Investor TCI Fund ’Strongly Supports’ Atlantia’s Bid
- AF FP : Air France Prepares Alliances With Kenya Airways, Jet Airways
- ANF FP : Icade Says It Plans Squeezeout in November for Rest of ANF
- BNP FP : BNP’s Bonnafe: Brexit to Mean Creation of at Least 400 Jobs
- BNP FP : BNP Paribas to Halt Financing of Shale, Tar Sands Projects
- CLLN LN : Carillion Creditors Are Said to Hire Advisers for Restructuring
- CLN VX : Clariant Is Said to Face Mounting Opposition to Huntsman Deal
- CSGN VX : Credit Suisse Names Mervyn Chow CEO for Greater China
- DGE LN : Diageo on Way to Sourcing 80% of Africa Farm Commodities Locally
- FGT FP : BFCM to Sell 3.2m Safran, 2.8m Eiffage Shares via Placings
- FNAC FP : Fnac Darty Names Jean-Brieuc Le Tinier as CFO, Replacing Malige
- G1A GY : Elliott Has a Busy Day in Europe With GEA, Smith & Nephew Stakes
- GXI GY : Gerresheimer Third Quarter Adjusted Ebitda Beats Estimates
- HEN3 GY : Henkel Rises; Adhesives Business Undervalued, Jefferies Says
- IGY GY : Innogy Buys Statkraft 50% Shr Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Project
- ISP IM : Intesa to Set Aside EU100M for Veneto Banks’ Clients
- JCI US : Johnson Controls Rises as Much as 3.3%, Call Options Active
- JUP LN : Neil Woodford’s Flagship Fund Said to See Jupiter Pull Money
- LBK SM : Liberbank Is Said to Sell Real Est. Assets to Bain: Confidencial
- MU US : Micron Launches $1 Billion Offering of Common Stock, --> -4% in after hours, Offering Is Said to Trade Oct. 12
- PFE US : Pfizer Weighs Consumer Sale, Trump Plans New Action: Health Wrap
- PHIA NA : Philips To Suspend Defibrillator Production In U.S. Facilities
- LIT IM : F2i Said to Plan Buying Majority Stake in Retelit: Sole
- SAF FP : BFCM to Sell 3.2m Safran, 2.8m Eiffage Shares via Placings
- SN/ LN : Smith & Nephew ADRs Up; Singer’s Elliott Is Said to Build Stake, Elliott Has a Busy Day in Europe With GEA, Smith & Nephew Stakes
- FP FP : Total to Issue 25.6M New Shares for Interim Dividend Payment
- VIV FP : Mediaset, Vivendi Lawyers Working to Solve Pay-TV Dispute: Ansa
- VOW3 GY : Volkswagen Components Spinoff Is Now More Likely in Midterm: JPM