Asian equities declined with U.S. stock futures following theresignation of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn. The yen and Treasuries climbed as global trade-war concerns intensified. Stock indexes fluctuated before heading lower, while S&P 500 Index futures dropped over 1 percent. The yen climbed against the greenback and bond yields fell. The won rallied after North Korea indicated -- according to South Korea -- that it was open to giving up its nuclear weapons. The Australian dollar maintained a decline as economic growth data missed estimates.
Nikkei -0.77% HAng Seng -1.02% CSI -0.77% Shanghai -0.58% Shenzen -0.77%
Eur$ 1.2424 CNH 6.3195 CNY 6.3245 JPY 105.65 GBP 1.3897 CHF 0.9375 RUB 56.8966 WTI$
S&P -1.09% EuroStoxx -0.63% FTSE -0.64% Dax -0.71% SMI -0.75%
Macro :
- Optimism Among CFOs About U.S. Economy Advances to Record High
- Euroclear to Move Holding Company From London to Brussels: FT
- Cohn Resignation Is Worse Than Markets Seem to Think: Macro View
Keep an eye on :
- AC FP : Eurazeo Announces Successful Sale of Entire Stake in Accor
- AGFB BB : Agfa-Gevaert Full Year EPS Misses Lowest Estimate
- MT NA : Indian Steelmaker’s $6 Billion Sale Is Said to Face Fresh Delay
- ARAMCO IPO : FCA Is Said to Consider Requiring Larger Aramco Free Float: Sky
- AKTAV FH : Aktia Bank’s CEO Martin Backman to Step Down After One Year
- AUTN SW : Autoneum Full Year Dividend Per Share CHF6.50
- BNP FP : BNP Paribas CEO Bonnafe Bonus for 2017 EU1.58M, Down About 4%
- BOSN SW : Bossard Full Year Net Income CHF80.2 Mln
- BG US : Bunge Upgraded to Overweight at JPMorgan; PT Set to $90
- CLI LN : CLS Holdings Full Year Profit After Tax GBP157.9 Mln
- CRG IM : Carige Rejects Mincione’s Request to Be Represented on Board
- CRBN NA : Corbion Full Year Revenue Misses Lowest Estimate
- DBK GY : Nippon Life Is Said to Plan Investment in Deutsche Bank’s DWS
- DPW GY : Deutsche Post Plans 9.5% Dividend Increase, Specifies 2020 Ebit
- ELIS FP : Elis FY Ebitda Meets Estimates; Co. Sees 2018 Ebitda Margin Up
- FCT IM : Fincantieri to Build Two More Cruise Vessels for Ponant
- GKN LN : GKN May be Cut to Junk by S&P on Melrose Hostile Takeover Bid
- HDG NA : Hunter Douglas Full Year Revenue $3.23 Bln
- LOOK LN : Lookers Full Year Revenue 4.7% Above Estimates
- NOVN VX : Novartis, Science 37 in Pact to Launch Up to 10 Research Studies
- PAGE LN : Pagegroup Full Year Revenue Meets Estimates
- PPB LN : Paddy Power Full Year Revenue Misses Lowest Estimate
- PWTN SW : Panalpina Full Year Adjusted Ebit 2.0% Below Estimates
- PUM GY : Puma SE Upgraded to Buy at Goldman; PT 420 Euros
- RAM PL : Euronext to Replace Novabase With F. Ramada in PSI20 Index
- RBS LN : NY:RBS to Pay $500m on RMBS Conduct Leading Up to Finl Crisis
- RTL LX : RTL FY Ebitda EU1.46b vs Est. EU1.44b
- SAN FP : Torrent Pharma Is Said to Plan EU2b Bid for Sanofi Unit: Mint
- SAS SS : SAS Proposes Carsten Dilling as New Chairman
- SCR FP : Scor Says It Placed $625M Deeply Subordinated Tier 1 Notes
- SIE GY : Siemens Health Unit IPO Covered on Base Deal Size: Terms
- SIK SW : SWH Requests Special Audit on Monika Ribar to AGM
- SIK SW : Sika Requests for Annual General Meeting of April 17, 2018
- SKG ID : Smurfit Downgraded at Goldman Following Surge After Rejected Bid
- TIT IM : Telecom Italia Full Year Net Income Misses Estimates
- TIT IM : Telecom Italia Board Approves Landline Network Spinoff
- YNAP IM : Yoox Net-A-Porter FY Adjusted Ebitda Misses Lowest Est.