US Market : Nasdaq gains while S&P ends Flat...All tech Sector was quite strong with heavy names (AAPL, LNKD, FB ...) all doing very well... volumes were still lights @ 611m shares...VIX @ 12.81 +0.15%...Brazil-1.56% (-5.18% MTD)...German Grand coalition news pushed Eur$ to 1Month high vs USD and 4y high vs JPY, minimum wage reform on I ts way...BOJ board member Shirai - one of the dissenters profiled in yesterday's release of BOJ policy meeting minutes - reiterated some further focus must be given to downside risks on inflation and economic objectives...Several large cities in China announce regulators are raising downpayment requirements to purchase a 2nd home to as high as 70%...Nikkei -0.42%...Shanghai+0.71%... IMF to push for new plan that would impose upfront losses on bondholders the next time a country in the euro area requests a bailout
Eur$ 1.3580 S&P Fut : +0.04% European Fut. +0.20%
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- EuroStoxx 600 :Added :RTL, Hiscox, OCI, Lancashire, Jazztel, TF1, PostNL, Deleted : GSW Immobilien, Valiant, YIT, biomerieux, BWin, De La Rue, Aixtron - AC FP : Investor day today : Accor to Separate Hotel Operating, Ownership - AMEC LN : Amec Said to Be Studying Possible Foster Wheeler Deal: Times - CPG LN : Compass FY Adj. Pretax Beats Ests. - DAI GY : Daimler to Double Sales in S.Korea by 2020, Build New R&D Center - EAD FP : EADS Plans to Save EU690m in Unit Merger, Handelsblatt Reports - EI FP : Essilor Buys 50% of Xiamen Yarui Optical to Expand in China - G IM : Generali Targets Saving Costs of EU750m by 2015, Says ‘Surprised’ by S&P Credit Watch Negative Warning - GLPG BB : Galapagos Says GSK2586184 in Phase 2 for Ulcerative Colitis - ISP IM : Intesa CEO Says Not Planning Paschi, Commerzbank Deals: Stampa - LEG GY : Leg Immobilien 3Q Ebitda, FFO I Decline; Confirms Forecasts - LHA GY : Lufthansa Urges Hesse Not to Hurt Airlines, Handelsblatt Says - Moncler : Moncler Gets Italy Mkt Regulator Approval for IPO,€8.75/€10.20 range - ORA FP : Altice to Buy Orange Dominicana for About $1.4 Billion - RBI AV : Raiffeisen 3Q Earnings Beat Ests.; Says Share Sale Still Option - REP SM : Repsol Set to Accept Argentina's YPF Settlement, Expansion Says - SOLB BB : Solvay Cuts 2016 Adj. Ebitda Goal to EU2.3-EU2.5b; Est. EU2.35b - FP FP : Total Seeks to Swap Stake in Shtokman for Baltic LNG: Vedomosti - VIE FP : EDF sold 4.01% stake @ €11.90/sh.