MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for FTNT and More... for 2019-02-27 |
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Berkley Corp (WRB) and Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Mylan NV (MYL), Home Depot Inc (HD) and Rent-A-Center Inc (RCII) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Nikkei 225 is up 0.5%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.42%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.4% the Hang Seng is down -0.05% and the Mumbai Sensex is down -0.66%. Stocks in Europe are down. The FTSE 100 is down -0.76%, the DAX is down -0.45%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is down -0.26% and the CAC 40 is down -0.18%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 1.33 at 56.83 per barrel. Brent crude is up 1.01 at 66.22 per barrel. Natural Gas is down -0.04 at 2.76. Precious metals are mixed this morning. Gold is down -1.36 at 1327.6 per ounce. Platinum is up 9.3 at 870.8 while silver is flat 0 at 15.93. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is up against the euro, up against the Yen and down against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 953,320 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 571,734 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.60 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.6. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR MBA Mortgage Applications Index 02/23 07:00 Adv. Intl. Trade in Goods Jan 08:30 Adv. Retail Inventories Jan 08:30 Adv. Wholesale Inventories Jan 08:30 Factory Orders Dec 10:00 Pending Home Sales Jan 10:00 EIA Crude Oil Inventories 02/23 10:30 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: BKNG LOW AMT TJX HPQ MNST SQ PEG BBY NTIOF ANSS APA UHS AES CPB LB PK CABO |
