MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for GDX and More... for 2017-04-07 |
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STOCKS ON THE MOVE Raytheon Company (RTN), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) and Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) are moving higher this morning, while Citigroup Inc (C), Intel Corporation (INTC) and Procter & Gamble Co (PG) are headed lower. Synaptics, Incorporated (SYNA), Williams Partners LP (WPZ) and Twilio Inc (TWLO) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Sanofi SA (ADR) (SNY), Arista Networks Inc (ANET) and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Nikkei 225 is up 0.36%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.17%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.09% the Hang Seng is down -0.13% and the Mumbai Sensex is down -0.74%.In Europe stocks are mixed. The FTSE 100 is up 0.08%, the Euronext 100 is down -0.21%, the CAC 40 is down -0.28% and the DAX is down -0.52%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are mixed today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down -0.02 at 51.68 per barrel. Brent crude is up 0.18 at 55.07 per barrel. Natural Gas is down -0.08 at 3.29. Precious metals are up this morning. Gold is up 16.27 at 1267.97 per ounce. Platinum is up 14.1 at 972.65 while silver is up 0.08 at 18.33. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, down against the Yen and up against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 635,136 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 417,391 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.66 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.64. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Nonfarm Payrolls Mar 08:30 Nonfarm Private Payrolls Mar 08:30 Unemployment Rate Mar 08:30 Avg. Hourly Earnings Mar 08:30 Average Workweek Mar 08:30 Wholesale Inventories Feb 10:00 Consumer Credit Feb 15:00 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: Nothing Major Expected |
