MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for HALO and More... for 2017-03-10 |
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STOCKS ON THE MOVE Western Digital Corp (WDC), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (JEC) and General Motors Company (GM) are moving higher this morning, while Range Resources Corp. (RRC), Carnival Corp (CCL) and Eli Lilly and Co (LLY) are headed lower. People's United Financial, Inc. (PBCT), IBERIABANK Corp (IBKC) and Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Dollar General Corp. (DG), MEDNAX Inc (MD) and Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Nikkei 225 is up 1.48%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.53%, the Hang Seng is up 0.29% the Mumbai Sensex is up 0.06% and the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down -0.12%.In Europe stocks are up. The Euronext 100 is up 0.65%, the FTSE 100 is up 0.61%, the CAC 40 is up 0.58% and the DAX is up 0.53%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are up today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 0.28 at 49.56 per barrel. Brent crude is up 0.22 at 52.41 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.01 at 2.99. Precious metals are mixed this morning. Gold is down -0.11 at 1208.2 per ounce. Platinum is up 4.7 at 951.45 while silver is down -0.05 at 17.25. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, up against the Yen and up against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 735,507 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 526,787 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.72 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.62. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Nonfarm Payrolls Feb 08:30 Nonfarm Private Payrolls Feb 08:30 Unemployment Rate Feb 08:30 Avg. Hourly Earnings Feb 08:30 Average Workweek Feb 08:30 Treasury Budget Feb 14:00 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: MTN |
