Financial Breakfast: Morning News Summary for June 15, 2012

Friday, June 15, 2012

This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session.


Benzinga's Top News

  • Yesterday, Central Banks Preparing for Coordinated Action to Provide Liquidity if Needed After Greek Election -Reuteres Citing G20 Sources
  • Bank of England to Launch Liquidity Facility on June 20

Domestic Pre-Market Trading

  • U.S. Equity Markets trade up as Dow futures trade higher about 39 points.
  • U.S. Dollar trades about 0.20% lower.
To see more pre-market news, click here.

Overseas Trading

  • European markets are higher in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.60%, Germany's DAX advanced 1.24% and France's CAC 40 added 1.78% on the session.
  • Asian stocks ended the session higher. China's Shanghai added 0.54%, Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.01%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 2.26%.
  • Yesterday, Central Banks Preparing for Coordinated Action to Provide Liquidity if Needed After Greek Election -Reuteres Citing G20 Sources
  • Bank of England to Launch Liquidity Facility on June 20
To see more overseas news, click here.

Upgrades/Downgrades

  • JP Morgan Upgrades SAIC SAI from Neutral to Overweight, Maintains $13 PT
  • Bank of America Upgrades International Game Technology IGT from Underperform to Neutral, Raises PO from $14 to $16
To see more of today's upgrades, click here.

  • Credit Suisse Downgrades Nokia NOK from Outperform to Neutral
To see more of today's downgrades, click here.

On the Economic Calendar

  • 08:30 a.m. ET - NY Empire State Manufacturing Index
  • 09:00 - Overall Net Capital Flow
  • 09:00 - TIC Net Long-Term Transactions
  • 09:15 - Industrial Production (MoM)
  • 09:15 - Capacity Utilization Rate
  • 09:55 - Michigan Consumer Sentiment
To see more economic news, click here

Earnings

    No Major Earnings Today
To see more earnings announcements, click here.

Corporate News

To see more corporate news, click here.

Commodities

  • Precious metals are trading higher, with gold posting early gains of about 0.44%
  • Energy futures are trading higher, with crude oil posting early gains of about 0.62%
  • Natural Gas futures are trading 0.28% lower and copper is trading higher by about 0.85%
To see more commodities news, click here.


Benzinga's Morning Radar

Technical Levels for Futures and Forex
Name Resistance-2 Resistance-1 Mid Pivot Support-1 Support-2
E-Mini S&P 500 1341 1333 1319 1311 1297
Gold 1639 1631 1621 1613 1602
Crude 85.80 85.09 83.70 82.99 81.60
Natural Gas 2.77 2.65 2.40 2.28 2.04
EUR/USD 1.2697 1.2664 1.2603 1.2570 1.2508
US Dollar Index 82.96 82.53 82.32 81.90 81.69


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