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
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No Major Earnings Today
To see more earnings announcements, click here.
Corporate News
- Human Genome Sciences HGSI Announces July 16 as the Date for Submission of Definitive Acquisition Proposals
- Yesterday, Flowserve FLS Entered Into $300M Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
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 ForexName | 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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