Currencies

Wall Street is quietly confident a meeting this morning between the president and Congressional leaders will at least result in an extension. Dow up 64. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

Wall Street bounced hard on anticipation of a debt extension agreement in Washington. Dow up 323. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

The confirmation of Janet Yellen’s appointment as Fed chair provided some respite from the shutdown/ceiling debacle last night. Dow up 26. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Kathleen Brooks of FOREX.com despairs that the two parties appear to be drifting further apart on Day 8 of the shutdown. Meanwhile, Europe has its own problems.

Another day of shutdown, another fall on Wall Street. Dow down 159. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Chris Weston of IG markets discusses global financial market movements of the past 24 hours and his thoughts on the sessions ahead.

The two parties appear now to be testing each other’s resolve on the potential catastrophe of US default. Dow down 136. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

With no real end in sight to the US budget impasse, Wall Street continues to drift lower, aided last night by some disappointing data and dramatic incident in Washington. Dow down 136. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)