Energy

A jittery Wall Street coped with a credit rating scare last night before settling into a quiet session. Dow up 26. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

JP Morgan investigates US railroads and pipelines and suggests the now longstanding global crude spread must become narrower in 2013.

A strong earnings result from Dow Chemical and strong US housing data kept Wall Street’s correction at bay last night. Dow (Jones) down 25. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commoditie with updates on copper, changes to oil price expectations and a less bullish scenario for iron ore.

The Chartist sees WTI crude potentially breaking US$80/bbl however a bounce is on the cards.

Wall Street did not stage a comeback last night as large cap earnings missed the mark and traders became more concerned about election ramifications and cliffs. Dow down 243. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wall Street recovered from a further 100 point Dow fall on earnings fear to close flat as buyers moved in to snap up beaten down names. Dow up 2. (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.

Google posted a shocker last night under controversial circumstances, but the broad market was not overly impacted by the Nasdaq drop. Dow down 8. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

It was a weak session for US earnings reports, but Wall Street was turned around by economic data and in the background, Spain avoided junk status. Dow up 5. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)