Europe & UK

Wall Street recovered from a 300 point drop last night as fear began to subside slightly in Europe. Dow down 100. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDT)

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with updates to commodity price forecasts, views on copper, nickel, platinum and oil and a look at Europe’s influence on demand and valuation measures.

Wall Street may have been closed last night but that didn’t prevent big falls in European markets. Germany down 5%.

Cables obtained by Wikileaks have revealed China’s intentions with regard to gold and the world’s reserve currency.

Peking University professor Michael Pettis explains why Chinese growth will disappoint global investors in years ahead.

Forex.com’s Kathleen Brooks reflects on Europe, the Fed and what’s going on in equity markets.

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

A brief look at important company events and economic data releases next week.

A better than expected PMI result, undermining QE3 hopes, sent Wall Street south last night. Dow down 119.

Wall Street finished down 5.7% for the month although the Dow has closed in the black for 2011. Dow up 53 last night.