The Overnight Report

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

Northern financial markets have ground to a summer holiday halt with three more weeks of speculation to go. Dow down 10. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

There’s not much incentive to sell, but yet no confirmation of reasons to buy at this point. Dow up 7. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

The S&P hit the technically significant 1400 mark last night as Wall Street continues to exhibit confidence in the world’s central banks. Dow up 51. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

With no new news or data to reflect on last night, markets remained positive following Friday’s surge. Dow up 21. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

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

Draghi can talk the talk but failed to walk the walk last night. Dow down 92. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

The Fed made no policy changes last night but reiterated its willingness to do so, leaving markets back in limbo ahead of tonight’s ECB meeting. Dow down 32. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

Consensus still has the Fed not moving tonight, while Germany continues to put a potential spanner in the works for the ECB. Dow down 64. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)

It was all quiet on the global market front last night ahead of the Fed and ECB meetings. Dow down 2. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDT)