The Overnight Report

Activity on Wall Street ground to a halt last night ahead of the holiday. Dow up one point. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Heightened Russia-Turkey tensions triggered a very sharp short covering rally in commodities last night. Dow up 19. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Wall Street is already in low volume mode ahead of the holiday as metals prices tumble further. (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.

Attention has turned to beyond a December Fed rate hike, and the ever so slow tightening cycle thereafter. Dow down 4. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

The minutes of the last Fed meeting suggest a majority of FOMC members now favours a December rate hike. Dow up 247. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

While stock markets surged across the globe yesterday and last night, a terror scare sat Wall Street back on its heels. Dow up 6. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)

Global markets defied expectations of weakness overnight following the Paris attacks. Dow up 237. (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.

Yet again the Fed has managed to reinject utter confusion into the US monetary policy debate. Dow down 254. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEST)