The Overnight Report

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

Wall Street has the excuses lined up ahead of tonight’s jobs report. Dow up 61. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

More weak US data rolled in last night to be quickly dismissed. Dow down 35. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Tensions in the Ukraine eased last night as Russia’s military exercises concluded. Dow up 227. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Markets across the world have fallen on the crisis in the Ukraine. Dow down 153. (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.

Janet Yellen provided the soothing words Wall Street needed to break on through last night. Dow up 74. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Strong housing data sent Wall Street into total weather confusion last night as the S&P again failed to establish a new closing high. Dow up 18. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Both the US and Australian markets are finding it difficult to push on past previous highs at present. Dow down 27. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)

Wall Street shot out of the blocks last night but after hitting new highs faded towards the close. Dow up 103. (Accessible only for subscribers before 10:15 AEDST)