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Wall Street opened stronger on confirmation the Obama Administration had compromised on tax cuts before a late sell-off wiped out the gains. Dow down 3.

As European leaders meet in Brussels to argue over what to do next, global markets watch on in trepidation.

What to do about Europe? The Europeans don’t seem to know. Uncertainty breeds weakness as the bulls try hard to drive the Bernanke gravy train. Dow down 19.

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

Dennis Gartman has joined the chorus of commentators pointing to underweight US equity funds as a positive catalyst for December.

A big jump in US pending home sales and at least some reassurance from the ECB had Wall Street running hard for a second consecutive session. Dow up 106.

Strong global manufacturing data and a solid private jobs report put Wall Street back into forward gear last night, and now there’s talk of the Fed printing money to help the IMF to save Europe. Dow up 250.

Wall Street was unable to shake off European concerns at the end of the month despite some positive economic data. Dow down 46.

German insistence that European sovereign bondholders will have to take a haircut after 2013 if needs be has forced a de-rating of all euro-debt despite the Irish bail-out. Dow down 39.

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