In overnight trading, European stocks traded not far from unchanged ahead of the U.S. jobs report.
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European stocks were mixed and Asian stocks were firmer in uneventful overnight trading.
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The Euro currency was under strong selling pressure again on the EU concerns and hit a fresh 3.5-month low in overnight trading.
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The U.S. dollar index hit a fresh six-week high in overnight trading.
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Dow futures had been down as much as 1% in overnight trading.
The Euro currency hit a fresh 3.5-month low in overnight trading.
Its shares rose by 1.8% in overnight trading in New York.
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In overnight trading, U.S. stocks rose in part of the strength of Chinese data on industrial production, which increased by 13.3% in May from a year earlier.
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The market place was again generally quiet in overnight trading.
In overnight trading, the European stock markets rallied modestly on news that Euro zone leaders meeting in Brussels agreed late Monday to disburse fresh bailout funds to cash-starved Greece.
In overnight trading, the European markets were quieter and are awaiting the results of yet another key meeting of Euro zone leaders in Brussels Monday, to decide when and how to disburse fresh bailout funds to cash-starved Greece.
Fresh technical selling pressure that started in thin overnight Asian trading was featured Tuesday.
Shares in Shanghai-based China Eastern and Guangzhou-based China Southern both gained 3% overnight in trading in New York.
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Another sign that institutions have been driving stock prices higher is that almost all of the year-to-date gain in U.S. stocks has occurred in overnight futures trading.
There were no major, market-moving news developments in overseas trading overnight.
It was fairly quiet in overseas trading overnight.
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The European and Asian stock markets were under pressure overnight, but the U.S. stock indexes did rebound overnight in still-volatile trading.
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In February, the coincidence of heavy trading and an overnight change in some of the software used to process trades led to serious downtimes over a three-day period.
Just days after inconclusive elections in Italy sparked a substantial selloff in Asia, there were reassuring signs from Europe overnight Wednesday that helped put trading on a positive note on Thursday.
As of this writing, crude was trading well off its overnight low and near the session high.
In European trading, stocks fell overnight and the Euro currency was pressured following some fresh economic news out of Spain showing its manufacturing sector weakened further in October.
Prices eased overnight, then extended their losses once New York trading was under way.
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Comex gold futures prices are solidly higher in early U.S. trading Thursday and hit a fresh nearly four-month overnight.
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The U.S. dollar index is weaker in early trading Thursday and hit a fresh four-month low overnight, following the FOMC minutes.
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The other metals-market-bearish part of the risk-off day Wednesday is that the U.S. dollar index is trading higher and hit a fresh seven-week high overnight.
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