Things To Look Out For Today - Events & Data (Ldn Times)

Asia
22:45pm    - NZ Trade Balance
22:45pm    - NZ Exports
22:45pm    - NZ Imports
00:00am    - SK GDP
00:50am    - Japan PPI
01:30am    - AUD Import Price Index
01:30am    - AUD Export Price Index
08:45am    - RBA's Debelle Gives Speech in Sydney


Europe:
07:00am    - NOR Unemployment Rate
07:00am    - GER GfK Consumer Confidence
08:00am    - SPA Unemployment Rate
08:30am    - SWE PPI
08:30am    - Sweden Repo Rate (Decision Rate)
09:00am    - Norway Deposit Rate Norges Bank Announcement Rate
09:00am    - EUR M3 Money Supply
09:00am    - ITL Economic Sentiment
09:00am    - ITL Manufacturing Confidence
09:00am    - ITL Consumer Confidence Index
11:00am    - UK CBI
12:45pm    - ECB Rate Decision
13:30pm    - ECB's Draghi Press Conf.


US
13:30pm    - US Initial Jobless Claims
13:30pm    - US Continuing Claims
13:30pm    - US Wholesale Inventories
15:00pm    - US Pending Home Sales


Market focus this Morning...
-The Dow Jones industrial average fell 112 points, marking its biggest one-day fall since Sept. 5. It dropped nearly 200 points at its session lows. Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill were the biggest decliners on the S&P 500, dropping 14.6 percent.
-Treasury yields rise after strong US economic data. The yield on the U.S. 2-year note yield hit a high of 1.6230 percent, its highest level since Oct. 30, 2008 when the 2-year yielded as high as 1.632 percent. The yield on the 10-year also hit a high of 2.475 percent, its highest level since March.
-Catalonia’s vice president says Spanish authorities are giving separatists in the prosperous northeastern region “no other option” but to push ahead with proclaiming a new republic.
-US Durable Goods Data M/M +2.2% vs +1.0% exp, pvs +2.0%. Ex. Transport M/M +0.7% vs +0.5% exp, pvs +0.5%
-US New Home Sales (Sep) 667K vs 554K exp, pvs 560K revised to 561K
-Bank of Canada left their benchmark rate on hold at 1.00% as expected: Governing Council will be cautious in making future adjustments to the policy rate.
-The U.K. economy grew more than forecast in the third quarter. Gross domestic product rose 0.4 percent in the three months, beating the 0.3 percent forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Services rose 0.4 percent, industrial production jumped 1 percent while construction shrank the most in five years.