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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS
March E-mini S&Ps (ESH16 +1.44%) are up sharply by +1.48% and European stocks are up +2.75% on speculation central banks around the world will act to support the global economy. ECB President Draghi on Thursday hinted at expanding stimulus at next month's ECB meeting, while the Nikkei Asian Review reported today that the BOJ is considering additional easing at next week's BOJ meeting. Energy producers and mining stocks are higher with Chevron and Freeport-McMoRan both up over 2% in pre-market trading as the price of crude oil and copper rallied. Asian stocks settled higher: +5.88%, Hong Kong +2.90%, China +1.25%, Taiwan +1.20%, Australia +1.07%, Singapore +1.75%, South Korea +2.23%, India +1.98%. Chinese stocks rallied on speculation of further stimulus by the PBOC after China's vice president Li Yuanchao said the government is willing to intervene to tap down market volatility, while Japanese stocks surged as the yen fell to a 1-week low against the dollar, which boosted exporters.
The dollar index is up +0.22%. EUR/USD is down -0.39%. USD/JPY is up +0.41% at a 1-week high as he rally in global equities reduces the safe-haven demand for the yen.
Mar T-note prices are down -14.5 ticks.
The Nikkei Asian Review reported that the BOJ is considering steps to counter the hit to inflation from the recent plunge in crude oil. The BOJ meets on Jan 28-29 and the report bolsters speculation the BOJ will expand easing measures.
U.S. STOCK PREVIEW
Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Dec Chicago Fed national activity index (expected +0.15 to -0.15, Nov -0.13 to -0.30), (2) Markit preliminary-Jan U.S. manufacturing PMI (expected -0.2 to 51.0, Dec -1.6 to 51.2), (3) Dec existing home sales (expected +9.2% to 5.20 million, Nov -10.5% to 4.76 million), and (4) Dec leading indicators (expected -0.1%, Nov +0.4%).
There are 6 of the S&P 500 companies that report earnings today: GE (consensus $0.49), Kansas City Southern (1.10), SunTrust Banks (0.87), Synchrony Financial (0.63), Rockwell Collins (1.04), Legg Mason (0.70).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: none.
Equity conferences during the remainder of this week: none.
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Stocks and oil, at the forefront of a global market rout since the turn of the year, rebounded strongly on Friday thanks to hints of more monetary policy support by the European Central Bank and bargain-hunting by bruised investors.
World stocks recorded their biggest rise in a month, and Asian stocks had their best day in three months. Oil rallied 6 percent, after gaining 5 percent on Thursday, recovering from 12-year lows to go back above $30 a barrel.
European stocks followed Asia's lead and Wall Street looked set to open some 1.3 percent higher, according to index futures.
The surge comes a day after ECB President Mario Draghi signaled the central bank would ease policy further at its next meeting, in March, to combat fading growth and disinflation, a message he reiterated at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday.
Europe's main stock indices rose around 3 percent after adding 2 percent on Thursday. Remarkably, given the recent steep declines, some were on track for their best weekly performance in two months.
Investors seized on Draghi's comments and bet that the Bank of Japan might also ease policy further next week while the Federal Reserve goes slow in raising U.S. rates this year.
"With inflation so low, it would be strange if central banks didn't do more in the face of such market turmoil and elevated risk factors," said John Reid, strategist at Deutsche Bank in London.
"It won't be a major growth stimulant, but any extra liquidity provided will have to go somewhere, so it's too early to say the central bank era of elevating asset prices is over," he said.
The FTSEuroFirst 300 index of leading European shares was up 2.9 percent, putting it on track for a weekly gain of around 2.7 percent.
Germany's DAX was up 2.1 percent, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 2.4 percent on the day, and France's CAC 40 was up 3.2 percent.
Earlier this week, all of them had entered "bear market" territory, meaning they were down 20 percent or more from last year's peaks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-globa ... SKCN0V0011