American markets were closed on Friday for Independence day. Investors will be expecting to see a reaction across all major U.S. indices today when the session commences, as this will be the first full session following the latest NFP report.
Asian markets ended the day today lower. Investors within Asia did not have much to work with during the early session today. Usually investors in Asia will react to the previous session in the U.S. however, as the U.S. markets were closed on Friday there was very little to provide investors with a stimulus. Movement should pick up as the week continues with Chinese consumer price inflation data due to be released during Wednesday’s session and their trade balance will be released during Thursday’s session. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lead the session today as it edged lower by 0.37%.
European markets were very quiet during Friday’s session, as many investors ended their business for the week early following the drastic movement during last Thursday’s eventful session. The FTSE 100 was one of the most active indices during the final session of the week especially within the mining sector. The FTSE 100 did recover enough to finish the day up by 0.06% and the fluctuation that was created during the session was great for binary options investors.
July 7, 2014 – Indices News
American markets were closed on Friday for Independence day. Investors will be expecting to see a reaction across all major U.S. indices today when the session commences, as this will be the first full session following the latest NFP report.
Asian markets ended the day today lower. Investors within Asia did not have much to work with during the early session today. Usually investors in Asia will react to the previous session in the U.S. however, as the U.S. markets were closed on Friday there was very little to provide investors with a stimulus. Movement should pick up as the week continues with Chinese consumer price inflation data due to be released during Wednesday’s session and their trade balance will be released during Thursday’s session. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lead the session today as it edged lower by 0.37%.
European markets were very quiet during Friday’s session, as many investors ended their business for the week early following the drastic movement during last Thursday’s eventful session. The FTSE 100 was one of the most active indices during the final session of the week especially within the mining sector. The FTSE 100 did recover enough to finish the day up by 0.06% and the fluctuation that was created during the session was great for binary options investors.
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