February 4, 2014 – Stock Market News

Today’s Hot Asset – Microsoft

Stocks in the U.S. have opened trading slightly higher today. Investors in the U.S. pounced on some oversold assets caused by yesterday’s slides. Investors are still trading with caution as they await economic data due to be released later in the day. This should make the markets volatile throughout the day which is great for binary options.

Stocks in Europe are continuing to decline for the third consecutive session. Investors within the region were very pessimistic as the outlook for regional economic growth looks bleak.

Stocks in Asia slumped during today’s early trading session. Investors were deterred from riskier assets following the steep sell-offs in New York yesterday. Stocks in Japan were affected the most.

Today’s hot asset is, Microsoft. The technology giant announced that Bill Gate will be stepping down as CEO and current head of enterprise/cloud products, Satya Nadella will take over the helm. Their share value rose by as much as 1.8% following the announcement and currently the share value is up by 0.11% today. Keep an eye on this asset for further movement throughout the day.

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