April 25, 2014 – Stock Market News

Today’s Hot Asset – Caterpillar

Stocks in Europe are trading lower at the start of the final session of the week. Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have weakened slightly which would usually aid equities. However, comments made by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi have weighed heavily on market sentiment causing the downwards slide form the start of the day today.

Stocks in Asia traded mainly lower during the early session today. Stocks in Japan were the only in the region to finish the day with minute gains. The rest of Asia closed the week with their stocks trading lower, as investors fears flared regarding the current situation between Ukraine and Russia.

Stocks in the U.S. closed trading sharply higher yesterday. Company earnings figures were the main cause of the upwards movement. Apple, who are one of the main contributors to the NASDAQ released a better than expected result and this result was one of the major reasons behind positive boost.

Today’s hot asset is, Caterpillar. The construction company released their quarterly earnings figure yesterday after the closing bell. Investors should react to this result once the asset becomes available to trade today. This should create lots of attractive short terms trading opportunities for binary options investors.

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