Today's Markets: In Asia, Japan +0.1% to 14615. Hong Kong +0.3% to 21372. China -1.0% to 2045. India +0.4% to 19,927. In Europe, at midday, London -0.5%. Paris -0.6%. Frankfurt -0.7%. Futures at 6:00: Dow -0.2%. S&P -0.3%. Nasdaq -0.1%. Crude -0.45% to $105.52. Gold -0.5% to $1248.20. Today's economic calendar:
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications 8:30 Housing Starts 10:00 Hearing: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report (Bernanke) 10:30 EIA Petroleum Inventories 2:00 PM Fed's Beige Book |