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Asian Market Update: Nikkei jumps above 18,000 on Japanese trade balance data showing strength in exports - Japan's January trade balance came in better than expected (a surplus of ¥4.4B while the market was expecting a deficit of ¥140B). Japan's trade surplus with the US fell by 0.1% y/y...

US Mid-Morning Recap by TradeTheNews Staff - Equity and bond futures are up from their worst levels of the session but continue to languish in negative territory. Treasury yields spiked after January CPI data was reported above consensus for both the headline and core readings. The yield...

Energy Market Preview by Trade the News Staff - The EIA releases its weekly inventory data tomorrow. According to a major wire survey, crude inventories are expected to have risen 1.3M barrels last week, gasoline inventories to have fallen 475,000 barrels and distillate inventories to have...

Treasury Market Preview by Trade the News - In focus today are the releases of CPI for Jan. at 8:30, Leading Indicators for Jan. at 10:00 a.m. and the Jan. FOMC minutes at 2:00 p.m. In Fed speak, Kohn will speak on financial stability at 1:00 p.m. and Yellen speaks on the economic outlook at...

- The European indices are currently trading lower across the board after opening the session in positive territory. Downside weight came into the European indices as investors contextualized earnings outlooks provided by companies such as Nutreco who reported results ahead of the open. -...

- European government bonds closed slightly higher yesterday, retracing some earlier lows in what was a relatively quiet trading session. - With no major economic releases scheduled for the session the focus for the EGBs is likely to fall upon CPI data in the US, as well as minutes from the...

Asian Market Update: Japanese press report that BoJ to hike rates by 25bps, but yen gains are limited - The Japanese press is reporting that BoJ governor Fukui will be proposing a rate hike of 25bps at today's BoJ meeting. On the announcement, the JPY gained about 40pips against the USD...

US Mid-Morning Recap by TradeTheNews Staff - Lower commodity futures are pressuring oil and mining stocks. April Crude and Gold are off more than 2% pushing the XAU –2.3% and the OSX-1.5% lower. The SOX Index is off nearly 1% led by some of the cap-equipment names. NVLX –1.4% AMAT...

Yes, we're still posting previews but under a new thread each day. Some people were confused by looking at posts from past dates.

- A major wire misreported comments by the Iranian President this morning, quoting him as having said that Iran's nuclear enrichment will be halted. He did make those comments but under the condition that the West halts its own uranium enrichment. Also regarding Iran, the FT reported this...

- No major releases are scheduled for today. In Fed speak, Bies speaks on mortgage risks at 10:30 a.m. Looking ahead to the rest of the week, CPI for Jan. is on tap tomorrow as well as the minutes of the Jan. 31 FOMC meeting. - Last night the BBC reported that U.S. contingency plans for...

- The European indices are currently trading in negative territory in the session on concerns that profit may be falling as Clariant reported earnings below estimates and Barclays indicated that they profit growth may begin to slow in the future. - European government bonds have been drifting...

- In thin trade ahead of the holiday in the US, European government bonds closed lower in yesterday’s session. - The focus in today’s session will fall upon German producer price data and preliminary Q4 GDP data in France, due out at 2:00 ET and 2:45 ET respectively. German prices are seen...

Asian Market Update: Markets lack consensus on BoJ rate outlook - Markets lack consensus on BoJ rate hike: The JPY is soft across the board, Japanese bond prices on the short end of the curve (most sensitive to rate expectations) are in negative territory and the Nikkei is lower as traders...

The European indices are currently trading higher led by the mining sector as wells as gains in shares of DaimlerChrysler amid continuing speculation around the company’s restructuring plans. European government bonds are trading lower in the session on little news as there were no scheduled...

- Forex: The Kiwi is holding near a 3 week high against the USD and above the $0.7000 level on rate differentials. The AUD is also near session and 4-week highs against the USD on rate differentials and the pair is holding just below the $0.7900 level. Gains in prices of spot gold have also...

- Equities have spent much of the morning just below the flat line with the most levels being reached following the release of the University of Michigan Confidence data. The softer than expected housing numbers have depressed shares of the homebuilder stocks slightly, but losses are...

- The European indices are currently trading lower in the session for the second consecutive day. Weighed down by the mining sector. - European government bonds are currently trading higher in the session, following through after some large gains during yesterday’s session. In the UK gilts...

Asian Market Update: Cautious trading ahead of BoJ meeting next week - Equities: The Nikkei 225 is trading in tight ranges around 17850, as profit taking and bargain hunting is canceling each other out. Japanese equity volumes reflect growing caution ahead of the BoJ meeting next week -...

- European government bonds closed sharply higher yesterday tracking treasuries in the US after a series of poor economic data was released in the US. - A rise in jobless claimes, along with a decline in industrial production reduced speculation that the FED will raise interest rates in the...