Chinese Retail Sales

Futures Lower On Mixed China Data U.S. equity futures traded lower in early pre-market trade following a mixed set of data from China. China released four separate key data points, all of which served to create more uncertainty over the fate of the world's second largest economy than to alleviate...

Futures Higher On China Trade Data U.S. equity futures shrugged off fears of Federal Reserve tapering in early trade and moved slightly higher following a largely better than expected trade report from China for July. Also, the European Central Bank issued its monthly report, revising down growth...

Over the past weekend, an avalanche of economic data out of China was released and should affect markets Monday. Equities and commodities in particular should move on the news as markets digest the impact on global growth and demand from the data. Mixed Trade Data China first reported its trade...

Futures Higher After Japanese Gains U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trade after Japanese stocks bounced back from a bear market overnight. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index rose almost 5 percent overnight following better than expected economic data which points to a recovery being...

Futures Slightly Higher On Yen Weakness U.S. equity futures rose slightly in early pre-market trade although the story was all about the yen overnight. The yen continued to weaken against the dollar overnight as the USD/JPY rose above 101 on new reports that Japanese citizens are starting to buy...

Futures Lower on Weak Chinese Economic Data U.S. equity futures traded sharply lower in the pre-market following Friday's sell off on weaker than expected economic data from China. China reported that first quarter GDP grew at a 7.7 percent annualized rate vs. 8.0 percent expected, while...