This time of year trading goes low volume for a reason --so unless we get some real news hear (say, Martians invade or something) I'll be super laid back about keeping up with the morning ping 'till next year.
just the same, this morning's futures are upbeat in general and soaring for stock indexes in particular. Today's trading for me looks like I'll be getting into my watch list...
Ahead of the Bell: US Productivity AP - 11 mins agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department issues its second and final estimate of U.S. worker productivity and labor costs for the July-September quarter. The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Monday. (full story)
Euro-Area Factory Output Expands Faster Than Forecast: Economy
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago Manufacturing output in Germany, the euro area's largest economy, reached a 30-month high in December. An employee tightens a bolt with a spanner on a elevator truss during assembly at the ThyssenKrupp AG factory, in Hamburg, Germany, on Tuesday, ...