- US indices finished yesterday's session mostly higher. S&P 500 surged 0.94%, Dow Jones moved 0.63% higher, Nasdaq gained 0.50% while Russell 2000 fell 0.95%
- Mixed moods prevail in Asia. Nikkei fell 1.11%, S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.14%, while KOSPI jumped 2.31%. Liquidity was limited due to Chinese Lunar New Year
- DAX futures point to a slightly higher opening of the European cash session today
- Meta (FB.US) stock plunged 23% in premarket after the company released disappointing earnings results and weak revenue guidance for the current quarter. Earnings per share: $3.67 vs $3.84 expected. Revenue: $33.67 billion vs $33.4 billion expected, according to Refinitiv
- Australian imports jumped 5% mom to a fresh peak of AUD 36.96 billion in December
- Australia's trade surplus dropped to AUD 8.36 billion in December 2021 from an upwardly revised AUD 9.76 billion in the previous month.
- The IHS Markit Australia Services PMI was upwardly revised to 46.6 in January, after a flash estimate pointed to a read of 45.00
- UBS forecast Brent at $100
- Japanese services PMI plunged from 52.1pts to 47.6 pts in January (flash 48.8 pts)
- Brazil's central bank has raised its benchmark rate to 10.75%, as expected
- Cryptocurrencies are trading lower today. Bitcoin dropped below $37,000 while Ethereum trades above $2,650 after potential hackers attack on Wormhole
- Precious metals and oil prices fell slightly
- EUR and USD are the best performing major currencies while AUD and GBP lag the most
US100 dropped below major support at 15000 pts after Meta (FB.US) posted weak quarterly results. Other major social media companies also declined including Snap (-17%) and Twitter (-8%). Spotify also fell 10% on slowing premium subscriber growth. Currently the index is testing lower limit of the downward channel. Should break lower occur, support at 14350 pts may be at risk. Source: xStation5
