Show notes
- US equity and bond markets were CLOSED overnight AEST for the Labor Day holiday.
- In US corporate earnings, Casey’s General Stores Inc releases its fiscal first-quarter result tonight AEST.
- In US economic data, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Business Optimism Index for August, Consumer Inflation Expectations for August and Used Car Prices for August are released tonight AEST.
- European bourses settled narrowly mixed in thin trading, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 index (which includes UK equities) little changed.
Energy (up +1.29%) and Technology (+1.10%) rose over >1%, while Health Care (down 0.94%) and Financial Services (-0.91%) fell over >0.9%.
Germany’s DAX slipped -0.15%. France’s CAC added +0.33%.