Asian indexes end generally lower due to the disappointing
China PMI data with both the official PMI and HSBC PMI in contraction under 50
and no word from the PBOC concerning additional stimulus. Australia, Korea and
Singapore stocks print gains but the remaining balance of Asian indexes are
lower. NIKK -0.7%. SSEC -2.5%. HSI -0.1%. Chinese banks and insurers are
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Delta Airlines experiences an outage across the website and
kiosks causing major travel headaches for passengers. DAL drops -0.5% in the
afterhours. UTX, a Dow component, announces a divvy raise but the shares trade
flat. 3-D company SSYS collapses -27% after warning about this year’s earnings.
DDD drops -9% in sympathy. HPQ, that is making inroads into the 3-D space,
loses -0.5%. XONE -7.4%. VJET is not trading. DD, XONE and VJET were beginning
to bounce in a near-term recovery rally until this evenings news.
US Treasury yields are; 2-year 0.47%, 5-year 1.19%, 10-year
1.67%, 30-year 2.26%.
Euro 1.1336. Dollar/yen 117.63. Pound 1.5037. WTIC oil
49.87. Brent oil is 55.04 returning to a double-nickel handle. Gold 1275.
Silver 17.205. Copper 2.50.
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