WEDNESDAY 7/26/17; India’s Nifty Above 10,000 and BSE Sensex Above 32.4K; BA; KO; GLW; DHI; F; NSC; NOC; ALK; ANTM; DTE; FLIR; GSK; HSY; HES; HLT; IR; LH; OC; ROK; ROL; R; STM; TUP; USG; New Home Sales; VIX (Volatility) Prints 8-Handle; 5-Year Note Auction; FOMC Meeting Announcement; US Dollar Index 93-Handle; Euro Above 1.17; SPX, INDU, COMPQ and NDX Print All-Time Highs; FB; PYPL; LRCX; XLNX; FFIV; FTNT; VRTX; GILD; AEM; ABX; GG; BWLD; EW; ETH; IMAX; KS; NTRI; ORLY; PKG; RCII; TER; TSCO; WLL; WFM

Aussie and Asia stocks begin trading higher following the US lead. NIKK +0.8%. ASX 200 +0.9%. KOSPI +0.1%. Topix +0.6%. Euro 1.1641. Dollar/yen 112.00. Pound 1.3025. Aussie dollar 0.7934. Australia releases CPI data shortly and the RBA Governor Lowe is expected to make comments on the labor market and monetary policy.

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The US House and Senate are in the process of approving new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. President Trump will have to decide if he wants to sign the sanctions into law. Iran says it will retaliate. Russia says it will wait to see if the sanctions are implemented before discussing a response.