MONDAY 10/15/18; NIKK (Japan) Collapses -1.9%; SoftBank Crashes -7.3%; SSEC (China) Retreats -1.5%; HSI (Hong Kong) Sinks -1.4%; DAX (Germany) System Outage; SHLD (Sears) Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection; BAC; SCHW; Retail Sales; Empire State Mfg Survey; Business Inventories; Saudi Arabia Turmoil Sends US Stocks Lower; JBHT

Euro 1.155. Euro/yen 129.53. Dollar/yen 112.15. Pound 1.3099. Euro/pound 0.8817. Mexican peso 18.868. Canadian dollar 1.3025. Dollar/yuan 6.922. Indian rupee 73.5713. Aussie dollar 0.7109.

US futures are negative dropping as President Trump appears on the “60 Minutes” television show. Trump says more sanctions against China are 

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