Asianmarketsareperformingbadlyafterthe data from the tax research came in. Chinese officials are still trying to understandwhether tax returns will be able to cover the losses of the economy in the wake of trade war with USA. European stocks are drifting.
Topix gained 1.1 percent.
Shanghai Composite lost 1 percent.
Hang Seng declined 1 percent.
Kospi was unchanged.
S&P 500 futures lost 0.1 percent.
Stoxx Europe 600 grew 0.1 percent.
MSCI Emerging market lost 0.4 percent.
Performance of the equities around the world has not changed since yesterday with dollar still losing and other currencies using the greenback as the growth platform.
Dollar fell 0.1 percent against the basket of six major currencies.
Euro gained 0.1 percent - $1.1727.
Pound went up 0.1 percent - $1.3243.
Commodities performed very bad in the morning, although their performance now reminds us of the possible earnings season.
WTI oil is recovering from the morning losses with 0.09 percent gain - $68.12 per barrel.
Brent crude lost 0.36 percent - $72.10 per barrel.
Natural gas added 0.22 percent - $2.77 per MMBtu.
Comex gold advanced 0.38 percent - $1.244.40 per ounce.
Comex silver increased 0.37 percent - $15.87 per ounce.
Platinum grew 0.5 percent - $827.96.
Corn adds 0.99 percent - $358.75 for the bushel of it.
Bushel of wheat advanced 1.23 percent - $494.50.
Cocoa lost 4.26 percent - $2.406.00 per metric ton.