Losing performance in Asia is more than overshadowed by next to perfect performance in Europe. Rising indexes may be signaling about the optimism of the markets before Thanksgiving takes over American markets.
Topix lost 0.6 percent.
Nikkei Stock Average 225 is down by 0.36 percent.
S&P 500 futures added 0.3 percent.
MSCI Asia Pacific rose 0.5 percent.
Kospi decreased 0.4 percent.
Hang Seng lost 0.3 percent.
Stoxx Europe 600 added 0.4 percent.
MSCI All-Country World declined to the lowest point in three weeks after losing 0.05 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market gained 0.05 percent.
Dollar has risen up by 0.5 percent yesterday, but the gains are not extended into today, at least not by the greenback. Euro and pound, on the other hand, are feeling just fine.
Dollar lost 0.1 percent against the basket of six major peers.
Euro increased 0.2 percent - $1.1393.
Pound rose 0.1 percent - $1.2804.
Excellent performance from oil crudes – gains in the morning and today are just what we beed at the moment.
WTI oil is up 2.06 percent - $54.53 per battel.
Brent rose 1.55 percent - $63.5.
MMBtu of natural gas is up 4.53 percent - $4.73.
Heating oil adds 0.68 percent to per-gallon price - $200.37.
Gold is up 0.27 percent - $1224.5 per ounce.
Silver is 0.88 percent in the green zone - $14.4.
Platinum rise 0.48 percent - $846.16.