The things you have to know before opening bell

1.Theresa May secures a majority. UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative
Party has secured a 1 billion pound agreement with the Democratic Unionist
Party, giving it a two-seat majority in the House of Commons.

2.Italy is spending 17 billion euros to wind down 2 failing banks. Regional
lenders Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca are being wound down and their
good assets will be transferred to the nation's biggest retail bank, Intesa
Sanpaolo.

3.German business confidence is booming. The ifo Business Climate survey hit a
record 115.1 in June.

4.The US dollar is falling out of favor. Data released on Friday by the US
Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed net long speculative positioning
in the greenback fell for a fifth consecutive week, leaving it at the lowest
levels since September.

5.Gold flash-crashes. The precious metal tumbled from $1,254 an ounce to $1,236
in a matter of seconds on Monday morning. Currently, it trades down 1.1%, or
$14, at $1,242.

6.Ethereum flash-crash victims are getting their money back. People who lost
money as a result of Ethereum's flash crash on the GDAX exchange will be made
whole, according to a blog post from the company. Last Wednesday, Ethereum
crashed from $296 to $0.10 in a matter of minutes before recouping its losses.

7.Facebook is in talks to produce original tv-quality shows. The social media
giant is hoping to launch its own original programming by the end of the
summer, according to Joe Flint and Deepa Seetharaman of the Wall Street
Journal.

8.Stock markets around the world are higher. China's Shanghai Composite (+0.87%)
led in Asia and France's CAC (+0.97%) is out front in Europe. The S&P 500 is
set to open up 0.11% near 2,441.

9.US economic data flows. Durable goods orders will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET
and Dallas Fed manufacturing will cross the wires at 10:30 a.m. ET. The US
10-year yield is up 1 basis point at 2.15%.

Source: Bloomberg Pro Terminal
Trader I. Ivanov

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