Trading Day in One post 09.06.2016

Asia markets traded mostly lower on Thursday, Nikkei 225 snapped two consecutive sessions of gains, falling 0.82 percent, as dollar weakness pushed up the yen and put stocks under pressure. The yen traded at 106.61 against the dollar as of 9:20 a.m. HK/SIN, dropping from levels near 107.80 earlier in the week.

Australia's ASX 200 wavered between positive and negative before slipping 0.33 percent, with most sectors lagging. The energy and material sub-indexes, however, were up 0.46 and 0.39 percent respectively.

Oil prices remained above the psychologically key $50 level, with global benchmark Brent up 0.51 percent at $52.78 a barrel as of 9:25 a.m. HK/SIN. U.S. crude was up 0.72 percent at $51.60.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 66.77 points, or 0.37 percent, at 18,005.05; the S&P 500 was up 6.99 points, or 0.33 percent, at 2,119.12 and the Nasdaq composite added 12.89 points, or 0.26 percent, at 4,974.64.

08:45 Shwitzerland - Unemployment Rate
09:00 Germany - German Trade Balance
10:00 Eurape - ECB President Draghi Speaks
11:30 U.K. - Trade Balance
15:30 USA - Initial Jobless Claims
15:30 Canada - New Housing Price Index
17:30 USA - Natural Gas Storage