Calendar preview Nov 3

Scheduled events

The Bank of England will hold a rate decision and publish its Monetary Policy Report on Thu Nov 5, 12:00 UTC, the bankofengland said; no consensus or previous values are provided. The bls will release the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on Tue Nov 3, 15:00 UTC and Productivity and Costs on Thu Nov 5, 13:30 UTC. fred has the International trade balance (BEA/Census) scheduled for Wed Nov 4 (time not confirmed) and fred lists Weekly jobless claims (DOL) for Thu Nov 5 (time not confirmed). Each item is scheduled over the next three days and will be watched for updates when published.

• Tue Nov 3, 15:00 UTC — Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (US) (source)
• Wed Nov 4 (time not confirmed) — International trade balance (BEA/Census) (US) (source)
• Thu Nov 5 (time not confirmed) — Weekly jobless claims (DOL) (US) (source)
• Thu Nov 5, 12:00 UTC — Bank of England rate decision and Monetary Policy Report (GB) (source)
• Thu Nov 5, 13:30 UTC — Productivity and Costs (US) (source)

Where markets stand

As of Nov 2, 21:00 UTC, Finnhub data show the SPY ETF was $752.10 (fell 0.48% from the prior close), the QQQ ETF was $681.09 (fell 1.36% from the prior close), the DIA ETF was $519.34 (rose 0.43% from the prior close), the IWM ETF was $279.14 (fell 0.07% from the prior close), the EWG ETF was $42.16 (rose 0.67% from the prior close), the EWU ETF was $48.03 (rose 0.42% from the prior close), the EWJ ETF was $92.84 (fell 0.08% from the prior close) and the VIXY ETF was $18.43 (rose 0.11% from the prior close).

Recent headlines

Reuters reported that the FTSE 100 notched a fourth straight day of gains as oil slides on US-Iran deal hopes. CoinDesk reported that the NYSE tapped Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks; CNBC ran a piece on stock-market history after midterm elections, and Reuters published a snapshot on US stock index futures jumping as oil fell about 6%.

• FTSE 100 notches fourth straight day of gains as oil slides on US-Iran deal hopes — Reuters, Nov 2, 17:46 UTC
• NYSE taps Wall Street giant Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks — CoinDesk, Nov 2, 16:41 UTC
• Stock market after midterm elections: What S&P 500 history shows — CNBC, Nov 2, 15:41 UTC
• SNAPSHOT US stock index futures jump as oil falls about 6% — Reuters, Nov 2, 14:00 UTC

Sources and data

• Reuters (secondary source) — FTSE 100 notches fourth straight day of gains as oil slides on US-Iran deal hopes
• CoinDesk (secondary source) — NYSE taps Wall Street giant Broadridge to bring shareholder voting to tokenized stocks
• CNBC (secondary source) — Stock market after midterm elections: What S&P 500 history shows
• Finnhub (market data) — market data
• U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board via FRED (primary source) — Yields and dollar index
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED (primary source) — calendar
• Bank of England (primary source) — calendar
• Federal Reserve (primary source) — calendar
• European Central Bank (euro reference rates) (primary source) — calendar

Market data as of Nov 2, 21:00 UTC; report generated Nov 3, 01:40 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.