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DJIA -0.71% 26,833.50 -192.38 Nasdaq -0.64% 8,104.81 -52.04 S&P -0.20% 2,991.97 -5.98

U.S.: Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count, October 713

European stocks closed: FTSE 100 7,150.57 -31.75 -0.44% DAX 12,633.60 -21.35 -0.17% CAC 40 5,636.25 -36.82 -0.65%

Minneapolis Fed president Kashkari: Not forecasting recession, but risks to downside have increased over the last six months

Kansas City Fed president George: Not sure that monetary policy is the appropriate tool to offset weakness in manufacturing and business investment

ECB's president Draghi: Resilience of the eurozone banking sector remained solid

U.S. Leading Economic Index down 0.1 percent in September

U.S.: Leading Indicators , September -0.1% (forecast 0.1%)

ECB meeting preview – TDS

U.S. Stocks open: Dow -0.16%, Nasdaq -0.14%, S&P -0.09%

Dallas Fed president Kaplan: U.S. economy is not immune to global growth slowdown

Before the bell: S&P futures +0.03%, NASDAQ futures +0.01%

Saturday's parliamentary vote on UK PM's Brexit deal is on a knife-edge - ING

Wall Street. Stocks before the bell

Initiations before the market open

Resumptions before the market open

Downgrades before the market open

Upgrades before the market open

Germany's finance minister Scholz: Approval of Brexit agreement would be good for economic growth in Europe

White House trade adviser Navarro points to November for U.S.-China phase-one deal - Reuters

NZD/USD trades at fresh monthly highs near 0.6380

Company News: American Express (AXP) quarterly earnings beat analysts’ estimate

Company News: Coca-Cola (KO) posts quarterly earnings in line with analysts' forecast

Brexit deal faces significant parliamentary scepticism – ANZ

European Council appointed Christine Lagarde to be the President of the ECB. She will replace Mario Draghi as of 1 November 2019

UK government does not expect any further contact with DUP today - political editor at UTV

Brexit coming to the crunch – ABN AMRO

UK PM's spokesman: If Brexit deal is approved, the bill to implement the deal could begin legislative process as early as Monday

Germany's chancellor Merkel: Brexit extension is unavoidable if UK parliament rejects deal - The Guardian

EU leaders discuss $1.2 trillion post-Brexit budget

China: After 6% GDP growth in 3Q, we raise our 4Q forecast – ING

Goldman Sachs raises probability on Brexit deal to 65% after EU agreement

Ray Dalio says the world is in a ‘great sag’ and echoes the 1930s

USD/TRY: Ceasefire may provide only a short-term relief - Rabobank

Eurozone trade surplus rose markedly in August

BOJ's Amamiya says to continue powerful easing as overseas risks mount

BoE' Deputy Governors Ramsden sees scope for higher rates after Brexit deal

China growth momentum is worse than headline figure – ANZ

Deal or no deal? – Westpac

IMF says Japan can ramp up fiscal stimulus if tax hike sinks growth

GBP: What is needed to pass the deal in the UK parliament? - Citi

Japan finance minister signals readiness to ramp up stimulus to fight risks

China's GDP growth grinds to near 30-year low in Q3

Options levels on friday, October 18, 2019

Commodities. Daily history for Thursday, October 17, 2019

China: GDP y/y, Quarter III 6% (forecast 6.1%)

China: Retail Sales y/y, September 7.8% (forecast 7.8%)

China: Industrial Production y/y, September 5.8% (forecast 5%)

China: Fixed Asset Investment, September 5.4% (forecast 5.4%)

Stocks. Daily history for Thursday, October 17, 2019

Currencies. Daily history for Thursday, October 17, 2019

Japan: National Consumer Price Index, y/y, September 0.2% (forecast 0.4%)

Japan: National CPI Ex-Fresh Food, y/y, September 0.3% (forecast 0.3%)

Schedule for today, Friday, October 18, 2019