BT Three Minute Markets Update

September's US industrial production report +1.0%; National Association of Home Builders October sentiment report back on its six month average.

US retail sales for September -0.3%, producer prices -0.1%, manufacturing in NY slowed, core sales -0.2%.

A mixed night: FTSE +0.4%, DAX +0.2%, S&P +0.2%, Dow flat.

FTSE +0.4%, DAX +0.3%, S&P -1.6%, Dow -1.3%; continued concern about global economic growth; futures market suggestions we will open down.

Markets still obsessed with the idea of weak global growth: FTSE -1.4%, DAX -2.4%, S&P -1.1%, Dow -0.7%; expect Aus market to be down at open.

FTSE -0.8%, DAX +0.1%, S&P -2.1%, Dow -2.0%; worst US session for six months due to concern about global economic growth.

September FOMC minutes provided little new information - their forward rate guidance was kept intact.

FTSE -1.0%, DAX -1.3%, S&P -1.5%, Dow -1.6%; sixth down day out of seven for the Dow; expect Aus market to open down.

Dow -0.1%, S&P -0.2%, FTSE +0.5%, DAX +0.1%, Brazil market +5.0%; Aus Futures Index suggests we will get back yesterday's losses today.

Rough night in Europe: FTSE -1.7%, DAX -2.0%, French market -2.8%; European markets disappointed the ECB's Mario Draghi didn't announce quantitative easing.

Rough night: FTSE and DAX both -1.0%, S&P -1.3%, Dow -1.4%; reasons: tendency among economists to blame it on a soft tone in manufacturing data.

FTSE -0.4%, DAX +0.5%, S&P -0.3%, Dow -0.2%; S&P -1.5% for the month (ASX fell by almost four-times that), +0.6% for the quarter.

FTSE close to flat, DAX -0.7%, S&P and Dow both -0.25%; concerns for the market is the continued civil unrest in Honk Kong.

DAX -0.2%, FTSE +0.2%, S&P +0.9%, Dow +1.0% - Friday saw good but not unexpected news; S&P -1.4%, Dow down 1.0% for the week.

New home sales jumped 18% to 504,000 units - up on consensus's 430,000 increase.