Both the stock market and the bond market are open on Monday, Dec. 24, Implied opening

[riversedge]

MINUS 167 right now on msnbc....




Both the stock market and the bond market are open on Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, which is Christmas Eve. However, the stock market closes early at 1 p.m. ET, and the bond market closes early at 2 p.m. ET. Christmas Day is a stock market holiday. The bond market is also closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25.

The following is a schedule of all stock market and bond market holidays for 2018. Please note that regular trading hours for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern on weekdays. The stock markets close at 1 p.m. on early-closure days; bond markets close early at 2 p.m.


https://www.kiplinger.com/article/investing/T038-C000-S001-is-the-stock-market-open-on-christmas-eve.html

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

1. Mnuchin and Trump are interferring in the Market!

Mnuchin calls big US banks after huge stock market falls

4 hours ago



US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made calls to the heads of the country's six largest banks, in an unusual move aimed at reassuring investors after big falls in US stocks.

Last week, US stocks suffered one of the worst weekly falls in a decade, as an interest rate rise and US-China trade tensions rattled markets.

Mr Mnuchin said banks confirmed they had "ample liquidity" for operations.

It also comes amid a partial government shutdown over spending plans.

"The [bank's chief executives] confirmed that they have ample liquidity available for lending to consumer, business markets, and all other market operations," the Treasury said in a statement attached to a tweet from Mr Mnuchin.

"[Mr Mnuchin] also confirmed that they have not experienced any clearance or margin issues, and that the markets continue to function properly," the Treasury's statement said.
'Strange times'

The BBC Today programme's business presenter, Dominic O'Connell, said the statement was "very odd" and could "spook markets, not reassure them".

"People are wondering whether this is really a role for the US Treasury secretary," he said.


Analysts also warned the unexpected statement could make investors nervous.

"More than anything else right now, Washington and politics are absolutely driving investor sentiment and market direction and that can turn on a dime," said Oliver Pursche, a board member at Bruderman Asset Management.

Mr Mnuchin also tried to dismiss reports that President Donald Trump had discussed the possibility of firing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, after the US central bank raised interest rates last week. ..........................

[manor321]

2. I see futures are down 100+

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3. Dow futures down -730 (-3.17%) 910 AM ET

[Agschmid]

4. Not accurate.

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5. Hmmm - finance.yahoo.com is where I got the awful ones - still -700. CNBC: -93

https://finance.yahoo.com/

The other futures like S&P 500 and NASDAQ down at least 3%. In the CNBC link below they are both down about 0.3%

Strange


https://www.cnbc.com/pre-markets/

Edited to add: CNN looks a lot like CNBC
https://money.cnn.com/data/premarket/