Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">S&P futures vs fair value: -2.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -4.90.<p>The S&P 500 futures trade two points below fair value.</p><p>Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended the midweek session on a mixed note. Overall, regional markets appeared unperturbed by yesterday's testimony on monetary policy delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Economic data out of Australia showed that businesses and consumers are anticipating a rate hike from the Reserve Bank of Australia in the near term.</p><ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Australia's February Westpac Consumer Sentiment 2.3% (last 0.1%). January New Motor Vehicle Sales +0.6% month-over-month (expected 0.2%; last 0.1%)</li><li>South Korea's January Unemployment Rate 3.6% (expected 3.4%; last 3.5%)</li><li>Singapore's December Retail Sales -1.9% month-over-month (expected -2.2%; last 0.5%); +0.4% year-over-year (consensus 1.4%; previous 0.7%)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Japan's</strong> Nikkei added 1.0%. Dentsu, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, MS&AD Insurance Group, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sony Financial, Nippon Sheet Glass, Shizuoka Bank, and Mitsubishi Motors climbed between 2.4% and 8.4%. Toshiba fell 8.6% after officially booking a $6.3 billion writedown related to the company's US nuclear unit.</li><li><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong's</strong> Hang Seng rallied 1.2% to levels not seen since October. Financials had a strong showing with China Construction Bank, Bank of China, ICBC, and Bank of East Asia jumping between 2.5% and 4.9%. Consumer names Belle International and China Mengniu Dairy underperformed, falling close to 1.3% apiece.</li><li><strong>China's</strong> Shanghai Composite shed 0.2%. Huaxin Cement, Jinjian Cereals Industry, Fujian Cement, and Jiangxi Copper posted losses between 4.5% and 5.3%.</li><li><strong>India's</strong> Sensex lost 0.7%. Tata Motors fell 10.3% after reporting a sharp decline in its quarterly profit. Sun Pharma also lagged, falling 4.3%, in reaction to below-consensus results. Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, and Dr Reddy's Labs lost between 0.9% and 2.6%.</li></ul><p>Major European indices trade in the green, hovering near record highs from January. The Italian government is reportedly in talks with European officials about a precautionary recapitalization of Banca Popolare di Vincenza and Veneto Banca. Elsewhere, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated that discussing additional austerity measures for Greece would be destructive.</p><ul><li>In economic data:<ul><li>Eurozone December trade surplus expanded to EUR28.10 billion from EUR25.90 billion (expected surplus of EUR22.80 billion)</li><li>UK's December Average Earnings Index + Bonus +2.6% (expected 2.8%; last 2.8%). December Unemployment Rate held at 4.8%, as expected. January Claimant Count Change -42,400 (expected 800; last -20,500)</li><li>Spain's January CPI -0.5% month-over-month, as expected (last 0.6%); +3.0% year-over-year, as expected (last 1.6%)</li></ul></li></ul><p><em>---Equity Markets---</em></p><ul><li><strong>Germany's</strong> DAX is higher by 0.1%. Financials lead with Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank showing respective gains of 2.2% and 2.4%. Bayer, BASF, and Infineon are up between 0.3% and 0.5%. On the downside, Merck, Adidas, and Continental are down between 0.2% and 1.4%.</li><li><strong>France's</strong> CAC trades up 0.6%. Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas, and Societe Generale show gains between 2.0% and 5.3% after Credit Agricole reported better than expected earnings. On the downside, Peugeot has given up 2.5% while Renault is lower by 0.8%.</li><li><strong>UK's</strong> FTSE has added 0.5% with help from financials and select miners. RBS, Barclays, Lloyds Banking, Standard Chartered, Old Mutual, Prudential, and HSBC are up between 0.9% and 2.3% while BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto show respective gains of 1.9% and 0.2%.</li></ul></td> </tr></table>"