Cuba Power Outage Sparks Havana Protests as Fuel Crisis Deepens 
Japan Revises Economic Blueprint to Reassure Markets on BOJ Independence 
Japan Regional Bank Stocks Drop After Zentoshin Bankruptcy Sparks Credit Risk Concerns 
US Stock Futures Steady as Middle East Tensions and Fed Minutes Keep Investors Cautious 
Dollar Rebounds as Euro, Pound Slip Ahead of Fed Minutes, Yen Near Intervention Zone 
Chinese Chip Stocks Jump as Apple Reportedly Tests CXMT Memory Chips for China Devices 
Best Gold Stocks to Buy Now: AABB, GOLD, GDX 
Oil Prices Slip as OPEC+ Boosts August Output, Oversupply Concerns Weigh on Crude Market 
Lots of economic dockets scheduled for today but all with low to medium risks associated.
Data released so far:
- New Zealand: ANZ commodity prices grew 5.1 percent in September.
- Japan: Markit services PMI declined to 48.2 in September.
- Australia: Retail sales grew 0.4 percent in August.
Upcoming:
- Spain: Markit services PMI for September will be released at 7:15 GMT.
- Italy: Markit services PMI for September will be released at 7:45 GMT.
- France: Services and composite PMI will be reported at 7:50 GMT.
- Germany: Services and composite PMI due at 7:55 GMT.
- Eurozone: Services and composite PMI due at 8:00 GMT, followed by retail sales for August at 9:00 GMT.
- United States: MBA mortgage application will be reported at 11:00 GMT, followed by ADP employment report at 12:15 GMT and trade balance at 12:30 GMT. Markit services PMI report will be published at 13:45 GMT, followed by ISM-non-manufacturing PMI report at 14:00 GMT. EIA will release weekly oil inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
- Auction: US will auction 5-year note at 17:00 GMT.
