Good morning, Tumul Sinha – Equities Research Analyst – here with your First Look

What’s on today:

No local data

Overseas data: Euro zone current account August; US existing home sales September, Leading index September

Fed speakers: Yellen

Key numbers:

SPI futures down 19 points or 0.3% to 5859

AUD +0.5% to 78.81 US cents

On Wall St: Dow flat, S&P 500 flat, Nasdaq -0.3%

In New York, BHP flat Rio flat

In Europe: Stoxx 50 -0.5%, FTSE -0.3%, CAC -0.3%, DAX -0.4%

Spot gold +0.5% to $US1287.07 an ounce

Brent crude -1.6% to $US57.23 a barrel

US oil -1.2% to $US51.40 a barrel

Iron ore -2.9% to $US60.88 a tonne

Dalian iron ore +0.2% to 446 yuan

LME aluminium +1.6% to $US2153 a tonne

LME copper -0.3% to $US6967 a tonne

10-year bond yield: US 2.32%, Germany 0.39%, Spain 1.62%, Australia 2.76%