1.       Commodities up, futures up, dollar down small ahead of Initial Jobless Claims at 8:30 a.m.(cons 490k)

2.       Ireland’s short-term borrowing costs fell in a sale of 600 million euros ($763 million) of treasury bills two days after its credit rating was cut by Standard & Poor’s.

3.       Earnings moving stocks this morning…ACA.FP up 3%, OR.FP up 6%, DGE.LN down 1.5%