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Oil futures move higher on Tuesday, on the heels of data showing hedge funds and other big money managers continued to bet on higher prices.
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Mixed tones as we wait on official openings 21 Feb
– DAX futures -0.1%
– CAC40 flat
– FTSE -0.2%
Bund futures open -1 at 164.57
In China the SCI closed +0.4%. CS1300 +0.3%

Asian markets traded largely mixed on Tuesday as investors waited for U.S. traders to return from a holiday.

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Switzerland January trade balance report 21 Feb
– prev revised down from CHF +2.72bln
– exports real mm -4.0% vs +9.7% prev revised down from +9.9%
– imports real mm -5.3% vs -0.6% prev revised up from -0.8%
Strong retreat in both imports and exports but the latter exceeding and hence improved trade balance figure overall.

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer has acknowledged to NBC News that he met privately in New York last month with a controversial Russian-born Trump associate.

Submitted by John Rubino via DollarCollapse.com,

Every few years, it seems, one or another mismanaged eurozone country falls into one or another kind of crisis. This leads to speculation about the end of the common currency, which in turn spooks the global financial markets. Then the ECB conjures another trillion euros out of thin air, buys up and/or guarantees all the offending country’s bonds, and calm returns for a while.

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Our live blog is tracking reaction after Trump announces General HR McMaster as new national security advisor.