FTSE -0.3%, DAX -0.4%, S&P unchanged, Dow +0.1%; ASX200 +1.1% and SP +11.4% for 2014; 2015 predictions.

Extraordinary night: FTSE +2.0%, DAX +2.8%; best night in the US all year: DOW and S&P both 2.4%.

FTSE +0.1%, DAX -0.2%, DOW +1.7%, S&P -0.8%; the US market reacted well to the FOMC statement.

Europe up strongly: FTSE +2.4%, DAX +2.5% - rises due to the belief that oil prices have stopped falling; DOW -0.6%, S&P -0.8%.

An ugly day rounds out what wasn't a great week: FTSE -2.5%, DAX -2.7%, DOW -1.8%, S&P -1.6%; low oil prices at fault.

FTSE -0.6%, DAX +0.6%, Dow +0.4%, S&P +0.5%; Aus market set up for an opening that will be close to flat.

Red ink everywhere but Germany: DAX +0.1%, FTSE -0.5%, Dow -1.5%, S&P -1.6%; falls due to lower energy prices.

FTSE -2.1%, DAX -2.2% - falls due to voting beginning in Greece for a new president; Dow -0.2%, S&P flat.

Things are brightening up in the US: November's employment report was reassuringly robust.

FTSE +1.3%, dax -0.1%, Dow and S&P both +0.6%; the futures market suggests a positive opening for the Aus market.