Not many economic dockets scheduled for today.
Data released so far -
- Australia - Construction work done rose 1.6%.
- Switzerland - UBS consumption indicator rose to 1.64 from 1.61 in July.
- UK - BBA mortgage approvals rose to 46,000 in July from 44,800 in June.
Upcoming -
- UK - Conference board distributive trade survey to be released at 10:00 GMT.
- US - MBA mortgage approvals to be released at 11:00 GMT. Durable goods orders for July to be released at 12:30 GMT. EIA will release weekly crude oil report at 14:30 GMT. FED's William Dudley scheduled to speak today at 14:00 GMT.
- Japan - Japan will release foreign investment statistics at 23:50 GMT.
- Auctions - US will auction 5 year note at 17:00 GMT.


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