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HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese stock markets eked out a last-minute gain today as a continuation of volatile trading sent other Asian benchmarks lower. European shares stabilized in early trading while futures point to a higher opening on wall Street today. Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell to just above $30.50 a barrel. The dollar edged lower against the yen and the euro.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department will release its job openings and labor turnover survey for November later this morning. In October, an overall pick up in hiring and a slight uptick in quits indicated the job market was slowly improving. A business report is also due out today. CSX reports its quarterly financial results after the market closes.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese auto sales rose 18.3 percent in December, boosting the year's total to just over 21 million cars, SUVs and minivans. An industry group, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, says drivers bought 2.4 million autos last month. Total vehicle sales, including trucks and buses, rose 15.4 percent in December over a year earlier to 2.8 million. Sales in the world's biggest auto market shrank unexpectedly in mid-2015, prompting price cuts by some brands. Demand rebounded after Beijing cut sales taxes.
PARIS (AP) — There are victories to claim by both Boeing and Airbus in the competition to sell airliners. Airbus won hundreds more plane orders last year but the Boeing handed over more aircraft to customers. Airbus SA says it exceeded its targets in 2015, taking in 1,036 net orders and delivering 635 jets to airlines and other buyers. Chicago-based Boeing Co. says on its website that it took in 768 orders last year and delivered 762 aircraft. While Airbus won the orders race, Boeing had more success selling big-budget wide-body jets such as the 787.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics reached a partial agreement on workplace safety with sickened workers and their families, nearly a decade after the death of a 22-year-old chip worker from leukemia galvanized concern about conditions in South Korea's semiconductor industry. The South Korean company and Banolim, which is the main advocacy group for sick workers, along with another group representing workers signed an agreement today to establish an external committee that will have oversight of safety at Samsung. There's no deal on compensation.
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