Japan Elections

Futures Higher Following Japanese Elections U.S. equity futures rose in early pre-market trade following a positive result from the Japanese elections for the upper house of Parliament over the weekend. The elections now giver Primer Minister Shinzo Abe a majority in both houses and should pave...

Ahead of this weekend's Japanese elections that will decide control of the country's upper house of parliament, stocks in the world's third-largest economy tumbled. During Friday's Asian session, the Nikkei 225 lost almost 1.5 percent. At this writing, USD/JPY is down almost 0.2 percent and,...