AUD +0.6% to 63.72 US cents

Bitcoin -1.1% to $US34,248 at 4.32am AEDT

On Wall St at 1.35pm: Dow +1.4% S & P +1% Nasdaq +0.9%

In New York: BHP +0.5% Rio +0.8% Atlassian +0.5%

Tesla -5% Apple +1.1% Amazon +3.3% Microsoft +2.1%

VIX -5.2% QQQ +0.9% TLT -0.8%

Stoxx 50 +0.4% FTSE +0.2% DAX +0.2% CAC +0.4%

Spot gold -0.6% to $US1994.92/oz at 1.26pm in New York

Brent crude -3.3% to $US87.48 a barrel

Iron ore +1.8% to $US121.80 a tonne

10-year yield: US 4.90% Australia 4.87% Germany 2.82%

US prices as of 1.26pm in New York

Today’s agenda

Local: Speech by Brad Jones, RBA assistant governor (financial system), at the AFIA Conference, Sydney at 10.50am; Private sector credit for September at 11.30am

Overseas data: NZ building permits September at 8.45am, business confidence October at 11am; China October manufacturing, services PMIs at 12.30pm; Bank of Japan policy decision; Eurozone third-quarter GDP and October CPI at 9pm; US third-quarter employment cost index at 11.30pm, FHFA house prices and S & P CoreLogic CS house prices August, Consumer confidence index October

Some 162 S & P 500 companies (including four Dow 30 components) are scheduled to report results for the third quarter this week.

ASX to edge up, Wall Street rallies, oil eases comes via ChinaTechNews.com.