Global Equity Markets Firmer As Oil Stabilizes, Greece Gets Bailout Money

World stock markets were mostly higher overnight. Crude oil prices are firmer today, which helped out the equities. Also, Greece's creditors approved another release of bailout money for the indebted country, which assuaged European investors. U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward slightly higher openings when the New York day session begins. Gold prices are modestly up in pre-U.S. market trading, on a technical and short-covering bounce from solid selling pressure seen earlier this week. In overnight news, Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points. The Russian ruble rallied on the news. To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2017 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Global Equity Markets Firmer As Oil Stabilizes, Greece Gets Bailout Money appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .