September E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 unch) this morning are down -0.01% and European stocks are up +0.02% as the markets await U.S. retail sales data for Aug later today.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 unch) this morning are down -0.08% and European stocks are down -0.26% ahead of the release of the minutes of the Jul 29-30 FOMC meeting later today.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F). I found the stock by sorting the New High List for new highs frequency in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a by on 5/27 the stock is up 9.78%.

September E-mini S&Ps (ESU14 +0.05%) this morning are unchanged and European stocks are down % after a composite gauge of European manufacturing and services activity slowed to its slowest pace in 6 months.

June E-mini S&Ps (ESM14 -0.19%) this morning are down -0.36% and European stocks are down -0.75%. AstraZeneca is down 13% in pre-market trading and is leading health-care stocks lower after it rejected Pfizer's upward revised $117 billion bid for the company as too low.