GLOBAL MARKETS

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Fortinet, Solta Medical, TD Ameritrade Holding, Cathay General Bancorp and Hologic, Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Netflix, Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Saba Software, Ultra Clean Holdings and Healthways.

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported a loss of 800,000 subscribers as a result of a price hike in July, as well as its September attempt to split and re-brand its DVD-by-mail service as. This has led to a fourth quarter guidance that was substantially below Wall Street's expectations.

European shares steadied Tuesday as earnings news offset fresh political uncertainty a day ahead of the euro zone leaders' meeting that many hope will take a big step toward solving the region's two-year-old debt crisis.

The companies that are expected to see active trade on Tuesday are: Xerox, Western Union, DuPont, Netflix, United Parcel Service, United States Steel, 3M, AK Steel Holding, Texas Instruments, Amazon.com, Cummins and FMC Technologies Inc.

The top after market NYSE gainers on Monday were: Unisys, Hexcel, Ethan Allen Interiors, Omnicare and Charles Schwab. The top after market NYSE Losers were: ResMed, Aaron's, Inc, Masco Corp, Fortress Investment Group and STMicroelectronics.

The U.S. government announced Monday that it will revise the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) which would allow underwater homeowners to refinance their mortgages. But will the HARP overhaul affect the housing market and the economy at a whole? Here are 5 things you need to know about HARP.

U.S. stocks jumped on Monday as investors remained optimistic about the upcoming Eurozone bailout and U.S. corporate earnings came in better than expected.

A third round of quantitative easing (QE3) is still on the table, said New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley.

The Ghana cedi continues to extend gains made late last week and could pursue the upward trend if the central bank and mining sector keep supplying the market with dollars, traders said.

South Africa's rand turned positive against the dollar in volatile late Monday trade, gaining as much as 2.3 percent to a week's high in what some traders said was a retracement from oversold levels last week.

South African stocks closed at their highest level in nearly three months as demand for resources firms rose with hope that European Union leaders will agree on a solution to their region's debt woes later this week.

U.S. grain and soybean futures rose over 1 percent on Monday in a broad commodities rally as investors bet that European leaders would reach a deal to tackle a euro-zone debt crisis and took heart from an improved manufacturing indicator in China.

Brent crude oil rose above $110 a barrel on Monday after stronger Chinese manufacturing data suggested China's economy may not be in as much danger as feared, supporting fuel consumption and outweighing fears over weak European data.

A leading housing regulator on Monday announced changes to a government refinancing program that could help up to one million homeowners whose homes are worth less than their mortgage.

The latest on the euro crisis of 2011 is that Eurozone leaders are “nearing agreement” on bank recapitalization and leveraging the bailout fund EFSF, reported Reuters.

With the majority of the banking industry by assets having reported third quarter results, FBR Capital Markets believes that some of the dire scenarios discussed may have hit bank valuations harder than underlying fundamentals indicate.

Stock futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Monday, building on sharp gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent.

The companies that are expected to see active trade on Monday are: Caterpillar, Amgen, Invesco, Texas Instruments, Netflix, Eaton, Kimberly Clark, Masco, VF and Zions Bancorporation.

EA DICE is just hours away from the official release of “Battlefield 3”.

World stocks put in solid gains on Monday as investors bet on a positive outcome to the euro zone crisis talks and took comfort from signs that China's economy may not be in as much danger as feared.

The top after market NYSE gainers on Friday were: Encana Corp, Green Dot, Yingli Green Energy Holding, Eaton and Signet Jewelers Ltd. The top after-market NYSE losers were: Royal Bank Scotland Group, Air Lease Corp, AMR Corp, Advantage Oil & Gas and Wuxi Pharma Tech.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the massive advisory fee paid by Japan's Olympus Corp. in its takeover of a British company, a media report said, as the firm's shares continued to slide over the scandal.

The Occupy Wall Street protest should not be dismissed as the “nebulous and unfocused utterances of a largely irrelevant political fringe” or the “emotional spasm of a bleeding heart liberal,” said Russell Jones, a strategist with Westpac Institutional Bank.

Prospects for corporate earnings are appearing comparatively dimmer in the coming quarters -- even though reports so far this quarter have been looking relatively bright.

The U.S. stock market surged on Friday going into the weekend Eurozone summit on hopes of a grand bailout from authorities.

South African stocks ended sharply higher on Friday, booking their third straight day of gains, with miners among the top performers as commodity prices cruised higher.

The U.S. and Europe can expect big equity losses on Monday, Komal Sri-Kumar, chief global strategist at TCW Group, told Bloomberg TV.

The U.S. stock market opened sharply higher Friday on hopes of a Eurozone bailout.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Seagate Technology, Synaptics, China Ceramics, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and SanDisk. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Informatica, Rediff.com India, Acme Packet, LM Ericsson Telephone, and ASML Holding.