News Headline Summary

Following the European cash close, a quick update on US equity markets; Life Technologies remains the best performer in the S&P 500 as numerous brokers mention them as a possible buyout target...

Update details:

...Morgan Stanley and State Street remain positive following their earnings reports. Conversely Capital One and Intel continue to be amongst the worst performers after negative earnings after market yesterday, volume in Intel remains one of the largest today with 70.3mln contracts traded and volume in the Jan 23.5 call at 112k.

Print 16:46, 18 Jan 2013 - Market Analysis - Source: RANsquawk