In local economic news today, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to give a speech at the RMB Clearing Bank launch ceremony in Sydney.

Meanwhile, the ANZ job advertisements series for January is due out.

In equities news, Ansell is expected to post half year results.

Key numbers:

• SPI futures up 12 pts at 5764
• AUD at 77.69 US cents, 92.88 Japanese yen, 69.15 Euro cents and 50.89 British pence
• On Wall St, S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.4%
• In Europe, Stoxx 50 -0.3%, FTSE -0.2%, CAC -0.3%, DAX -0.5%
• Spot gold down $US30.78 or 2.4% to $US1234.04 an ounce
• Brent oil up $US1.66 or 2.9% to $US58.23 per barrel
• Iron ore adds 1.4% to $US62.49 per metric tonne

What’s on today:

Australia ANZ job advertisements, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens speech at RMB clearing lunch.

Stocks to watch:

APN News & Media results

Credit Suisse has raised Echo Entertainment to “outperform” and increased its price target to $4.65 a share.

RBC Capital Markets has an “outperform” on Sino Gas and Energy with a price target of 30 cents.