EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 29/100 FEAR PREVIOUS CLOSE: 16/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE WEEK AGO: 13/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE MONTH AGO: 11/100 EXTREME FEAR ONE YEAR AGO: 41/100 FEAR Put and Call Options: FEAR During the last five trading days, volume in put options has lagged volume in call options by 25.25% as investors make bullish bets in their portfolios. However, this is still among the highest levels of put buying seen during the last two years, indicating fear on the part of investors. Market Volatility: NEUTRAL The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is at 20.14. This is a neutral reading and indicates that market risks appear low. Stock Price Strength: FEAR The number of stocks hitting 52-week lows exceeds the number hitting highs and is at the lower end of its range, indicating fear. 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Anchor Bolt Capital .. 6.4% More Unusual Activity… HEADLINES Fed's Lockhart favours 2015 US rate rise Fed's Bullard: I Would Have Dissented On Rate Hold US Existing Home Sales Aug: 5.31m (Est 5.50m; Rev Prev 5.58m) ECB's Nowotny: Interest rates to stay low as long as growth is low ECB's Praet: Environment difficult, not out of the woods yet ECB's Linde: QE will continue until inflation targets have been achieved EU expects Greek review to happen this Autumn Following Tsipras' Victory BoE's Cunliffe: Interest Rates Likely To Rise Volkswagen Shares Tumble Following Emissions Allegations Zurich Insurance Ends Takeover Talks With RSA Apple to finalize engineering on first electric car by 2019: sources Lennar Tops Expectations as Housing Market Continues to Improve Mexico Keeps Rate at Record Low 3% After Fed Waits to Increase GOVERNMENTS/CENTRAL BANKS Fed Lockhart favours 2015 US rate rise --FT Fed Bullard: I Would Have Dissented On Rate Hold --CNBC ECB Nowotny: Interest rates to stay low as long as growth is low --RTRS ECB Praet: Environment difficult, not out of the woods yet --ForexLive ECB Linde: ECB programme will continue until inflation targets have been achieved --RTRS BoE Cunliffe: Interest Rates Likely To Rise --Chronicle Bundesbank: Economic Momentum In Germany Continued Over The Summer --RTRS BoC's Poloz: Lower CAD is cushioning the damage from oil price declines --Globe & Mail Tsipras win tests Greece bailout monitors --FT EU expects Greek review to happen this Autumn --ForexLive Syriza Party Source: Greek Debt Relief Talks At Top Of Tsipras Agenda Fitch: Greek Election Broadly Credit Neutral, Risks Still High Spanish main parties hold lead ahead of Podemos: Poll --RTRS FIXED INCOME US bond prices fall on stock gains, Fed officials' remarks --RTRS Greek yields fall after Syriza win; Spain, Portugal underperform --Rtrs ECB PSPP: EUR 326.718bln, +EUR 12.249bln (Prev +EUR 13.022bln To EUR 314.469bln) ECB CBPP: EUR 118.262bln, +EUR 2.155blnn (Prev +EUR 3.892bln to EUR 116.107bln) ECB ABSPP: EUR 12.006bln +EUR 146mln (Prev +EUR 366mln to EUR 11.86bln) FX USD: Dollar climbs as Fed still seen as first central bank to hike rates --MktWatch EUR: EUR/USD hovers below 1.1200 --FXStreet MXN: USD/MXN rises to 6-day high as Banxico leaves rates unchanged --FXStreet HKMA back in selling HKD 2.3bln to maintain trading band --ForexLive ENERGY/COMMODITIES US crude futures surge 4%, amid signals of reduced drilling activity --Investing.com Oil Speculators Most Bullish on U.S. Crude Price in Two Months --BBG Gold retreats from 3-week high as dollar, equities rise --RTRS Copper recovers from two-week low, but China doubts persist --RTRS EQUITIES US Stocks gain, led by financial shares; drugmakers drop --Yahoo Biotech selloff dents Wall Street rally --MktWatch FTSE 100 ends flat as miners weigh --Proactive Investors VW, RSA hammered as Europe ends mostly higher --CNBC EARNINGS: Lennar Tops Expectations as Housing Market Continues to Improve --WSJ M&A: Zurich Insurance Ends Takeover Talks With RSA --WSJ M&A: Dialog Semiconductor to buy US peer Atmel for $4.6bln --RTRS M&A: Deutsche Wohnen offers to buy peer LEG Immobilien in $5.2bln deal --RTRS AUTOS: Volkswagen Shares Tumble Following Emissions Allegations --WSJ AUTOS: Fitch Says Deepening Emission Test Crisis Could Pressure VW Ratings TECH: Apple to finalize engineering on its first electric car by 2019, sources say --WSJ TECH: Apple cleaning up iOS App Store after first major attack --RTRS INDUSTRIALS: Caterpillar Rolling 3-Month Sales To Aug -11% Globally --247 Wall St ENERGY: Denbury Resources Suspends Dividend --WSJ ENERGY: UK competition watchdog extends energy market probe by six months --RTRS CONS GOODS: Tesco Close To Pulling GBP 700mln Data Unit Sale --Sky News EMERGING MARKETS China Premier Li Says There Is No Basis For More CNY Depreciation --ForexLive Britain, China eye stock connect, nuclear and rail deals --RTRS Mexico Keeps Rate at Record Low 3% After Fed Waits to Increase --BBG