Nissan Autos are currently up 17%, reaching the highest increase in 26 years, possibly due to a merger with Honda.

Clay Hale, co-head of Equity Capital Markets at Wells Fargo & Co: The biggest risk to the IPO market in the USA is unnecessary volatility across the market. When the market is volatile and investors focus on their own portfolios, they are less likely to be willing to participate in the shareholding of private market companies.

The capital of North Darfur State in Sudan was attacked, resulting in the death of 25 civilians.