by Calculated Risk on 12/19/2011 12:09:00 AM

From CNN: North Korea's longtime leader Kim Jong Il dead at 69. A little more uncertainty ...

The Asian markets are red tonight. The Nikkei is down about 1%, and the Hang Seng is down 2.5%. The Seoul Composite is down over 3%.

From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: the S&P 500 futures are down 7.5 and Dow futures are down 70.

Oil: WTI futures are down to $92.67 and Brent is down to $102.50 per barrel.

Earlier:
• Summary for Week ending Dec 16th
• Schedule for Week of Dec 18th
• Ten Economic Questions for 2012