OVERNIGHT

Though everyone knows this is a short week for U.S. markets, Japanese stocks ended the year up a little over 9% over night. The rise topped a 7.1% gain in 2014, the WSJ reported as a weak yen helped Japanese exporters.

China was the best performing Asian market in 2015 with Japan not far behind on the list of best performing. Once again energy prices impacted markets as of late it's been almost a daily yo-yo based on what energy does, up or down. Australia's ASX 200, after nine straight up days, faded 0.1% to close at 5315 and change. But energy and materials were both down.