Stocks to Watch August quarter results at Oracle (ORCL) that included EPS of $0.93 on revenue of $9.37 billion, handily topped expectations. Today’s Big Picture Asian markets closed in positive territory and roughly in line as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.74%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 0.78%, and China’s Shanghai Composite was up 0.79%. Data Download International Economy Inflation around the world remains muted to non-existent: Japan’s Producer Price Index (PPI) fell 0.5% YoY in August after falling 0.9% in July but rose 0.2% MoM.