EURUSD Weighted Down By ECB
After two days of European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi comments the EURUSD remains weighted down.
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U.S. Dollar Under Pressure againts the Yen and Euro
This week market participants are getting a flurry of global economic data that has been and continues to have the potential to move the currency markets.
Summers over, Merkel manouvering, and FED flumaxed – another week ahead!
This week was always going to be a tricky one for both traders and investors, with the market’s primary focus being the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. The meeting at which the FED is likely to signal the beginning of the end of its bond buying program. Well, that’s the theory anyway, but given the less that stellar NFP data, this is far from certain.
Morning Coffee Break – March 25
Morning Coffee Break – Friday March 22 U.S. equity markets are pointing to higher open on the first day of the week of a short week. All three U.S. indexes are in the green on a Cyprus last minute bailout plan that was approved by European Union Finance Ministers.
Gold futures remain bearish despite modest gains yesterday
Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level. The catalyst for this modest recovery for gold was from the ECB, with suggestions that inflationary pressure was easing in the Eurozone, but hardly sufficient to spark a reversal in the longer term trend!
Mid-Day Market Update – Molycorp Pops, Cash Store Financial Services Commodities Crushed
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.22% to 13184.08, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.17% to 1420.47 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.41% to 2990.28.
Morning Coffee Break
U.S. markets are coming off a meager up week with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 closes the in the green the last 3 session prior to the weekend. The NASDAQ, however, is having difficulties with its largest component Apple (AAPL, quote) continues to struggle.
Mid-Day Market Update – SandRidge Energy Soars, Big Lots Drop
Current market conditions – The Dow Jones (DIA, quote) trading up by 0.21% to 13101.07, S&P 500 (SPY, quote) is trading lower by 0.10% to 1421.51 and the NASDAQ (QQQ, quote) is trading down by 0.65% to 2969.88
Mid-Morning Market Update: Akami Rallies, Lululemon Shows Volatility
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.03 percent to 13,038.87 while the NASDAQ rose 0.37 percent to 2,984.75. The S&P also rose, increasing 0.09 percent to 1,410.48.
Morning Coffee Break
Welcomes to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. markets are coming of the largest single day gains since early September. Depending on which analysts have the airways the move was due to an extreme oversold condition while others point to the growing confidence in a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.
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