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 Post subject: April 7th Thursday 2011 Emini TF ($TF_F) points +21.40
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Trade Results of M.A. Perry
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Similar to yesterday I was aggressive in my trading today. The difference in the profit levels was that there was more volatility today, more trade opportunities today due to the ECB rate announcement and the Japan Earthquake with tsunami warning. If you have any questions about my trading, want more details about the trade signal behind a particular trade or want to reply about something stated in this message post...click here.

Trade Performance for Today: +21.40 points or $2140.00 dollars in the Russell 2000 Emini TF ($TF_F) Futures.
Russell 2000 Emini TF Futures - 1 tick or 0.10 = $10.00 dollars and there's more contract information @ The ICE.
S&P 500 Emini ES Futures - 1 tick or 0.25 = $12.50 dollars and there's more contract information @ CMEGroup.

In addition, today's #FuturesTrades trading chat room logs provides details about each trade from entry to exit along with commentary as the trade traversed...all archived @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=806.

Also, posted below are direct links to information about my trade methodology and trading plan (there's a difference between the two) that enables me to identify key trading areas in the price action that represent changes in supply/demand and volatility along with being able to exploit these changes via WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis).

Image WRB Analysis Tutorials @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/WRBAnalysisTutorials.htm and there's a free study guide of the WRB Analysis Tutorial Chapters 1, 2 and 3 @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=180.

Image Volatility Trading Report (VTR) @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/VolatilityTrading.htm and there's a free trade signal strategy @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewforum.php?f=89 so that you can freely test drive one of our trade strategies with support prior to purchasing the Volatility Trading Report (VTR).

Image Trading Plan Daily Routine @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=137&t=1015

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The below summaries by Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance helps me to do a quick review of the fundamentals, FED actions, global economics that had an impact on today's price action. Simply, I'm a strong believer that many variables causes key changes in supply/demand and volatility that's arguably just as important as my technical analysis.

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By Ken Sweet, contributing writer
April 7, 2011: 4:34 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks fell slightly Thursday after Japan was hit with another major earthquake and the price of oil rose above $110 a barrel.

The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) fell 17 points, or 0.1%, to 12,409; the S&P 500 (SPX) dropped 2 points, or 0.2%, to 1,334; and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) lost 3.6 points, or 0.1%, to 2,796.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET, only a few miles west the March 11 earthquake. The news sent the Dow down as much as 95 points, but stocks slowly recovered throughout the afternoon.

"This just adds more uncertainty and more concerns about how long it's going to take for Japan to get back on its feet," said Paul Zemsky, head of asset allocation with ING Investment Management. "We're already dealing with these supply chain problems, and this could just make it worse."

Japan's news agency NHK issued a tsunami warning that was lifted two hours later, with no reports of major damage. And the troubled Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant did not experience any further damage, according to NHK.

Also weighing on the market were oil prices, which rose above the $110-a-barrel mark in afternoon trading. Oil for delivery in May rose $1.41, or 1.3%, to $110.24 a barrel - it's highest level since September 2008.

"With this earthquake and oil, there's no fuel for this market to go higher," said Stephen Carl, head trader at Williams Capital.

* Video - Toyota CEO on quake impact

Investors mostly took a cautious approach ahead of earnings season, which has its unofficial kick off Monday, when Dow component Alcoa (AA, Fortune 500) reports.

"There are a lot of things that could influence the market right now -- oil, Libya, a budget deal out of Congress -- but corporate earnings are going be the catalyst to get stocks going higher," Zemsky said.

With the S&P 500 continuing to nudge up against the key 1,340 level, Financial Enhancement Group market analyst Joe Clark said investors are feeling a stronger pull toward selling and are just waiting for a reason to follow through.

The 1,340 level on the S&P has been a resistance point for stocks since mid-February, when the S&P 500 hit its high for the year.

U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday, as strength in the technology sector offset weakness in energy producers and industrial companies.

Economy: Investors are also mulling Thursday's decision by the European Central Bank to raise its key lending rate to 1.25%.

Like the Federal Reserve, the ECB and Bank of England have each kept interest rates at historic lows for the past three years as a way to spur economic activity following the financial crisis and subsequent recession.

But rising energy and food prices have raised fears that inflation could be become unwieldy, at a time when economic growth is still sluggish. Central banks use higher interest rates to deal with inflation, but higher interest rates also slow economic growth.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported the number of people filing claims for first-time unemployment benefits fell by 10,000 to 382,000 in the latest week.

Companies: Retailers were among the biggest movers as dozens of companies reported March same-store sales.

JC Penney (JCP, Fortune 500) and Nordstrom (JWN, Fortune 500) shares were among the top performers on the S&P 500 on better-than-expected sales reports. Gap (GPS, Fortune 500) shares fell 2% after the retailer reported a 10% decline in sales.

Pier 1 Imports (PIR) reported earnings of 48 cents per share, beating analyst estimates by a penny. Shares rose 9%.
0:00 /:55Buying Bed, Bath and Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY, Fortune 500), said it earned $1.12 per share in its fiscal fourth quarter, far outdoing the 97-cent per share profit analysts had predicted. Shares rose 11%.

Constellation Brands' shares jumped 7% after the wine and spirits maker reported better-than-expected earnings

World markets: European stocks turned lower after the earthquake news. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.6%, the DAX in Germany fell 0.5%, and France's CAC 40 fell 0.5%.

Asian markets ended mixed. The Shanghai Composite rose 0.2%, and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong was flat.

Japan's Nikkei rose 0.1% after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged but set up a $11.73 billion special funding facility for banks affected by the March 11 earthquake.

Currencies and commodities: The dollar rose against the euro and the British pound but fell against the Japanese yen.
Gold rally is back

Gold futures for June delivery rose 80 cents to $1,459.30 an ounce, a day after hitting a new intraday record of $1,463.70 an ounce.

Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury edged lower, with the yield at 3.55% compared with 3.56% late Wednesday. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

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Special thanks to Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance for their market summaries. gm

4:30 pm : Trade was sloppy this session, but the major equity averages still settled near the neutral line. The action came in the wake of the first rate hike by a major central bank and news of another earthquake in Japan. Reports from retailers had little impact on the overall market.

Stocks started the session flat as participants assessed an in-line initial jobless claims tally of 382,000, news that late yesterday Portugal requested foreign financial aid, and the first rate hike by the European Central Bank since mid-2008. The ECB's key lending rate now stands at 1.25%. According to comments from ECB President Trichet, the vote for the increase was unanimous.

The Bank of England and the Bank of Japan both concluded meetings of their own today. England's central bank kept target rates unchanged at 0.5% and held in place its 200 billion pound asset purchase program. Japan's central bank announced that a special lending program will be made available to companies adversely affected by the massive earthquake that hit the country last month.

News of another earthquake in Japan today was met with some knee-jerk selling that took the Dow down to a loss of almost 100 points. Some buyers were brought back into the fold by follow-up reports that the quake wasn't as severe as it had been feared and that nuclear facilities weren't damaged. Still, stocks struggled to put together a sustainable rebound. In turn, they spent the rest of the session chopping along without much direction. The action made for another flat finish.

Even though the overall market continued its sideways crawl, shares of several retailers put together impressive gains with help from stronger-than-expected same-store sales results for March. Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY 29.99, +0.24) was a top performer, but its strength came on the back of better-than-expected earnings and an upside forecast. In contrast, Gap (GPS 22.72, -0.34) issued downside guidance, which combined with disappointing same-store sales to take the stock to a loss.

Muddled action in the overall market mired energy stocks, which only mustered modest gains as oil prices climbed to new two-year highs above $110 per barrel. The energy component settled pit trade at $110.30 per barrel. It is now up more than 20% year to date.

Financials fell to a 0.4% loss after the sector outperformed in the prior session with a gain of more than 1%. Although weakness was widespread, most of the pushback was made against insurance issues.

Telecom finished the day flat, but it had one of the strongest finishes. At its session low the sector was off by more than 1%.

Advancing Sectors: Energy (+0.2%), Consumer Staples (+0.1%), Tech (+0.1%)
Unchanged: Telecom
Declining Sectors: Materials (-0.2%), Health Care (-0.2%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.3%), Financials (-0.4%), Utilities (-0.5%), Industrials (-0.5%)DJ30 -17.26 NASDAQ -3.68 NQ100 +0.00% R2K -0.6% SP400 -0.6% SP500 -2.03 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 935/1.81 bln/1658 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1116/910 mln/1872

3:30 pm : Industrials (+1.4%) and softs (+1%) led all gainers in commodities today. Coffee futures rallied 2.9%.

May crude oil finished higher by 1.4% to $110.30 per barrel. It broke above $110 to notch highs at $110.44, a fresh ~2.5 yr high. Crude last traded at these levels back in on Sept 22, 2008, when crude surged to $130, after the dollar was crushed by news of the $700 bln Wall St bailout package from the government. Today's rally comes on concerns out events in the Middle-East (Israel-Gaza) and Africa (Nigeria). May natural gas fell 2.3% to close at $4.06 per MMBtu. The selloff marked the fifth consecutive session in natural gas's recent sell off and stemmed from this morning's inventory data, which showed a smaller-than-expected draw down.

It was a relatively uneventful session for the precious metals. June gold ended up 0.1% to $1459.30 per ounce, while May silver gained 0.4% to $39.55 per ounce.
DJ30 -40.49 NASDAQ -6.03 SP500 -4.20 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 983/1.4 bln/1598 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1131/604 mln/1815

3:30 pm : Industrials (+1.4%) and softs (+1%) led all gainers in commodities today. Coffee futures rallied 2.9%.

May crude oil finished higher by 1.4% to $110.30 per barrel. It broke above $110 to notch highs at $110.44, a fresh ~2.5 yr high. Crude last traded at these levels back in on Sept 22, 2008, when crude surged to $130, after the dollar was crushed by news of the $700 bln Wall St bailout package from the government. Today's rally comes on concerns out events in the Middle-East (Israel-Gaza) and Africa (Nigeria). May natural gas fell 2.3% to close at $4.06 per MMBtu. The selloff marked the fifth consecutive session in natural gas's recent sell off and stemmed from this morning's inventory data, which showed a smaller-than-expected draw down.

It was a relatively uneventful session for the precious metals. June gold ended up 0.1% to $1459.30 per ounce, while May silver gained 0.4% to $39.55 per ounce. DJ30 -35.91 NASDAQ -3.83 SP500 -3.42 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 973/1.4 bln/1599 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 247.3/600.1/342.3

3:00 pm : The pace of trade has slowed as participants enter the final hour of today's session. Share volume had seen an increase when newswires were flooded earlier today with reports about another earthquake in Japan, but trade has since settled down.

Leadership remains lacking, although telecom stocks have almost completely erased a 1% loss now that the sector is down just 0.1% for the day. Still, the lack of weight in the sector has made it less of a leader.

Consumer credit figures for February was just released, but there has been no real reaction to the data. It showed an increase of $7.6 billion, which is far greater than the $2.5 billion increase that had been expected, on average, among economists polled by Briefing.com. Consumer credit for the prior month had increased by $5.0 billion. DJ30 -42.61 NASDAQ -3.43 SP500 -3.91 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 983/1.33 bln/1588 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1087/556 mln/1849

2:30 pm : The major equity averages continue to plod along with modest losses, but Netflix (NFLX 232.80, -7.08) is grappling with some rather stiff selling pressure. Its weakness comes after analysts on CNBC's Fast Money segment issued cautious commentary.

Global phone and handset maker Nokia (NOK 8.94, -0.08) is also under considerable pressure after the stock had set a new one-month high yesterday. Its retreat comes after analysts at Moody's downgraded its rating on the company. DJ30 -61.99 NASDAQ -7.55 SP500 -5.77 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1015/1.25 bln/1548 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1117/515 mln/1800

2:00 pm : Stocks recently drifted down to an afternoon low. Financials have become a coniderable drag on broad market action.

Financials offered leadership in the prior session, when they climbed to a gain of more than 1%. However, recent selling interest in the sector has backed it down to a 0.5% loss. Banks have become particularly burdensome this session. As such, the KBW Bank Index is down 0.7%. Regional lenders like Fifth Third (FITB 13.86, -0.20) are in especially weak shape. DJ30 -54.19 NASDAQ -4.02 SP500 -4.45 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 965/1.17 bln/1582 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1078/480 mln/1837

1:30 pm : Stocks are on the backslide as they continue to seek direction. Oil prices seem to only be going higher, however. As such, crude oil futures prices have pushed above the $110 per barrel mark. Prices for the energy component recently set a new two-year high of $110.16 per barrel.DJ30 -56.75 NASDAQ -5.50 SP500 -4.73 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1028/1.08 bln/1488 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1192/440 mln/1704

1:00 pm : News of another earthquake in Japan induced some knee-jerk selling among participants, but buyers have stepped back in to help the major equity averages rebound.

In the early going stocks traded near the neutral line as participants brooded over the implications of the European Central Bank's decision to increase its key lending rate to 1.25%. The increase is the first since mid-2008. It also marks the first rate hike by a top central banks. As such, both the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan kept target rates unchanged. Japan's central bank announced that a special lending program will be made available to companies adversely affected by the massive earthquake that hit the country last month.

News of another earthquake in Japan today spooked participants and, as a result, brought about a barrage of selling. The effort took the Dow down to a loss of almost 100 points before it stabilized. Concerns about the quake were quelled by reports that indicated it wasn't terribly severe and that initial assessments of nuclear facilities didn't show any damage.

The willingness of participants to buy the market's dips has helped stocks work their way up from their session lows. The major averages are now mixed near the neutral line, though.

Although the broader market is mired at the moment, retailers are having a strong session. The group's near 2% gain, as measured by the SPDR S&P Retail ETF, stems from a serious of stronger-than-expected same-store sales results. Gap (GPS 22.93, -0.13) has been a laggard in the group after it failed to report the same success as its peers.DJ30 -24.14 NASDAQ +4.80 SP500 -0.83 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1077/1.00 bln/1422 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1279/415 mln/1600

12:30 pm : The Nasdaq Composite recently came in touch with the flat line, but it has yet to poke back into positive territory. Tech has been a primary driver behind the Nasdaq's rebound.

Tech stocks are now up fractionally after falling to a sizable loss when the broad market rolled over in response to reports about another earthquake in Japan. NVIDIA (NVDA 18.14, +0.68) is a top performer among Nasdaq components, but fellow semiconductor stocks haven't been as fortunate. Weakness in the rest of the space actually has the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 0.4%. DJ30 -39.77 NASDAQ -1.12 SP500 -2.69 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 976/920 mln/1519 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1168/385 mln/1688

12:00 pm : Sellers recently redoubled their efforts, taking the Dow down to a fresh session low. Neither the S&P 500 nor the Nasdaq Composite confirmed the move, though. Before the pair could test session lows participants stepped back in to buy the dip and send stocks up on another rebound effort.

This session's swings have caused the Volatility Index to push higher. It was last quoted with a 4.4% gain.

Participation has picked up from the anemic pace seen in recent session. Overall share volume still isn't impressive, though. As things currently stand, only about 350 million shares have traded hands on the NYSE today. DJ30 -39.36 NASDAQ -7.13 SP500 -3.29 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 797/820 mln/1667 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 930/346 mln/1929

11:30 am : Momentum behind the stock market's recent rebound has slowed. That has left the major equity averages to remain in the red with modest losses.

Leadership is now lacking. Of the major sectors that make up the S&P 500, not one of them has successfully held on to a gain. Even materials stocks, which were up with enviable gains in the early going, now trade with a collective loss of 0.2%.

Telecom, down 1.0%, is in the worst shape. Its weakness over the past few sessions comes after the sector had outperformed last week. DJ30 -75.25 NASDAQ -13.22 SP500 -5.75 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1022/695 mln/1394 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1139/290 mln/1679

11:00 am : Stocks recently rolled over in response to reports that Japan has been hit by another earthquake, but the major averages have begun to rebound with news that the integrity of nuclear facilities has not been compromised by the latest quake. Just this morning Japan's central bank announced that a lending program would be made to companies adversely affected by last month's quake.

The dollar remains stronger against the Japanese yen, which currently trades with a 0.4% loss at $85.10.

Treasuries haven't made much of a move in response to the headlines. Instead, the benchmark 10-year Note continues to trade near the neutral line. DJ30 -41.63 NASDAQ -4.17 SP500 -2.49 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 832/545 mln/1546 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 990/230 mln/1816

10:35 am : Ahead of this morning's natural gas data, the underlying futures rallied back into positive territory off session lows of $4.11/MMBtu. Following the data, which showed a draw of 45 bcf compared to the consensus of a draw of 62 bcf, May natural gas fell sharply to new session lows of $4.05 and is now down 2% at $4.06/MMBtu.

May crude oil has been chopping around in recent trade slightly above the unchanged line. In current activity, crude at $108.97/barrel, up $0.14.

Precious metals are higher this morning with June gold showing gains of 0.4% at $1464.20/oz. while May silver is up 0.5% at $39.59/oz.DJ30 -25.32 NASDAQ +2.52 SP500 -0.45 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1282/378.7 mln/1022 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1593/161.5 mln/1101

10:00 am : Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY 54.15, +4.76) shares surged to a new all-time high this morning. It has since eased back from that mark, but remains this morning's top performing stock as it sports a gain of almost 10%. The surge in shares comes after the retailer reported better-than-expected earnings for the latest quarter and then went on to issue upside guidance.

Shares of Constellation Brands (STZ 21.16, +0.78) aren't as strong as BBBY this morning, but better-than-expected earnings and upside guidance has also helped the stock outperform the broader market with ease. The company complemented its quarterly report and forecast with news that it has authorized $500 million for share repurchases.

Advancing Sectors: Tech (+0.4%), Materials (+0.3%), Energy (+0.2%), Health Care (+0.2%), Financials (+0.2%), Industrials (+0.2%), Consumer Discretionary (+0.1%)
Unchanged: Consumer Staples
Declining Sectors: Utilities (-0.5%), Telecom (-0.5%), DJ30 +10.56 NASDAQ +11.63 SP500 +2.27 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1141/135 mln/957 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1355/83 mln/1192

09:45 am : Stocks are attempting to push higher in the first few minutes of trade. The Nasdaq has made the strongest move, thanks largely to a bounce by large-cap tech stocks like Cisco (CSCO 18.20, +0.13), which is adding to the gain of nearly 5% that it recorded in the prior session.

Although the weight underlying tech stocks has made the sector the most influential in broad market trade, materials stocks have put together the best gains. They are up 0.7% as a group. Freeport McMoRan (FCX 57.48, +1.23) is a primary leader as it sports a gain of more than 2%. DJ30 -5.22 NASDAQ +7.63 SP500 +0.98 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1015/33 mln/849 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 971/34 mln/1203

09:15 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -1.90. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -2.70. During the course of the past hour stock futures have drifted lower so that the cash market is now expected to open with a slight loss. The drift comes in the wake of the decision by the European Central Bank to raise its target interest rate -- for the first time since mid-2008 -- to 1.25%, while the Bank of England and Bank of Japan both left their key lending rates unchanged. A slightly better-than-expected initial jobless claims tally and another decline in continuing jobless claims represent the only actual domestic data posted this morning. Consumer credit (3:00 PM ET) and Fed balance sheet figures (4:30 PM ET) won't be released until later. Corporate news has centered around monthly same-store sales, most of which have been better than expected.

09:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -2.80. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -4.20. Europe's major bourses are up with varied gains for the second straight session. Germany's DAX is up 0.2%. France's CAC has put together a 0.4% gain. Britain's FTSE is up just 0.1%. By broad measure, though, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.8%. The action comes after Portugal made a late request yesterday for foreign financial aid. More recently, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key lending rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%. During a press conference ECB President Trichet said that the rate hike, which is the first since mid-2008, came on the back of a unanimous vote. The Bank of England also issued a statement this morning, but it left its key lending rate unchanged at 0.5% and that its asset purchase plan will also remain in place.

Japan's Nikkei eked out a 0.1% gain. The country's central bank announced that it will leave its target interest rate unchanged at 0.1%, but has come up with an emergency lending program for companies affected by the massive earthquake last month. Chubu Electric Power and Kansai Electric power were top performers; both gained more than 5%. Pioneer was the session's worst performer; it dropped almost 5%. China's Shanghai Composite closed just 0.2% for the better, but that was still enough to put it at a fresh five-month high. Hong Kong's Hang Seng saw its streak of gains come to an end by finishing the latest round of trade fractionally below the neutral line. Korea's Kospi closed with a 0.2% loss. Index component Samsung was a primary source of weakness after the company issued disappointing comments about expectations for its first quarter results.

08:35 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -0.10. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -0.70. Stock futures remain flat against fair value in the wake of the latest jobless claims data. Initial jobless claims for the week ended April 2 totaled 382,000, which is down 10,000 from the prior week and slightly less than the 386,000 initial claims that had been widely expected. Continuing claims came in at 3.72 million after they had been at 3.73 million the week before.

08:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: +0.20. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +0.80. Stock futures are up slightly amid news that the European Central Bank has increased its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%. That is the first actual increase since mid-2008. As for the Bank of England and Bank of Japan, both left prevailing interest rates unchanged. Japan did announce that an emergency relief program would be available for those affected by the massive earthquake last month. The latest weekly initial jobless claims tally will be released at the bottom of the hour. Consumer credit figures aren't due until 3:00 PM ET. Details of the Fed's balance sheet will be released after the close at 4:30 PM ET. On the corporate news front, retailers are out with same-store sales. So far their results have been generally solid. A handful of less widely held companies have posted quarterly results, but those reports have been somewhat mixed.

06:32 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: -3.60. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -7.00.

06:32 am : Nikkei...9590.93...+6.60...+0.10%. Hang Seng...24281.80...-3.30...0.00.

06:32 am : FTSE...6038.47...-2.70...0.00. DAX...7211.29...-3.80...-0.10%.

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