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 Post subject: March 2nd Friday 2012 Emini TF ($TF_F) points +32.30
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Trade Results of M.A. Perry
Trader and Founder of WRB Analysis (wide range body/bar analysis)
Price Action Trading (no technical indicators)

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Price Action Trade Performance for Today: +32.30 points or $3230 dollars in the Russell 2000 Emini TF ($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, all trades were posted real-time in the free #FuturesTrades chat room. You can read today's #FuturesTrades trading chat room logs for details (e.g. time, price, contract size) about each one of my trades from entry to exit along with price action commentary as the trade traversed in comparison to what's shown in the above image...all archived @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=1156.

To join our free chat room...registration instructions located at a different forum @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=630

Also, posted below are direct links to information about my price action 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=119&t=718.

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 price action 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=150&t=1403

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Market Summaries

The below summaries by Bloomberg, CNNMoney and Yahoo! Finance helps me to do a quick review of the fundamentals, FED/ECB/IMF actions or any important global economic events that had an impact on today's price action. Simply, I'm a strong believer that many variables (key market events) causes key changes in supply/demand and volatility that results in swing points and strong continuation price actions. Thus, I pay attention to these key market events from one trade to the next trade to give me the market context for my technical analysis. Just as important, these summaries becomes my archives to allow me to understand what was happening on any given trading day in the past...something I can not get from my broker statements alone.

U.S. Stock Market Wrap

March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Pimm Fox and Deborah Kostroun report on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks retreated, trimming a weekly advance for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, amid concern that a rally that drove the benchmark gauge to the highest level since 2008 has outpaced global economic growth prospects.

Dow Snaps Three Week Streak

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks closed modestly lower Friday, with the Dow snapping a three week winning streak, as investors turned their focus to developments in Europe with little other news to chew on.

The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) fell 3 points, or less than 0.1%, to end at 12,977. The S&P 500 (SPX) slipped 4 points, or 0.3%, to 1,369. The tech-heavy Nasdaq (COMP) shed 13 points, or 0.4%, to 2,976.

For the week, the Dow lost 4 points, marking the first weekly decline for the index in three weeks.

Despite Friday's retreat, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both finished higher for the fourth straight week.

Overall, the major indexes are on a roll this year, with the Dow and S&P 500 near their highest levels since the summer of 2008. The Nasdaq is near its highest point since December 2000.

"Stocks have had a pretty sharp, uninterrupted run for the past couple of months, so it's no surprise to see traders coming in to take some profits and hear people talking about how the market needs a correction," said Timothy Ghriskey, chief investment officer at Solaris Asset Management.

But Ghriskey says the market has a lot more to gain, particularly with supportive factors like low valuations, high dividends, and strong earnings.

"I think we'll see a pullback eventually, but it will come and go pretty quickly, and will unlikely drive the market down significantly," he said.

Of course, that doesn't mean the trading environment won't be challenging, with the biggest headwinds coming out of Europe -- even amid ongoing efforts to bring the continent's debt crisis under control, said Ghriskey.

At the end of a two-day meeting in Brussels, 25 of the 27 leaders in the European Union signed a so-called fiscal compact, designed to prevent a future crisis by strengthening budget discipline. As expected, the Czech Republic did not sign due to political obstacles, and U.K. Prime Minster David Cameron also sat out.

* Europe strengthens fiscal ties

The pact still needs to be approved by the parliaments of individual governments. It will be legally binding after it has been ratified by 12 member states and will be incorporated into EU treaties within five years, the leaders said.

There has been some good news out of Europe recently, as Greece appears to have secured a second bailout, and the European Central Bank has completed a second round of loans to European banks worth €529.5 billion.

Concerns remain, however, about Greece's stability and Europe's capacity to support larger economies such as Italy and Spain should they face further distress.

Beyond Europe, investors will continue their close watch on the global oil market and rising gas prices. Gas prices climbed for the 24th straight day Friday, hovering around $3.74 a gallon.

* Who's afraid of Greek credit default swaps?

U.S. stocks rose modestly Thursday, as investors welcomed mostly positive economic news and digested testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Companies: Shares of Yelp (YELP) spiked 64% to top $24 a share in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange Friday. The reviews site priced its initial public offering at $15 a share late Thursday, above the target set by the company.

Shares of Shutterfly (SFLY) surged after the company bought Eastman Kodak's (EK, Fortune 500) online photo services business for $23.8 million. Kodak filed for bankruptcy protection in January.

Overstock.com's (OSTK) stock tumbled after the company posted a surprise loss of $3.4 million for the fourth quarter, as sales declined 10%.

Zynga (ZNGA) shares moved higher after the online game developer announced a new online platform, Zynga.com, which will allow users to play Zynga's games such as FarmVille and Words With Friends on its site and reduce the company's dependence on Facebook.

Wynn Resorts' (WYNN) stock advanced even after shares were briefly halted when the company retracted an SEC filing. The company said it had not approved the filing, which stated it had secured approval to build a property in Macau, China's gambling haven, and that it was released by mistake.

* Video - Zynga launching game network

World markets: European stocks closed mixed. Britain's FTSE 100 (UKX) and the DAX (DAX) in Germany edged down 0.3%, and France's CAC 40 (CAC40) added 0.1%.

Asian markets ended higher. The Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) popped 1.4%, the Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong added 0.8% and Japan's Nikkei (N225) gained 0.7%.

Currencies and commodities: The dollar rose against the euro, the British pound and the Japanese yen.

* Did Ben Bernanke kill the gold rally?

Oil for April delivery tumbled $2.14 to settle at $$106.70 a barrel.

Gold futures for April delivery fell $12.40 to end at $1,709.80 an ounce.

Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rose, pushing the yield down to 1.98% from 2.04% late Thursday.

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Market Update

4:10 pm : Stocks finished the week in lackluster fashion, but the S&P 500 still posted another weekly gain -- the eighth in nine weeks. Commodities were cut down, though.

Early action was choppy and without leadership. It was also undermined by weakness in the Energy sector, which came under pressure in conjunction with lower oil prices. The Energy sector settled with a 1.1% loss, which is worse than what any other sector suffered, while oil closed pit trade with a 1.9% loss at $106.68 per barrel. Earlier this week oil hit a multi-month high near $110 per barrel.

The major equity averages set impressive marks of their own earlier this week. The Nasdaq notched its highest level in more than a decade, while the Dow and S&P 500 both printed their best intraday levels since 2008. Along the way the Nasdaq Composite kissed the 3,000 mark, but failed to hold its ground there. The Dow closed above the psychologically significant 13,000 line after a few failed attempts, but was backed down by week's end.

With the major equity averages trading at such heady levels, many pundits are predicting a pullback, especially since stocks are showing some signs of fatigue. In anticipation of possible volatility, there was strong rotation into the dollar. The dollar marked its lowest level of the past three months earlier this week, but it finished out the week in impressive fashion. Its 0.8% gain on Friday helped fuel a weekly gain of 1.2%.

Efforts to reduce risk were more pronounced among commodities. While oil's tumble made the most headlines, the rest of the complex was also clipped aggressively. That resulted in a 1.0% loss for the CRB Index on Friday. It fell 1.5% for the week.

Share volume has been paltry all week and was especially pathetic on Friday. Against an uncertain near-term outlook for the market, the absence of corporate news or economic data of consequence suppressed share volume, which barely totaled 520 million shares on the NYSE.

Market participants got a substantial helping of data on Thursday, overshadowing a raft of same-store sales results, which actually proved impressive.

The latest initial jobless claims count totaled 351,000, which is little changed from the prior week's tally of 353,000, but also on par with the 355,000 claims that had been expected, on average, among economists polled by Briefing.com. The numbers were supportive of an improving labor market picture, even though the headline unemployment rate remains elevated.

Personal spending increased in January by 0.2%, but income increased by 0.3%. Neither was as strong as what had been expected -- the Briefing.com consensus called for a 0.4% increase in both pieces of data.

The ISM Manufacturing Index fell to 52.4 in February from 54.1 in the prior month, but it still suggested that manufacturing activity expanded during the month. Nonetheless, expectations called for an improvement to 54.7, making the report a disappointment.

Construction spending for January also proved displeasing. It slipped by 0.1%, which isn't drastic, but it came in stark contrast with expectations for a 1.0% increase.

Fed Chairman Bernanke delivered a semiannual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, but his comments reflected those he delivered to the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. Altogether the Chairman's remarks weren't surprising, but the lack of reassurance regarding the Fed's commitment to an accommodative monetary policy was credited for inviting selling interest.

Prior to Bernanke's report market participants learned that fourth quarter GDP was revised upward to a clip of 3.0%, which is greater than the 2.8% that had been reported in the advance reading. The upward revision came as a surprise since no change had been expected, but there response to the news was restrained.

Consistent with an improving macro picture, the Fed's Beige Book indicated that overall economic activity continued to increase at a modest to moderate pace in January and early February. That's not to say that all activity is consistently improving, though.

Data unveiled earlier in the week indicated that durable goods orders fell in January by 4.0%, which is far worse than the 1.4% decline. The steeper-than-expected drop follows an upwardly revised 3.2% increase in the prior month. Excluding transportation, durable goods orders declined during January by 3.2%, which contrasts sharply with the 0.2% increase that many economists had expected to follow a downwardly revised increase of 2.1% in the prior month.

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index ran up 70.8 in February. It was at only 61.5 the month before. Many had expected only a modest improvement to 62.5. Sentiment surrounding housing improved with news that pending home sales increased by 2.0% in January. That was double the pace that had been generally predicted among economists.

Europe was in sharp focus at the start of the week because of news that G-20 officials want eurozone officials to establish additional financial safeguards before more funds are made available to the International Monetary Fund for commitment to the continent. It came back into focus by mid-week because of news that more than 800 banks in Europe cumulatively borrowed more than $700 billion in three-year loans through the second installment of its LTRO operation. Reports of individual funding by week's end helped bolster confidence in several European banks.

There wasn't a great deal of corporate news in play this week, but Apple (AAPL 545.18, +0.71) made headlines when its market cap ballooned to more than a half of a trillion dollars.

Earnings announcements were relatively limited, but Transocean (RIG 54.19, +0.62) posted numbers that were met with a positive response earlier this week. Home improvement retailer Lowe's (LOW 28.13, -0.25) announced quarterly results that featured an upside earnings surprise. DJ30 -3.18 NASDAQ -12.78 SP500 -4.47 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 759/1.53 bln/1746 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 951/520.3 mln/2021

3:35 pm : In energy, Apr crude oil continued its losses in the afternoon session, hitting lows of $105.80. Crude attempted a small move upward, but it took a small dip again minutes before the floor trading close, ending the session losing 1.9% to $106.68/barrel.

Apr natural gas managed to stay in the black its entire session. Nat gas spiked to a morning session high of $2.51 and slowly inched its way lower in the afternoon, finishing 1 cent higher at $2.48.

In metals, Apr gold and May silver both spent their sessions in negative territory. Silver had a session low of $34.38 before attempting a small recovery an hour before its session closed. Gold managed to stay above the $1700 level. Gold ended 0.7% lower at $1709.20, while silver closed 3% lower at $34.38.DJ30 +12.60 NASDAQ -8.13 SP500 -2.41 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 807/1440 mln/1701 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1022/485 mln/1948

3:00 pm : Stocks continue to contend with modest losses as they enter the final hour of the session. Despite that, the stock market remains on pace for a modest weekly gain. That would mark its eighth weekly gain in nine weeks.

Volume remains paltry today. Barely 400 million shares have traded hands on the NYSE thus far. DJ30 -8.25 NASDAQ -10.68 SP500 -4.09 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 755/1.25 bln/1735 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 950/410 mln/2005

2:30 pm : Stocks have been trying to work their way higher in recent trade. In fact, the Dow recently came within striking distance of the flat line, but it has been unable to extend the move beyond that point. Stocks are unlikely to rally without any legitimate source of leadership -- Telecom, up 0.7%, stands as the only sector in positive territory, but it lacks market weight.DJ30 -13.70 NASDAQ -11.40 SP500 -4.89 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 735/1.17 bln/1735 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 950/385 mln/2005

2:00 pm : With stocks stuck in negative territory, Treasuries are attracting buying interest, such that the benchmark 10-year Note is up about a half of a point and its yield is now back below 2.0%. For a quick comparison, the yield on Germany's 10-year Bund currently stands at 1.80%, Britain's 10-year Gilt is yielding 2.06%, and Japan's 10-year government issue is yielding 0.97%.DJ30 -27.17 NASDAQ -11.65 SP500 -4.90 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 745/1.08 bln/1735 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 945/355 mln/2000

1:30 pm : Stocks have fallen another leg lower to trade at their worst levels of the day. Oil prices are probing new depths, too; the energy component was last quoted with a 2.5% loss at $106.05 per barrel. At the same time, the dollar has traded up to its best level of the day -- it now leads a basket of major foreign currencies by 0.8%.DJ30 -45.30 NASDAQ -18.85 SP500 -6.84 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 765/965 mln/1660 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 970/315 mln/1930

1:00 pm : The major equity averages have drifted down to modest losses on a light news day. Pressure is more pronounced in the commodity complex.

Market participants were without any corporate announcements or economic reports of consequence this morning. Without any catalysts on the heels of yesterday's barrage of reports and broad market swings, a relatively cautious posture was assumed ahead of the open.

Stocks chopped along with modest losses in the early going before both the Dow and S&P 500 mad half-hearted attempts to push past the neutral line. Resistance there invited renewed, although moderate, selling pressure that has kept the broad market in negative territory.

The Nasdaq managed to muster a modest gain for some time, but it has also succumbed to selling. Semiconductor issues have been a source of weakness, resulting in a marked loss for the Semiconductors HOLDRS ETF (SMH 34.27, -0.23). Heavyweight Apple (AAPL 545.10, +0.63) has been hovering near the neutral line as its sideways drift continues now that the stock's market weight has surpassed a half of a trillion dollars.

Although broad market action is lackluster, telecom stocks have attracted buying interest. The sector, traditionally defensive in nature, is sporting a 0.7% gain.

Meanwhile, the dollar -- regarded as a primary safe haven -- is up 0.7% against a collection of competing currencies. Its advance comes mostly as a result of weakness in the euro and sterling pound. The former is off by 0.9% to $1.32, while the latter has fallen 0.6% to $1.59.

Commodities have been wrestling with selling pressure all session. Aggressive action in the space has resulted in a 1.1% loss for the CRB Index.

Oil is in particularly weak shape. The energy component was last quoted with a 2.2% loss at $106.40 per barrel. Silver has resumed its slide, leaving it to trade with a 2.4% loss at $34.80 per ounce. DJ30 -30.35 NASDAQ -11.91 SP500 -4.82 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 815/885 mln/1605 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 990/290 mln/1910

12:30 pm : Stocks have slipped to session lows in recent action as the Nasdaq paces the decline with a loss of 0.5% while the S&P 500 and Dow trail with respective losses of 0.4% and 0.3%.

Shutterfly (SFLY 31.98, +5.07) is seeing strong gains today after announcing the purchase of Eastman Kodak's gallery services site for $23.8 million. The agreement covers the transfer of customer accounts and images in both the United States and Canada. DJ30 -44.24 NASDAQ -15.44 SP500 -6.02 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 792/833.8 mln/1612 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 970/276.5 mln/1983

12:00 pm : The dollar index continues to trade at session highs near 79.40 as it looks to make a run at 80.00. Heavy selling in both the euro and the pound following the German retail sales miss has yet to abate as both hold near session lows. The two currencies trade near their worst levels of the session with the euro holding near 1.3190 and the pound sitting at 1.5840. Sellers continue their assault on the yen with today’s weakness dropping it to 81.55 per dollar. DJ30 -28.42 NASDAQ -8.54 SP500 -4.63 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 872/725.8 mln/1515 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 996/244.1 mln/1936

11:30 am : The major market averages hold small losses during what has been a quiet session. The S&P 500 is currently the worst performing of the major averages, holding a loss of 0.3%.

Shares of Sara Lee (SLE 21.67, +1.28) are higher by close to 6.5% after the company announced the details of its plan to spin-off its International Coffee and Tea business. The plan will allow the company to reduce its total debt to approximately $1.7 billion while still maintaining $300 million in cash. Shareholders of Sara Lee will receive a special $3 per share dividend following the spin-off.DJ30 -11.51 NASDAQ +1.72 SP500 -2.20 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1102/598.4 mln/1240 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1216/206.3 mln/1682

11:00 am : The Dow and S&P 500 recently worked their way up to the flat line, but neither has been able to extend the move into higher ground. As a result of resistance, the tow Averages remain mired narrowly below the neutral line.

The dollar continues to outperform. It now leads a collection of competing currencies by about 0.7%. That puts the greenback on track for a 1.3% weekly gain. DJ30 -9.39 NASDAQ +1.71 SP500 -1.58 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1200/395 mln/1065 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1250/140 mln/1495

10:30 am : Stocks have managed to move higher in recent trade, putting both the Dow and the S&P 500 at the neutral line and the Nasdaq into positive territory. Meanwhile, commodities continue to wrestle with sellers. As such, the CRB Index is down 0.6%.

Oil has managed to work its way up from its morning low, but it continues to trade with a sizable loss of 1.2% at $107.50 per barrel. In contrast, natural gas prices are sporting a 0.6% gain at $2.59 per MMBtu.

Precious metals remain under pressure, such that silver is sitting at $34.95 per ounce with a 2.0% loss, while gold trades at $1713.50 per ounce with a 0.5% loss. DJ30 -4.17 NASDAQ +5.14 SP500 -0.31 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1045/280 mln/1160 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1005/110 mln/1715

10:00 am : Action is choppy this morning, leaving the major equity averages to contend with modest losses. Energy stocks have extended their slide, though; the sector is now down 0.7%. Its retreat coincides with another leg down in oil prices, which are now off by 1.4% at $107.35 per barrel.DJ30 -32.43 NASDAQ -1.89 SP500 -3.17 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec 1100/105 mln/945 NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec 1250/50 mln/1345

09:45 am : The broad market is down modestly this morning. Underlying action is generally mixed, although the Energy sector is showing some rather marked weakness.

As a group, energy stocks are down 0.6%. That makes them the worst performing sector of the early going. Their slide comes in conjunction with a drop in oil prices, which have fallen to $107.65 per barrel for a 1.1% loss in recent trade. Oil service and drilling plays have been clipped the most. DJ30 -20.29 NASDAQ -0.64 SP500 -2.05 NASDAQ Adv/Vol/Dec NA/NA/NA NYSE Adv/Vol/Dec NA/NA/NA

09:15 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -2.30. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -6.50. Stock futures continue to trail fair value by a narrow margin. Modest weakness comes amid mixed action abroad and the growing concern among many market participants that the stock market is showing fatigue after its run higher -- the S&P 500 is on pace for its third straight weekly gain and its eighth in nine weeks.

That said, many who would prefer to take profits probably recognize that the stock market's attempts to turn lower have been met regularly with support. With that theme at play and an absence of market-moving headlines -- corporate, economic, or otherwise -- stocks could be in for a range bound session.

In the meantime, though, the greenback has already staged a strong bounce, resulting in a 0.7% gain for the Dollar Index, which is now at its best level in about two weeks.

09:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -2.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -5.30. Commodities are generally weaker this morning. That has left the CRB Index to drift down to a 0.3% loss. At $108.28 per barrel, oil prices are currently off by 0.5% in early pit trade. In contrast, natural gas prices have climbed to $2.60 per MMBtu for a 0.7% gain. Precious metals are under pressure again. Specifically, gold prices are down 0.6% to $1712 per ounce, while silver is off by 1.9% at $35 per ounce.

08:35 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -3.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -7.30. Germany's bourses scored strong gains on Thursday, but they've been unable to build on the move in the final session of the week. More specifically, Germany's DAX is down 0.3%. Metro AG, Deutsche Boerse, and Bayer AG have been heavy drags on trade, offsetting strength in Merck KGAA and Commerzbank. Britain's FTSE is presently off by 0.3% amid weakness in Vodafone (VOD 27.07, -0.38) and Kazakhmys Plc. Barclays (BCS 16.34, +0.29) shares have bounced sharply higher to their best level in months following a report indicating that the bank took about 8.2 billion euros in funding from the European Central Bank. France's CAC is currently flat with support attributable to shares of Societe Generale and BNP Paribas. Note: ticker quotes reflect US premarket prices.

Overnight action in Asia was generally positive. Japan's Nikkei scored itself a 0.7% gain. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha was a top performer there. Tokyo Electric Power also provided leadership. Shares of Mazda Motor fell in excess of 2% to trade at the opposite end of the spectrum. Hong Kong's Hang Seng settled with a 0.8% gain. Property plays like Yuexiu Property and China Overseas Land & Investment performed well. Mainland China's Shanghai Composite climbed to a 1.4% gain amid broad-based buying. Hunan Haili Chemical was a notable laggard, however.

08:05 am : S&P futures vs fair value: -2.30. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -5.80. The broad market averages were unable to push past weekly intraday highs yesterday, but stocks still scored solid gains. There has been little follow-through, however. In turn, stock futures have drifted lower, such that a modestly lower start to today's trade is expected.

Without any earnings reports of consequence an empty economic calendar, many market participants are taking their cues from abroad, where Europe's major bourses are mixed to moderately weak. That contrasts with the generally weak overnight action in Asia.

The dollar is up sharply this morning. Its 0.7% advance against a basket of major foreign currencies has it on pace for a weekly gain in excess of 1%. Most of the greenback's gain has come against the euro, which is down 0.9% to a fresh weekly low of about $1.32.

06:47 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: -1.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -3.80.

06:47 am : Nikkei...9777.03...+69.70...+0.70%. Hang Seng...21562.26...+174.30...+0.80%.

06:47 am : FTSE...5920.62...-10.60...-0.20%. DAX...6933.92...-7.90...-0.10%.

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

Best Regards,
M.A. Perry
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