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Risk Assets Take a Dive Wed May 16 09:16:49 CEST 2012

Market Brief

G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD
 
GBP -0.2
JPY -0.26
EUR -0.29
CHF -0.3
DKK -0.35
CAD -0.43
AUD -0.46
NOK -0.48
SEK -0.53
NZD -0.55
Global Indexes Current Level % Change
 
Nikkei 225 Index 8801.17 -1.12
Hang Seng Index 19311.80 -2.93
Shanghai Index 2359.16 -0.66
FTSE futures 5437.62 -0.51
DAX futures 6401.06 -0.79
SMI Index 5865.16 -0.18
DJIA futures 12632.00 -0.5
Global Indexes Current Level % Change
 
Gold 1531.20 -0.84
Silver 27.31 -1.51
VIX 21.97 0.46
Crude wti 92.25 -1.84
USD Index 81.47 0.31

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Spotlight on the Sterling 16/5/2012

Yesterday’s European session was a breather for the Euro area as German GDP came in much better than expected at 0.5% q-o-q. The data was in line with most of the projections. Fed’s Bernanke will be releasing its meeting minutes today and the tone will determine how likely a next QE is. Read more
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23:50 GDP
12:30 Jobless Claims
13:45 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
14:00 Philadelphia Fed Survey
14:00 E-Commerce Retail Sales
14:00 Leading Indicators
14:30 EIA Natural Gas Report
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