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FX Consolidates As Headlines Slow Thu May 17 09:43:52 CEST 2012

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G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD
 
NOK 0.48
SEK 0.43
AUD 0.33
NZD 0.29
CHF 0.2
EUR 0.09
DKK 0.06
CAD 0.04
JPY -0.03
GBP -0.06
Global Indexes Current Level % Change
 
Nikkei 225 Index 8,876.59 0.85
Hang Seng Index 19,396.93 0.71
Shanghai Index 2,381.78 1.51
FTSE futures 5,404.50 0.26
DAX futures 6,421.00 0.45
SMI Futures 5,872.00 0.01
DJIA futures 12,624.00 0.39
Global Indexes Current Level % Change
 
Gold 1,550.20 0.69
Silver 27.66 1.62
VIX 22.27 1.36
Crude wti 93.40 0.63
USD Index 81.29 -0.09

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Holiday in Europe Keeps Trading Subdued 17/5/2012

While the news flow emanating from Europe has slowed, proving a temporary respite from risky assets, the pressure on Greek banks is growing. After market chatter and media reports, the ECB confirmed that some Greek banks had turned to the Bank of Greece for Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) pending recapitalization. After a brief pause, periphery spreads are starting to widen again, lead by Italy and Spain. Spanish auctions found plenty of buyers but at a price as yields rose to 4.40% from 2.96% and Q1 GDP -0.3% q/q and -0.4% y/y as expected. Read more
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