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U.S. jobless claims rose in latest week to 496K |
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- A few important fundamentals were issued yesterday; here we are summarizing some of them. German jobless claims increased 7000 in February. While in USA, January durable goods orders rose 3.0%, jobless claims rose to 496K in latest week, home prices dipped in Q4 by 0.1% from Q3 and natural gas stocks off 172 BCF. |
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Based on the above review the following markets were affected: |
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Forex: |
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- Euro-dollar opened its trading yesterday at $1.3537 and decreased in early trading to $1.3449, then the pair has increased sharply to $1.3569. By the end of trading the euro has closed at $1.3548. |
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Metals: |
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- Spot Gold opened its trading yesterday at $ 1097.98 per ounce. Then it has decreased to $1088.09 per ounce. Then the precious metal has increased to $1108.81 per ounce. By the end of trading spot gold has closed at $1105.90 per ounce. |
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Crude Oil: |
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- WTI Nymex April light sweet crude oil opened its trading yesterday at $80.28 per barrel. Then the crude oil increased to $80.29 per barrel. Crude prices has then decreased to $77.03 per barrel. WTI Nymex April light sweet crude oil has closed its trading at $78.30 per barrel. |
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Indices: |
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- Dow Jones Industrial Average opened its trading yesterday at 10346 point.The Dow index has then decreased to 10170 point. Then the Dow has increased to 10412 point. By the end of trading Dow Jones index has closed at 10304 point. |
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