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30 Apr 2013
US markets trading mixed, dollar bounces off lows
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The Dow is posting marginal losses on Tuesday, retreating 0.03% after investors digested the US data and earnings reports, contrasting with the advances of both the S&P500 and the Nasdaq, up 0.10% and 0.48%, respectively. The greenback, measured by the US Dollar Index, is now picking up pace after dipping to weekly lows around 81.65, although still submerged into the red.
Bourses in Europe closed mostly with losses, with only the German benchmark advancing 0.51% bolstered by gains in the Deutsche Bank AG (DB). The FTSE100 was the worst performer, down 0.43%, followed by the IBEX35, 0.38% and the CAC40, 0.31%. Worrisome results in Germany and the euro zone weighted on the markets, dragging the indices lower amid an increasing wave of risk appetite that pushed the EUR/USD to the boundaries of 1.3200, although losing impetus later to the current 1.3150/55 region.
In the commodities space, gains in the ounce troy of he precious metal – 0.32% at $1,472 – are contrasting with the drop of the barrel of WTI, down 0.97% at $93.58.
Bourses in Europe closed mostly with losses, with only the German benchmark advancing 0.51% bolstered by gains in the Deutsche Bank AG (DB). The FTSE100 was the worst performer, down 0.43%, followed by the IBEX35, 0.38% and the CAC40, 0.31%. Worrisome results in Germany and the euro zone weighted on the markets, dragging the indices lower amid an increasing wave of risk appetite that pushed the EUR/USD to the boundaries of 1.3200, although losing impetus later to the current 1.3150/55 region.
In the commodities space, gains in the ounce troy of he precious metal – 0.32% at $1,472 – are contrasting with the drop of the barrel of WTI, down 0.97% at $93.58.