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12 Sep 2013
US equities static at opening after upbeat jobless claims
FXstreet.com (Lisbon) - The US stock market finally had some meaningful data to digest in the United States, which yielded fairly solid results ahead of next weeks Fed meeting.
In the United States, Initial Jobless Claims (September 6) were reported at 292K, beating estimates calling for 330K. In addition, Continuing Jobless Claims (August 30) yielded a figure of 2.871M, besting projections of 2.960M.
Beginning with the indices and composites, today the NASDAQ fell -0.09% as it settles in region of 3721.26, down -3.27 points in these moments. In addition, the S&P 500 is trading in negative territory, operating at 1683.15, descending -2.17 points or -0.13% at the time of writing. Finally, the Dow Jones has moved higher at the opening, trading in the zone of 15333.17, presently +0.04% after a movement of +6.57 points.
Moving to commodities, the price of gold has settled at $1330.60 per oz., while silver is now negotiating a spot price of $22.20 per oz. Thursday.
In terms of FX, the EUR/USD is now trading at 1.3271 (-0.30%), the USD/JPY has settled at 99.40 (-0.48%), the GBP/USD at 1.5805 (-0.09%), and the USD/CHF at 0.9320 (+0.20%).
In the United States, Initial Jobless Claims (September 6) were reported at 292K, beating estimates calling for 330K. In addition, Continuing Jobless Claims (August 30) yielded a figure of 2.871M, besting projections of 2.960M.
Beginning with the indices and composites, today the NASDAQ fell -0.09% as it settles in region of 3721.26, down -3.27 points in these moments. In addition, the S&P 500 is trading in negative territory, operating at 1683.15, descending -2.17 points or -0.13% at the time of writing. Finally, the Dow Jones has moved higher at the opening, trading in the zone of 15333.17, presently +0.04% after a movement of +6.57 points.
Moving to commodities, the price of gold has settled at $1330.60 per oz., while silver is now negotiating a spot price of $22.20 per oz. Thursday.
In terms of FX, the EUR/USD is now trading at 1.3271 (-0.30%), the USD/JPY has settled at 99.40 (-0.48%), the GBP/USD at 1.5805 (-0.09%), and the USD/CHF at 0.9320 (+0.20%).