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Wedesday, November 5, 2014 |
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| Markets | yesterday | today | |||
| metals | Gold trading at $1,146.85 & silver to $15.31 | Futures @ 4 hrs. before opening -2.33% | |||
| stocks | Early hedging/profit taking --"Quiet losses in mixed volume" | Futures +0.31% | |||
--election's over and appeared to end well! This morning's reports: ADP Employment Change, ISM Services, and Crude Inventories. News:
Investors eye opportunities as Republicans take U.S. Senate
GOP seizes the Senate: Here's how it will impact investorsToyota raises full-year profit forecastBBC News - 42 minutes agoJapan's biggest car manufacturer, Toyota, has raised its full-year profit forecast by 12.4%, citing a weaker yen and cost cutting efforts.
FOREX-Dollar up after US elections, euro weakness to test SNB's floor Reuters - 1 hour ago ... * Yen falls as risk appetite grows after U.S. election results. * Euro at two-year lows against Swiss franc. * Dollar index up 0.2 percent.
U.K. Services Index Slumps to 17-Month Low as Economy Cools Bloomberg - an hour ago Growth at U.K. service companies slowed to the least in 17 months in October as demand cooled, preventing companies from raising prices.