Here’s Why The US Dollar Finished Higher Today
Stocks managed to eke out
another day of gains while
Treasuries finished today.
Equity
The Nasdaq
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at 9312.
Fixed Income
U.S. Treasuries were higher today. The 10
year futures contract
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was up by -09 to close at 105-03; and the five year note was up by 0-090 at 111-155
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Metals
August gold
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down by 10.80 at 492.7. Copper was
down by .70 at 79.15
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.6560.
Energy
August crude
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to close at 31.05. Natural gas was down .043 to close at 4.848
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Currencies
The USD index
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at 96.82 after today’s US economic data suggested that US growth is outpacing
that of most of the world’s other economies..