What Gave Treasuries A Lift Today?
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Stocks finished lower and
Treasuries finished higher today.
Equity
The Nasdaq
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at 9178..
Fixed Income
U.S. Treasuries had a bit of a bounce today, after the US
Treasury announced that it would auction $ 4 billion less than the market was
expecting, or $ 60 billion. The 10 year
futures contract
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was up by -30 to close at 108-00; and the five year note was up 0-075 at 111-310
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Metals
August gold
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at 355.80. Silver
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down by .10 at 80.10
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Energy
August crude
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close at 30.74. Natural gas was down .0073 to close at 4.620
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Currencies
The USD index
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at 96.30.