What Hurt Treasuries Today?
Stocks and bonds both finished
lower today.
Equity
The Nasdaq
future
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87 at 9088.
Fixed Income
U.S. Treasuries lost traction today after a much better than
expected jobless claims number. The 10
year futures contract
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was down by -27 to close at 109-28; and the five year note was down 0-40 at 112-260
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Metals
August gold
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at 362.30. Silver
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up 1.45
at 79.35
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Energy
August crude
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close at 30.22. Natural gas was down .145 to close at 4.731
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Currencies
The USD index
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at 95.59.