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 EQUITY INDEXES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
S&P 500899.22-10.70-1.18
NASDAQ1,649.514.390.27
Russell 2000522.4823.284.66
S&P/TSX Comp9,065.16-535.02-5.57
Mexico Bolsa19,905.27-404.93-1.99
Brazil Bovespa35,609.54-1,470.76-3.97

U.S. MOST ACTIVE BY VOLUME
 PRICE%CHANGEVOLUME
SPDR TRUST SER 188.5-2.43871546886
SPDR-FINL SELECT15.110.30526855674
POWERSH-QQQ31.32-0.63472453186
PROSHARES ULTRA9.4812.72337896545
GENERAL ELECTRIC21.513.10275275400

 FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Dow8,370.00-228.00-2.65
S&P 500891.00-21.50-2.36
NASDAQ1,282.5010.500.83
S&P/TSE555.00-29.20-5.00
Mexico Bolsa20,441.00-75.00-0.37
Brazil Bovespa36,000.00-70.00-0.19

INDUSTRY GROUP MOVERS BY %CHANGE
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
S&P 500 CONS DISCRET IDX167.12-2.83-1.67
S&P 500 CONS STAPLES IDX238.20-5.31-2.18
S&P 500 ENERGY INDEX338.68-29.67-8.05

 CURRENCIES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
EUR-USD1.3408-0.0197-1.45
USD-JPY100.68000.87000.87
GBP-USD1.7042-0.0054-0.32

 COMMODITY FUTURES
 VALUECHANGE% CHANGE
Oil77.70-8.89-10.27
Gold859.00-27.50-3.10
Natural Gas6.54-0.29-4.25

 BONDS
 PRICEYIELD 
2-Year100.7031.63 
10-Year101.0473.87 
30-Year106.1724.14 
Canada 10-Year103.6573.79 
Mexico Global95.6467.34 
Brazil Global95.1548.84 

FED TARGET RATE
 1 MONTH PRIOR 
1.502.00 

 MORTGAGE RATES (Rates may include points.)
 CURRENT1 MO. PRIOR
15-YEAR5.905.42
30-YEAR6.165.79
1-YEAR ARM7.325.92

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