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Markets
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.915
|
+0.001 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.603
|
+0.004 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.059
|
-0.001 |
10:00am EDT
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.2270 | 0.0093 |
| EUR | 0.8148 | 1 | 0.0076 |
| JPY | 107.7800 | 132.2500 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,336.90
USD
|
-9.90
Exp: Apr 18
|
| Copper |
3.14
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Apr 18
|
| Crude Oil |
67.60
USD
|
-0.69
Exp: Apr 18
|
