In Asia-Pacific markets, the Shanghai Composite and Hong Kong Hang Seng closed up +4.59% and +2.28% respectively, while the Sensex 30 of India was up +0.54% to 13526 and the Tokyo Nikkei 225 gained +0.93% to 13360. The All Ords of Australia lost -1.51% to 5091.70.

In Europe at mid-day, the UK FTSE, French CAC and German DAX were at 5454 (+0.77%), 4301 (+0.82%) and 6331 (+0.93%), respectively.

The $USD gained +0.5% to 73.355 and the Euro dropped -0.29% to 1.5593.

Crude Oil futures are down -$1.075 to 143.075. The DJIA futures are close to flat at 11291.

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Links & Charts

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International Economics Review

US Economic Calendar.

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International Equity Markets Review

Europe

Here is the latest session data for the bourses of Europe.

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Here is the latest session data for the London stock exchange FTSE.

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Here is the latest session data for the German DAX.

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Here is the latest session data for the French CAC 40.

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Here is the latest session data for the Milan Italy stock exchange MIBTEL.

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Here is the latest session data for the Swiss market index.

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Asia-Pacific

Here is the latest session data for the Asia-Pacific stock exchanges.

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Here is the latest chart for the Japanese Nikkei 225 index.

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Here is the latest chart for the Singapore index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Shanghai Composite index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Hong Kong Hang Seng index .

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Here is the latest chart for the India BSE 30 index .

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Here is the latest chart for the Australian All Ordinaries index .

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US Equity Markets Review

DJIA (interactive) chart

NASDAQ Composite (interactive) chart

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Oil Review

Here is the e-miNY Jan-08 Crude Oil chart.

Interactive Chart of Daily Crude Oil:

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Gold & Precious Metals Review

Spot gold chart for the week

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Spot silver chart for the week

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Forex Review

Here is the chart of the week's trading in the $USD.

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