daytrades april 15 morning ...

Morning all (thanks for the handover highlandlad),

Dow Snapshot

"Stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes crossing significant milestones for the first time in more than a year and a-half, after quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase and Intel and strong retail sales figures." [Source: cnnmoney.com]

The DJIA Index finished Friday's session: Up 103.69 pts; and
The SPI Futures are currently: Up 32 pts atm.

Of Note in Australia Today:

Consumer Inflation Expectation (Mar) (moderate volatility expected)
[The Consumer Inflation Expectation released by the Melbourne Institute presents the consumer expectations of future inflation during the next 12 months. The higher expectations, the stronger the effect they will have on a probability of a rate hike by the RBA. Therefore, a high reading should be taken as positive, or bullish, for the AUD, while a low expectations are seen as negative or bearish.]; and

Of Note in the US tonight:

Industrial Production (market moving indicator);

Jobless Claims (merits extra attention);

Treasury International Capital (merits extra attention);

EIA Natural Gas Report (merits extra attention);

Housing Market Index (merits extra attention);

Net Long-Term TIC Flows (Feb) (moderate volatility expected);

Gold Futures: Gold is Up $2.10 atm and is currently sitting at $1,156.90/oz (Kitco);
Oil Futures: Oil is Up $0.31 at $86.15/barrel (NYMEX/Bloomberg); and
The Dollar: The AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.9358 cents (Forex. Live).

Have a great day trading today all!

Cheers, Tweets (:

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