Forex Blog by Greg Secker

The DOW had a volatile trading day yesterday, rallying at the open up 120 points before falling over 200 points and rallying to the close to finish the session up 51 points. The S&P closed up 6 points, NASDAQ up 3 points. The FTSE, writes Greg, 100 gapped higher at the open but quickly fell to the lows, but rallied to close the session up 105 points. Asia has fallen overnight and the futures prices are looking to open lower. Futures – DOW is called down 60 points, FTSE is called down 70 points. Oil is trading near to the $100 a barrel level at $98.65, gold is trading at $804.