Forex Blog by Greg Secker

After a sideways start to the session the DOW eventually broke the 13,000 level falling all the way back to the 12800 level ending the day down 206 points. The S&P fell 25 points, the NASDAQ fell 44 points. The FTSE, writes Greg, 100 gapped higher at the open and held on to the gains ending the day up 45 points. Futures – DOW is called up 40 points, FTSE is called down 25 points. Oil is trading at $123.58 a barrel and gold at $868.80.