Up 118. 3. This is after the index which is the conference index versus the business index conference. The pmis have been upbeat and all of this is pointing to very healthy growth for germany. And here come the expectations, 105. 7 for march which is also a little bit above the forecast of 104. 3. A small beat on the figures. Youre looking at it right now, 108. 67. Maim maybe people are looking more towards the political environment. The victory in germany over the weekend. I would think so the euro dollar has got very little to dough with whats happening with one of the smallest states in germany but the failure, the huge failure by donald trump to get this vote on the Health Care Bill. Thats why were seeing the dollar index at a twomonth low. Completely agree. Some indicating that funds is a little low this morning. Only 800,000 people are eligible to vote. Is that right . Yes. 800,000 people. Psych wilologically europ markets called a little lower across the board. Most regions up a
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Lastminute push in the Granite State . On the markets desk, julie hyman has the latest long session lows. Investorsloff today, seem to be feeling uneasy about here. Accelerating, as david says, the lows of the session, the s p in the dow are down considerably as well. Close toq looks pretty entering a bear market. Take a look at the bloomberg on an intraday basis, going back about one year. This is last july. The high of july 20, the high on that day. Tract to the lower today you have a decline of 19 . On a closing basis it doesnt look like it will enter a bear market today, but it could certainly happen soon because technology has really been leading the decline, not just today but this year. Look at the heavyweights, many of whom did well last year and are now pulling back this year. Facebook, microsoft, amazon, all sharply lower. We have seen this theme again and again. Banks, similar situations. The financial index is the worstperforming group of the 10 groups within the s p. Once
Groups are trading lower. Been week all year, the financials the worstperforming group your today. Discretionary, health care, really anything having to do with sensitivity to Economic Growth has been doing poorly in todays session. Also, were seeing money flow into where people perceive as less risky. Alix so, you see money going into gold, the 10year . Julie exactly. Gold trading at their highs since last summer. Gold has been on this run since the beginning of the year. If you go back and look at gold since last june, it has once again gone above 1200 an ounce. Also, people buying the fix today, the volatility buying today, the volatility index, also called the fear index. Not a huge spike, but above the 25 threshold that characterizes times of higher concern. And finally the yield on the 10year is notable as well. 1. 73 . It keeps going lower and lower. It is the lowest in about a year. People are buying treasuries as well, an area they perceived to be less risky. Lets have a check