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Commodities and related sectors continued to bounce higher today. Crude closed above $120/barrel and gold traded nearly $840/ounce! Energy stocks added to their gains: HES +4.89%; CLR +5.4%; HK +5.94%. Gold and silver miners jumped: AEM +6.93%; ABX +6.76%; PAAS +6.26%. Coal stocks bounced for the 3rd-straight day: CNX +4.14%; ACI +8.06%; MEE +6.8%; BTU +5.87%. Financials and techs were on the weak side.
The Dow closed up +12.78 points; SPX added +3.18 points; Nasdaq slid 8.7 points:
As mentioned earlier, commodities were strong: USO (oil) +4.5%; UNG (natural gas) +2.32%; GLD (gold) +2.8%; SLV (silver) +3.87%; DBA (agricultural commodities) +3.72%. XLE (energy) added +2.51%. XME (metals and mining) gained +2.48%, while GDX (gold miners) jumped +5.86%. OIH (oil services) was up +1.91%. XLF (financials) slipped 1.82%, but, HGX (housing) advanced +2.32%. Techs were weak, with SWH (software) down 1.43%. FXI (Chinese ADRs) gave back 1.71%.
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