Financial Markets Today - By Winoptions.com - Fri, August 03, 2012

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It is our pleasure to present you with Winoptions.com daily analysis and a list of important events in the week to come.

U.S. Markets

U.S Markets were closed lower yesterday. Investors were disappointed from the ECB announcement, the European Central Bank Governor claimed that the ECB is ready to return to the open market to purchase government bonds to lower the yields. Dow Jones index futures points toward a higher opening. Yesterday, The Dow Jones index was closing at 12,878 -0.71%, the S&P 500 index was closing at 1,365 -0.74% and the NASDAQ index was closing at 2,909 -0.36%.

European Markets

European Markets were closed substantially lower yesterday, disappointed from the ECB announcement. The ECB left interest rates unchanged at 0.75%, and did not announce any immediate action to support the markets. Yesterday , The FTSE 100 index was closing at 5,662 -0.88% , the German DAX was closing at 6,606 -2.20% and the France CAC was closing at 3,232 -2.68%.

Asian Markets

Asian Markets were trading with a mixed to negative sentiment, earlier today. Chinese PMI (HSBC) for the service sector has rose to 53.1 points in July. Earlier today, The SSE Composite Index In China was closing at 2,119 +0.39% while the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong was closing at 19,516 -0.88%, and the Nikkei 225 Index in Japan was closing at 8,554 -1.14%.

Commodities & Foreign Exchange

The U.S Dollar Index is higher, currently traded around 83.32 on a lower Euro. Crude NYMEX is up by 0.09%, currently traded around $89.27. Gold prices up down by 0.11%, the precious metal is currently traded around $1,592, Spot Silver is currently traded around $27.16.

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