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Beijing cuts Tesla out of charger-station plan
Baltic Dry Index -.8% to 881 points
08:20 News Bot: London Silver Fix USD 21.08 (Prev. USD 20.95)
08:20 News Bot: Goldman Sachs have lowered their jobless rate forecast to 5.9% for the end of 2014, and 5.4% for the end of 2015
08:20 News Bot: Spot gold takes a break to the upside moving through the Asia-Pacific high of USD 1,320.44/oz ahead of the COMEX pit open, trades USD 1,322.35 (USD +6.09/oz) last
- Silver also taking a turn to the upside with sympathy for the break out in gold now at USD 21.13/oz (USD +0.15/oz) last. No fundamental news instigating the move in either metal.
(RANsquawk)
08:20 News Bot: Latest JP Morgan Treasury Client Survey shows longs at 13 (Prev. 11), shorts at 38 vs (Prev. 38), neutrals 49 (Prev. 51)
08:20 News Bot: US NFIB Small Business Optimism (Jun) M/M 95.0 vs. Exp. 97.0 (Prev. 96.6)
08:20 News Bot: US ICSC Chain Store Sales (Jul 8) W/W 1.7% vs Prev. 1.0%
- US ICSC Chain Store Sales (Jul 8) Y/Y 3.3% vs Prev. 4.6%
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