Uranium

Penny stock First Uranium Corp [stock FURAF] jumped 20% yesterday on company news. 

U.S. Stock Market

Will the trend continue in U.S. markets?  Each time the S&P 500 [stock ^SPX] began the week down 1% or more such as yesterday the U.S. markets closed the week out lower 5 out 6 times.

Analysis Upgrades and and Downgrades for June 11

Analysis Upgrades and and Downgrades for the close of June 11, 2012

Today's Afternoon New 52 Week High and Low

Today’s afternoon new 52 week high and low for June 11, 2012

EURUSD FXE

Markets are off to a positive start in the early week, with two key developments over the weekend seen as the primary drivers for the initial surge in risk correlated assets. The news that EU assistance to the Spanish banking sector in the amount of Eur100B has well exceeded estimates of most analysts, while Chinese data was not as bad as many had feared. Both of these developments have resulted in a market rally driven by the expectation that the global economy will continue to be supported by proponomics.

Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades Ahead of the Bell

Analysts Upgrades and Downgrades Ahead of the Bell as June 11, 2012 8:30 a.m. EDT

U.S. Stock Market

U.S. traders are coming off the best week thus far in 2012. The EU announcement of a plan to bailout Spanish banks is helping to continue the market drive into the start of the new trading week.

Breaking News - U.S. Futures

Breaking News – U.S. Futures

Asian Markets Rally on European Finance Ministers Bailout

Asian markets begin the week off with a big bang Monday morning – Sunday evening in the U.S after the European Finance Ministers approved to provide Spain euros for a banking bailout.

New Zealand Dollar Rebound Threatened by Dovish RBNZ

The New Zealand Dollar was the second best performer this week, finishing just 0.12 percent lower against the top performer, the Australian Dollar. The Kiwi crushed the safe haven currencies, the Japanese Yen and the US Dollar, appreciating by 3.72 percent and 2.05 percent, respectively. As Currency Strategist Ilya Spivak frequently notes, the New Zealand Dollar has a very tight correlation to the MSCI World Stock Index, so the commodity currency is at bay to global risk trends.