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mobile app and on your radio. This is a Bloomberg Business Flash. And I'm Karen Moscow. Banks pacing in early advance in U.S. stocks, which are extending, well,

much are now little changed in their trial, which are now little changed.

We'll leave it at that.

The S&P 500 is little changed at 1930.

Dow Jones Industrial Average up about 5 points to 16,489 in the NASDAQ.

It's down to 10% now or about 8 points to 4534.

The 10-year Treasury of 11.30 seconds,

the yield 1.70%.

The yield on the 2-year 0.71%.

Nine max crude oil, down 1.3% or 43 cents at $31.72 a barrel. And Comax gold is down 2.10% or $2.40 to 12.36.60 an ounce.

The euro is at a dollar 10 ten 12 the yen 1.12.70. Consumer sentiment

in the US remaining stable last week and close to a three-month high helped in part

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