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U.S. stocks are falling as commodity shares decline with the S&P 500 slipping from a 10 month high.

Amid speculation equities may have run too far too fast given the lackluster prospects for global growth.

We check the markets every 15 minutes

throughout the trading day on

Bloomberg. And the S&P 500 is down 4 tens per cent or 9 points to 2,110.

Dow Jones industrial average, down 3.10 percent or 60 points to 17,944.

The NASDAQ down 410% or 18 points to 4,955.

10-year Treasury of 1030 seconds, The yield 1.66 percent. The yield on the 2-year 0.76 percent.

Noymax crude oil down 1.4 percent or 72 cents to $50.52 a barrel. Comax Gold is up 3.10 per cent or $4.10 to 1266. 48

the euro a dollar 1326 the yen at 106.48.

Household confidence increased for a second week, reaching the highest level since early April as Americans

fell better about the economy and the buying climate according to the weekly Bloomberg Consumer

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