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U.S. Stock Index futures are lower this morning after a rally sent the

S&P 500 to its highest close this year as investors await further

assurances that Central Banks will continue to support growth. We check the markets every 15 minutes throughout the trading day on Bloomberg.

S&P E-Many futures down 5 points, Dow E-Many futures down 28, and NASDAQ E-Mart futures down about 11. dax in Germany is up 1.5 percent.

Ten year Treasury up 8.30 seconds. They yield 1.95 percent. Yield on the 2 year.

0.94 percent. Nine makes screwed oil down 2.7 percent or a dollar 3 to 37 percent. Nine makes crude oil down 2.7 percent or a dollar 3 to 37.47 a barrel.

Comex gold is down 2 tenths percent or $2.40 to 1257 an ounce.

The euro, a dollar 1121, the yen 113.59. Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which is being

bought by Marriott International, receiving a separate unsolicited takeover proposal from a group of companies led by Anbang Insurance

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