Initial jobless claims (week ending 12/24) up 15,000 to 381,000.
€452.034 BN parked in ECB deposit facility, new all-time high.
Estimate a total Q4 2011 sales increase of 3.5% to 4.5%.
Italian 10-year bonds remain at 7 percent. Up 0.041 to 7.025%.
S&P/Case-Shiller home price data fell in October.
US holiday sales expected to rise 3.8% this year to $469.1 BN.
Brent rises on Nigeria, Syria concerns.
Oil prices jump on Iran's military exercises in strait of Hormuz.
ICE Brent crude fell $3.66, or 3.3%, to $108.22 a barrel.
NYMEX WTI for December delivery settled down $3.77 to $98.82 a barrel.
Palladium prices for December delivery fell $50.75 to $603.70 an ounce.
Platinum prices for January delivery fell $50.10 to $1,581.10 an ounce.
China-Japan agreement to use their currencies for trade seen boosting Yuan's global profile.
Euro-Yen hits five-week low below 103.95 Yen.
U.S. dollar supported on lower unemployment rate in October
The situation with Euro will evolve in a negative direction.
Markets on high alert on expectations of Yen intervention soon.
Pound rises amid expectations of QE from BOE.
