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• Market talk of asset-reallocation from fixed-income and into equities has helped lift sentiment
from the open. • Reports that Spanish banks are pressing market regulators to reinstate a
short-selling ban on domestic financials has helped keep negative sentiment at…

Week Ending May 16, 2012
Natural gas prices remained above $2.30 per million British
thermal units (MMBtu) over the report week (Wednesday to Wednesday) at most of the country’s
trading locations. The Henry Hub price moved within a 5-cent range for much of the week before
rising sharply, closing at $2.50 per MMBtu yesterday (up 14 cents for the More >

June crude oil prices experienced a choppy trading session but were contained in the lower portion
of the weekly range. June crude oil trended higher into the US trading session, helped by a rebound
in equity markets and a sell off in the US dollar….

(eToro Blog) Over the past week, quite a few OpenBook traders and even a few gurus were caught on the wrong side of a trade or when the crisis in the Eurozone escalated well beyond investors’ comfort zone. The Euro trended lower and refused to retrace, much to traders’ collective chagrin. With the uncertainty of More >

Trade was choppy in the crude oil complex this morning, with June crude oil spending most of the
early part of the session in negative territory. The complex was able to rebound from their early
morning lows but lacked the upside vigor some had anticipated….

The expiration date for the June 2012 option contracts for the Heating Oil Crack Option (CH), RBOB
Crack Spread Option (RX) and WTI Crude Oil Calendar Spread Option (W) is Monday, May 21,
2012. FLOOR PROCEDURES  All Floor Traders that carry on option position at the close of
business on the day prior to the expiration day, or engaged More >

The crude oil market traded lower during the overnight hours and registered a new low for the
decline. The market has been able to rebound during the initial morning hours, helped by a bounce
in European equity markets and pullback in the US dollar….

The sell-off in risk commodities continues as we near the end of another week of trading and
investing. Markets do not like uncertainty and that is about all there is around the world right
now….

(eToro Blog) The debate and speculation is finally over and all that’s left now is the shouting. Late yesterday, Facebook executives announced that it would price its 421.2 million shares of stock at $38.00 per share, the high end of the anticipated range. At that price, Facebook shares would trade at better than 100 times More >

ASIA A Chinese think tank has said GDP is likely to grow by around 7.5% in the second quarter of
this year, with inflation at 3.3% across the same period….