The main indexes closed with some mixed chop, sp -0.6pts @ 1831. The two leaders - Trans/R2K, both settled higher by around 0.5%. There is slight risk of further downside next Mon/Tuesday, but with broader upside into mid/late January, into the sp'1860/80 zone.
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Summary
A pretty choppy end to the week, but then..with many traders still on holiday, it remains a rather quiet market.
There is minor risk of downside to maybe 1820/18 next Mon/Tuesday, but really, the general trend remains to the upside.
Next week things really get back to normal, where we have the FOMC minutes (Wed'), and the monthly jobs data (Fri').
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a little more later...