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Uranium Surges

Bottom pickers are pecking away at Uranium ETF today, URA, sending it higher by 7%.

Related: Uranium related stocks are soaring too, with big gains in URRE (14%), URG (10%), DNN (6%) and URZ (4.5%)

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Breadth Decidedly Strong

Intra-day overall market breadth is very strong, with more than 79% of stocks up on the day. Outliers can be found in both tech and retail, thanks to AAPL and NKE. However, generally speaking, stocks are up across the board.

Data provided by The PPT

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Airlines Taking Off, As Oil Weakens

With the pullback in crude, beaten down airlines stocks are bouncing hard today, with outsized gains in LCC (+7%), AMR (+6%), ALK (+6%) and PNCL (+6%).

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Flash: Crack Spreads Continue Higher

Even with crude selling off, the decline in gasoline and heating oil is less, lending to a higher spread for refiners this morning, now up 1.1% to $24.09.

UPDATE: Spreads have widened, now +1.9% to $24.29

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Saudi Arabia Hands Out More Money

In an effort to quell whispers of revolution, The House of Saud bribed its citizens again. King Abdullah announced they would be building 500,000 new homes, give money to the unemployed, set the minimum wage at $800 per month and mandated all civil servants, students and members of the military receive 2 months of “bonus pay” for their loyalty to the crown.

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