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Friday, April 9, 2010

Markets on the up again

After dropping close to 50 points at the open, the Dow Jones Industrials finished in positive territory at 10,927 (up 30 points) as strong numbers came in from U.S. retailers such as GAP for March. This is helping to drive European markets higher with the FTSE 100 currently up 52 points to 5,766.