The U.S. dollar index spiked again on those news headlines, but in afternoon trading had backed will off its daily highs.
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Crude oil prices were also lower most of the session Tuesday, but did rebound in afternoon trading to trade near unchanged.
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Futures were down 7 handles early this morning after some soft European data weakened the euro, but stocks are bouncing in afternoon trading.
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Shares of RIM's stock are down more than 20% from a year ago, but were up slightly in early afternoon trading from yesterday's close.
The markets picked up some modest gains earlier in the afternoon with light trading, but pared those gains as investors took in news of another possible downgrade.
Its shares had fallen 14% since early March but were up nearly 2% in afternoon trading Tuesday.
Gold prices did temporarily rebound from the lows in early afternoon trading, but have since slipped back lower.
The U.S. dollar index traded firmer Thursday but had backed well down from its daily high in afternoon trading.
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Citigroup was up 0.2% but JPMorgan Chase was down another 0.6% in afternoon trading Wednesday.
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The Market Vectors Russia exchange traded fund is up 0.51% in mid-afternoon trading on Thursday, but is down 14.13% year to date, vastly underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index, which is down around 7.3% as of April 18.
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But investors appeared to be unimpressed, sending shares down 4.33% in afternoon trading.
Vale shares were trading as much as 2% lower in early afternoon trade, but have recovered somewhat.
The U.S. dollar index was trading slightly lower Wednesday afternoon but did hit a fresh four-week high in the early going, on more short covering.
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