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Turkey’s Silver Imports Surge to Most Since 1999 as Prices Slide

Turkey’s silver imports climbed in December to the highest since at least 1999 and inbound shipments of gold rose to the most since July as the metals capped their biggest annual decline in more than three decades.

Imports of silver gained to 41.6 metric tons last month, 36 percent more than in November and above September’s amount of 39.9 tons, according to data on the Istanbul Gold Exchange’s website going back to 1999. That took the full year figure to 227.8 tons, 60 percent more than 2012 and compared with 42.1 tons in all of 2011. Gold imports increased 64 percent in December to 31.6 tons, the data show.

Stocks open higher on second day of trading

Stocks opened higher Friday in the second day of trading as automakers released some strong year-end sales results.

The Dow Jones industrial average index rose 55 points to 16,496 at the opening bell. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 5 points to 1,837 and the Nasdaq composite index added 5 points to 4,152.

Chrysler's U.S. sales rose 6% in the final month of the year, the company said Friday. Industry analysts expect a total U.S. sales gain of about 4% in December and an annual gain of around 8%. All automakers are releasing sales numbers.

NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

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Followers, in thrall to Harrods and Downton Abbey, repeat the mantra that the greed of a few means prosperity for all

EUR/USD up in Asian trade

The Euro was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday.
EUR/USD was trading at 1.3695, up 0.03% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 1.3656, Tuesday’s low, and resistance at 1.3717, Monday’s high
Meanwhile, the Euro was up against the British Pound and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.04% to hit 0.8347 and EUR/JPY rising 0.09% to hit 143.65.

EUR/JPY hits 5-year high on hawkish ECB comments (source - investing.com)

The euro strengthened to five-year highs against the yen not on Friday after European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann warned against keeping interest rates low.

In U.S. trading on Friday, EUR/JPY was up 0.77% at 144.62, up from a low of 143.44 and off a high of 145.69.
The pair sought to test support at 142.10, Monday's low, and resistance at 146.84, the high from Oct. 3, 2008.
European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann said earlier that keeping interest rates low may endanger political reforms.

"We must take care to raise interest rates again in a timely manner should inflation pressures build," he reportedly said, and his comments sent the euro posting strong gains against most major currencies, the yen especially.

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Forex Traders May Need To Be ‘More Discriminating” With EM Currencies

Strategists say they see potential for further greenback gains against emerging-market currencies, although the biggest moves may have already occurred, says Mark McCormick, forex strategist with Crédit Agricole. Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, adds that traders might need to become “more discriminating” in choosing their positions. Both strategists say currencies of countries with large current-account deficits or high short-term liabilities may be most vulnerable, listing Brazil, South Africa, Turkey and Indonesia. McCormick also lists the Indian rupee, although Chandler suggested this currency is “beaten up” and could bounce, particularly if candidates favored by investors fare well in spring elections. Chandler and McCormick are both friendly toward the Mexican peso.

Forex Forecasts: A Rare Long-Term View

When I worked in London's interbank Foreign Exchange market, the Holiday season would usually make me smile. Not the season itself, although the excessive celebration was fun, but the people I would meet during the inevitable round of social parties. Often, once people found out what I did for a living, they'd ask me a question which usually went something like "I'm going on vacation in six months, should I buy my currency now or later?"