Japan August Retail Trade s.a (MoM) up to 0.9% vs -1.7%

Sep 30, 2013

Japan Retail Trade (YoY) improves to 1.1% in August from -0.3%

Gold gaps up but gives back most of the gains early Monday

Concerns out of Europe and the US caused the gold bugs to emerge from the woodwork at the open on Sunday. However, the US Dollar’s upside lean has capped and is now working on eliminating gold’s gains.