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closed the usd/jpy @ 117.68 for 26 pips.

There's a limit order waiting @ 117.63 to buy USD.



There's been a slight retracement from app. 8960 on the Dow , but nothing to suggest a reconsideration of the 9000 level.



US economic news has been mixed today w/ a 0.6% drop ( + .1 ex oil) in import prices against a new increase in May inventory levels ( +0.1) resulting from a decline in sales (-0.2) at the wholesale level.