.A sturdy approach United States equities today would have indicated the 'all-clear' for risk assets. As an alternative, a 2.5% gain entering the last hour of exchanging was trimmed to 1% at the close.Closing improvements: S&P five hundred: +1.0% Nasdaq : +1.0% Russell 2000: +1.5% DJIA: +0.8% Toronto TSX Comp: -0.9% (was actually finalized for vacation yesterday).This post was actually created through Adam Switch at www.forexlive.com.