Quant Report for 2010-03-05

Updated 6:45am EST - The NIKKEI finished strong, closing up over 2% to close out the week. European equity markets are all in positive territory across the board. US equity futures continue to trend upwards ahead of the US open. Crude is slightly higher, trading above the $80/barrel level. The currency markets are trading on very low liquidity ahead of employment data which is due out of the US at 8:30am EST.