Quant Report for 2010-04-16

Updated 6:15am EST - After the NIKKEI dropped by -1.52%, European equity markets remain relatively mixed. US equity futures are barely lower ahead of the US open. US treasuries continue to trend higher. Metals are lower. Crude is down again, trading below the $85/barrel level. Soy is breaking out to highest levels in recent months. In the currency markets, the Japanese yen is leading the majors. The laggers are the Euro and Swiss Franc.