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Wall Street closes near daily highs

FXStreet (San Francisco) - US stocks market closed its best day in three weeks as investors welcomed FOMC minutes and the ADP private employment report.

Crude oil bounced at $48.80 and closed positive for the first time in the year. Gold declined 0.55% to $1,212.70.

All sectors finished Wednesday positive on the day. The Health Care sector fared the best out of all sectors with 1.89% daily gains. Followed by Consumer Staples with 1.60% gains and Consumer Discretionary that closed 1.51% positive on the session.

The S&P 500 closed Wednesday up 1.16% to 2,026. The DOw Jones rose 1.23% to 17,584.52. While the Nasdaq Composite finished 1.26% positive at 4,650.47.

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Rob Carnell, analyst at ING Bank NV noted the FOMC minutes and forecasts a rate hike as soon as 2Q 2015.
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EUR/AUD consolidating in neutral/bearish territory below pivot

EUR/AUD is currently trading at 1.4667 having made a high of 1.4671 and a low of 1.4661 in the hand over from that had recovered the losses over night from1.4730 down to 1.4640.
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