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The dollar gained against the euro in Asian trading Thursday, after the International Monetary Fund said late Wednesday that it plans to sell 191.3 tons of gold, likely on the open market.

The IMF's announcement pushed spot prices and gold-miner shares lower. The planned sales would be valued at about $6.19 billion at current prices, according to CNBC. See full story on IMF gold sales.
The euro continued recent gains against the dollar in Asian trading Wednesday, as investors absorbed details of European aid to Greece that emerged in the previous session.
U.S. stock futures fell on Friday after China hiked its deposit-reserve ratio, escalating worries over global economic growth and prompting traders to sell stocks and commodities, and buy the U.S. dollar.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 67 points, or 0.7%, to 10,043.

S&P 500 futures fell 9 points, or 0.8%, to 1,067.60, and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 15.75 points, or 0.9%, t
U.S. stock futures tilted modestly higher Monday amid relative calm over European finances and the lack of any sparks at a weekend meeting of top finance ministers.

S&P 500 futures (SPX 1,065, -0.72, -0.07%) rose 1.6 points to 1,061.4 and Nasdaq 100 futures (COMP 2,141, -0.47, -0.02%) were ahead 1 point at 1,746. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 10,012, +10.05, +0.10%) gained
Mattel Inc., maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels racing toys, reported Friday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped 86% on lower costs as Barbie sales notched their biggest gain in a decade.

Net income rose to $328.4 million, or 89 cents a share, from $176.4 million, or 49 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Excluding a tax benefit of 8 cents a share, adjusted earnings in the latest q
A day-long slide in stocks Thursday, fueled by a swoon in the technology sector following Apple's unveiling of its new tablet computer, left the market poised for its worst monthly decline since the end of the bear market.
The dollar jumped to its highest level in five months versus the euro on Wednesday as reports that China is reining in lending led investors to shun risky assets and worries about Greece's budget problems kept pressure on the shared currency.
Shares of Intel Corp. fell Friday after the semiconductor giant reported strong fourth-quarter results that won rave reviews from Wall Street, but also triggered worries about a peak in earnings growth.
Shares of Intel(INTC 20.84, +0.04, +0.19%) tumbled 3.2%, helping drag the entire chip sector down as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index(SOX 344.67, -12.29, -3.44%) fell 3.4%. The chip retre