Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:54:13 GMT
Greenback rocketed after Bernanke
The U.S. dollar rallied and most of the stocks were down after the Fed's
Chairman Ben Bernanke's semi-annual testimony. Soon after Bernanke announced
that the Fed is ready to offer extra monetary aid to a slowing down U.S.
economy, U.S. markets turned lower. The Dow Jones Index erased 0.61 per cent, to
12,650.17, the S&P 500 Index dropped 0.59 per cent, to 1,345.64 and