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Biggest % gainers: up 1.56%, AUD/USD up 1.04%, AUD/JPY, AUD/NZD up on strong Aussie strength on much better than expected employment numbers.

Biggest % losers: EUR/AUD down 1.50%, EUR/CAD, EUR/JPY on mild EUR weakness, strong Aussie...

Oil $74.64
Gold $1,076

AUD Employment Change better at 52.7k vs. 15.1k expected. Last time revised better to 37.5k vs. 35.2 previously.

AUD Unemployment Rate better ...down to 5.3% vs. 5.6% expected.

Iran's big "punch" to the West was just a large gathering as their leaders declared that Iran is now a "Nuclear State".

Fed is in talks with money market funds to help their "sop up" ...

Biggest % gainers: nothing up more than 0.20% (which is EUR/GBP).

Biggest % losers: Some momentum here...GBP/JPY down 0.90%, EUR/JPY, AUD/JPY on JPY weakness.

Oil $73.64
Gold $1,073

GBP Manufacturing Production m/m better at 0.9% vs. 0.4% expected. Previous reading revised upward from 0% to 0.2%.

BOE's King says its too early to say that the Bond Purchase Plan is over.

Greeks strike over pay freezes and benefits cuts. It's shutting down schools, airports, hospitals, etc. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aR9JyDGRZqIc

In King's inflation report, he reported that the U.K. inflation should "undershoot" their inflation ...

Biggest % gainers: USD/CHF up 0.81%, AUD/CHF up 0.53%, EUR/CHF up 0.44% on CHF weakness. Another huge intraday spike with CHF pairs....(EUR/CHF went from under 1.46 to over 1.48 at one point)... Speculation of intervention: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aROIxFs3lQHs

Biggest % losers: EUR/CAD down 0.76%, CHF/JPY, GBP/USD, GBP/JPY ....mixed bag but the CHF is still weak here too!

GBP PPI m/m better at 2.0% vs. 0.7% expected. Last time upwardly revised to 0.6% vs. 0.1% previously.

CAD Employment Change better at 43k vs. 15.2k expected.

CAD Unemployment Rate better at 8.3% vs. 8.5% expected.

USD Non-Farm Payrolls worse at -20k vs. 10k expected. ...

Biggest % gainers: USD/CAD up 0.40%, USD/CHF on mild USD strength.

Biggest % losers: AUD/JPY down 0.84%, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY on mild JPY strength.

Gold back below $1,100 to $1,095.
Oil $75.87

U.K. interest rates hold at 0.50% as expected. Pauses its 200 billion pound Asset Purchase Facility program .

Euro Zone interest rates hold at 1.00% as expected. Trichet says he's "confident" that Greece can get its budget deficit under control. (Yeah right!)...

Trichet says the "economic outlook is subject to uncertainty".

GBP Halifax HPI m/m worse at 0.6% vs. 0.9% expected.

CAD Building Permits m/m worse at 2.4% vs. 2.7% ...