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Gainers

• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) up 2.38 percent to $13.12. Financials bouncing back Friday, following some dire comments from ECB President Mario Draghi on Thursday.
  
  Draghi suggested that there may be limited bond buying, and significant downside still remained in Europe. Friday, with all 26 EU nations agreeing to make monetary and fiscal policy changes for the better, some of those fears have been alleviated.
  
  Citigroup (NYSE: C) is leading higher today, up 5 percent on the session.

Gainers

• iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ) up 4.69 percent to $54.64. Shares in Brazil are rebounding today following U.S. and European data.
  
  Initial claims in the U.S. rose just 6,000 to 401,000, lower than the 410,000 expected. The positive outlook could help to lift commodities prices, a major part of Brazil's economy.
• Guggenheim Solar (NYSE: TAN) up 7.12 percent to $3.46.
  
  Solars are moving higher, led by First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), which is up 7.9 percent on talks of a possible takeover.

Gainers

• iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ) up 1.68 percent to $66.60. Brazilian stocks catching a bid after its central bank cut rates by 0.5 points to 12 percent.
  
  The Bovespa is up over 3 percent in trading Thursday.
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.38 percent to $21.15.
  
  Some mixed economic data today causing markets to search for a direction. Initial claims fell to 409,000 last week, slightly ahead of the 407,000 expected.

Gainers

• iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ) up 1.02% to $70.54. After opening lower, Brazilian shares shaking off GDP data in the U.S. and continuing higher today after their central bank said that it would be curbing their cycle of interest rate hikes.
• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 0.61% to $114.99.
  
  Gaining today from sour GDP data. A sagging U.S, dollar, and attractive prices, is having investors make a push for gold today, after GDP data came in short of views.