.A tough approach United States equities today would have signalled the 'all-clear' for threat resources. As an alternative, a 2.5% increase entering the final hr of exchanging was trimmed to 1% at the close.Closing improvements: S&P 500: +1.0% Nasdaq : +1.0% Russell 2000: +1.5% DJIA: +0.8% Toronto TSX Comp: -0.9% (was finalized for holiday season last night).This write-up was created by Adam Switch at www.forexlive.com.