OREANDA-NEWS. April 10, 2012. The US indices mostly fell on Monday. S&P 500 Index lost 1.14% while Russell was down by 1.8% with Financials (-1.61%), Industrials (-1.61%) as the laggards. Put/call ratio was at 1.41 and 90-110% skew was at 10.33. Advance/Decline ratio was at 28/470 – bears were the strongest since the start of the year.

Bernanke did not touch economic or monetary subject during his speech, concentrating on the drawbacks in the shadow banking system regulation.

Asian indices were mixed on Tuesday. Japanese Nikkei was down by 0.09% as BOJ made no indication of further easing. S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.64%, Kospi was down by 0.13%. Chinese indices closed flat as the trade surplus topped forecasts.

Wholesale Inventories, US Fed notes purchases will be in focus in the US today.