Ao minuto: Petróleo atenua escalada com mercados à espera de resposta do Irão

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Peter Cardillo, chief strategist at Global Partners, said initial bullishness in the session may have ebbed on uncertainty surrounding a flurry of earnings releases due next week, as well as bearishness surrounding Boeing and Wal-Mart.


"It is tempting, given our bullish view on the economy, to proclaim these numbers as the start of the great revival, but in truth they probably represent little more than a rebound from the weather-depressed February numbers," said Ian Sheperdson of High Frequency Economics. "Still, the data look great, and appearances count."


"While consumer sentiment in the past has not been a particularly good predictor of household's actual spending behavior, today's number is likely to nurture market expectations that the consumer sector retains underlying momentum stripping out the recent short term effects of the war and bad weather," said Peter Buchanan of CIBC World Markets.