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Up nearly 1%, gold was trading around USD 1745 an ounce,supported by the weakness of the dollar and the fall in\u00a0treasury yields.\u00a0<\/em>In addition, the FDArecommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccines after 6 cases ofblood clots in 7 million doses applied<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wall Street had its indexes mixed today, with the Dow Jones falling more than 100 points, theS&P 500 little changed and Nasdaq up almost 1%.\u00a0In Europe, indiceswere little changed by the second session, with the DAX 30 rising 0.1% and renewingrecord high at 15230.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Zew Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany fell 5.9 points in April incompared to the previous month to 70.7, not far from the September 20-year high of77.4, but well below market expectations of 79.0.\u00a0It was the first time sinceNovember that the indicator fell, as fears of more severe quarantine measuresstringent measures have led to a drop in expectations for private consumption.\u00a0Even though,the outlook for exports was better than the previous month.\u00a0About76% of the analysts interviewed predicted an improvement in economic activity in thenext six months, while 5% expected deterioration and 19% did not seechanges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The annual inflation rate in the USA jumped to 2.6% in March 2021, from 1.7% inFebruary, slightly above the 2.5% projections.\u00a0It is the highest reading since August2018 with the main upward pressure from energy (13.2% vs 3.7% inFebruary), gasoline (22.5% vs 1.6%), electricity (2.5% vs 2.3%) and gas service (9.8%vs 6.7%).\u00a0Prices also accelerated for used cars and trucks (9.4% vs9.3%), shelter (1.7% vs 1.5%) and new vehicles (1.5% vs 1.2%), while inflationdecelerated for medical services (2.7% vs 3%) and food (3.5% vs 3.6%).\u00a0Furthermore,the cost of clothing continued to fall (-2.5% vs -3.6%).\u00a0A jump in costs ofcommodities and materials, accompanied by supply constraints, are pushingproducer prices up and some companies are passing these costs on tocustomers<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n