.A sturdy close in US equities today will have signalled the 'all-clear' for risk assets. Instead, a 2.5% gain going into the last hour of investing was actually trimmed to 1% at the close.Closing modifications: S&P 500: +1.0% Nasdaq Comp: +1.0% Russell 2000: +1.5% DJIA: +0.8% Toronto TSX Comp: -0.9% (was closed for holiday season yesterday).This short article was actually written through Adam Switch at www.forexlive.com.