By | January 08 2010 7:16 AM

The markets are currently calm ahead of the U.S. data as investors are waiting patiently for labor report to be released later this afternoon, the non-farm payrolls in December are expected to show that the nation did not shed jobs. The Dollar Index, which usually measures strength of the dollar versus six major currencies, is currently traded at 77.94 while recording a high of 78.08 and a low of 77.79.