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Internals were positive on a little better volume. Advances/declines were 3 to 1 on both exchanges, with up/down volume near 7 to 2 on each. New highs/lows were 144/8 on the NYSE and 74/29 on the Nasdaq.
Leaders — Biotechs (+3.18%), Airlines (+2.62%), Transport (+2.49%), Broker Dealers (+1.99%), Defense (+1.79%), Disk Drives (+1.77%), Semis (+1.60%), Network (+1.58%)
Laggards — Gold/Silver (-2.31%), Oil (-0.04%), Oil Services (+0.07%), Natural Gas (+0.08%), Telecoms (+0.24%), Paper (+0.26%), Commodities (+0.35%), Retailers (+0.49%)
An extensive visual representation of the day’s winners and losers can be found at Finviz.com.
Treasury Yields — 6 Month: 0.05 %, 2 Year: 0.43 %, 5 Year: 1.72 %, 10 Year: 2.72 %, 30 Year: 3.56 %
Energy Prices — Crude oil: $101.52/barrel, Gasoline: $2.92/gallon, Natural Gas: $4.37/mmBTU
US Dollar Index — 80.095
Precious Metals — Gold: $1285.20/ounce, Silver: $19.78/ounce, Platinum: $1413.00/ounce
BMB Note:
Thus ends the month of March and the first quarter of the year.
A Bit More Bull 
Looks like lots of people left their window dressing right to the last minute.
Yeah, they kinda got started on Friday and finished it up today, I guess.
I’ve said this before, when I’ve discussed HFT with others in the past: The HFTs will be the fall guys next time the market comes apart – right or wrong.
$GOLD weekly chart still pointed down. Dont expect it to fall much further. Its at about 50% retracement from its recent high. Meanwhile the SPY has been stuck in a rut the last few weeks, neither the bears or the bulls have made much traction.
Somebody fumbled today and lost their suitcase full of fake bonds while visiting the Vatican bank.
Ooops. Did the Bernank or Geithner take a vacation recently?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/4-trillion-fake-euro-bonds-seized-vatican-bank