 The Dow right now is up 217 points. European markets are lower across the board. Asian markets are mixed. Japan's Nikkei down almost 2.5%. China's Shanghai composite up a tenth of a percent. Well, looking at the livestock markets and how they closed, all in all, it was a quiet day on Friday for the complexes. Traders allowed the contracts to close mildly higher, but nothing exciting happened throughout the day. Hog prices closed lower on the daily direct afternoon hog report.