Although the Cafe is open, the proprietor is temporarily overcome by a state of ennui regarding the financial markets.
From the volume today it appears to be a more widespread condition than those managing this distribution rally would have preferred.
No positions taken into the close except of course those very long term ones so firm as to be not worth discussing.
"Notre ennui, nos mœurs fades sont le résultat du système politique." Balzac La Femme de Trente Ans 1832
(Our boredom, our insipid customs, are the result of the political system.)
"The problem with movies and books is they make evil look glamorous, exciting, when it's no such thing. It's boring and it's depressing and it's stupid. Criminals are all after cheap thrills and easy money, and when they get them, all they want is more of the same, over and over. They're shallow, empty, boring people who couldn't give you five minutes of interesting conversation. Maybe some can be monkey-clever, some of the time, but they aren't hardly ever smart."
Dean Koontz