A weak U.S. jobs report and fresh worries about the euro-zone’s economy shaped the market trends on Friday.

Supported by a tax credit, the pending home sales index rose a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in March, and was up 21.1% compared with a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Energy and Indices led a broad rally Tuesday as investors grew confident in the U.S. recovery and put aside for now their worries about European sovereign debt.

The Reserve Bank of Australia surprised markets Tuesday by holding its policy rate unchanged at 3.75% after a string of increases at its previous three meetings. The decision is considered being a pause in the tightening cycle, with the bank taking a breather to gauge the impact of the 75 basis points in total tightening from October to December of 2009

When having an insight bas in March any investor can recall that it was unbelievable to hear that the DJIA can close the year at 12,000. The Dow Jones at that time hit its low of this year 2009 getting below 6,600. The market is up 60% since then and trades at nearly 10,500.

U.S. stocks on Wednesday moved sharply higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching 9,995, trying to get to 10,000 for the first time in a year. After surprisingly better than expected quarterly earnings from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. The Dow stood at 9,995.68, up 124.62 points, or 1.3%, after hitting an intraday high of 10,001.5.

Gold futures climbed as high as $1,045 an ounce in New York, topping the previous record of $1,033.90 in March 2008. The spot price is headed for a ninth straight annual gain, the longest rally since at least 1948. The dollar fell as much as 0.7 percent against a basket of six major currencies.

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Crude prices fell below $59 a barrel Monday in Asia as Asian equity markets slumped and amid concerns that global demand for oil will stay weak.