Bernanke is on the wires this morning with some upbeat comments, assuring that banks will be sufficiently capitalized. Bernanke also says that we could see growth into 2010. Also seen helping to bolster investor sentiment have been the latest remarks from Citi CEO Pandit who said that the bank was having its best quarter since posting a profit in 2007. The Euro has been racing higher through 1.2800 topside barriers with the single currency well correlated to risk appetite and equity performance.