3/19/2010

Market Wrap

Dow Industrials 10741.98 -37.19 -0.35%
S&P 500 1159.90 -5.93 -0.51%
Nasdaq Comp. 2374.41 -16.87 -0.71%
Russell 2000 673.89 -7.72 -1.13%
NYSE Comp. 7386.80 -56.77 -0.76%
Nasdaq 100 1932.43 -11.51 -0.59%
Dow Transports 4373.73 -48.77 -1.10%
Dow Utilities 381.80 -0.32 -0.08%

Internals were negative, and volume was much higher due to expiration. Advances/declines were 3 to 7 on the NYSE and 2 to 3 on the Nasdaq, with up/down volume 1 to 3 on the NYSE and 4 to 15 on the Nasdaq. New highs/lows were 463/11 on the NYSE and 278/20 on the Nasdaq.

Leaders — HMOs (+2.19%), Defense (+0.64%), Insurance (+0.51%), Health Care (+0.02%), Biotechs (+0.00%), Utilities (-0.02%), Health Care Products (-0.08%), Retailers (-0.27%)
Laggards — Comp. Hardware (-3.37%), Airlines (-3.10%), Oil Services (-2.74%), Paper (-2.67%), Homebuilders (-1.90%), Semis (-1.65%), Gold/Silver (-1.55%), Metals (-1.54%)

Treasury Yields — 6-Month: .24%,  2-Year: .99%,  5-Year: 2.46%,  10-Year: 3.69%,  30-Year: 4.58%

Energy Prices — Crude oil: $80.68/barrel,  Gasoline: $2.2569/gallon,  Natural Gas: $4.156/mmBTU

US Dollar Index — 80.741

Precious Metals — Gold: $1106.00/ounce,  Silver: $16.97/ounce,  Platinum: $1606.00/ounce

BMB Note:  
The indices came well up off their lows in the last half-hour. Maybe we’re seeing the beginning of a much-needed pullback.

Posted: 3:29 pm

3 Comments »

  1. Nah, that can’t be it. The pushers were just on vacation today or something.

    Comment by Maria — 3/19/2010 @ 5:44 pm

  2. Or, golf:

    http://www.accuweather.com/us/ny/new-york/10017/outdoor-golf.asp

    Comment by Alex — 3/19/2010 @ 6:15 pm

  3. “7th Anniversary of Iraq War Passes”

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100320/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_anniversary

    Comment by Alex — 3/19/2010 @ 11:54 pm

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