6/30/2009

Market Wrap

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I sure do hate these holiday trading weeks.

The market made its move in the morning, and then shut down at lunch for the remainder of the day. Well, and worked its way a little higher into the close, but by now, that goes without saying.

Dow Industrials 8447.00 -82.38 -0.97%
S&P 500 919.33 -7.90 -0.85%
Nasdaq Comp. 1835.04 -9.02 -0.49%
Russell 2000 508.28 -2.33 -0.46%
NYSE Comp. 5905.14 -57.36 -0.96%
Nasdaq 100 1477.25 -6.58 -0.44%
Dow Transports 3234.56 -22.79 -0.70%
Dow Utilities 357.81 -2.14 -0.59%

Internals were negative, and volume was up a bit from yesterday. Advances/declines were about 8 to 11 on both exchanges, with up/down volume 3 to 7 on the NYSE and 2 to 3 on the Nasdaq. New highs/lows were 27/4 on the NYSE and 31/4 on the Nasdaq.

Leaders — Paper (+4.04%), REITs (+0.64%), Comp. Hardware (+0.50%), Disk Drives (+0.38%), Semis (+0.09%), Software (-0.03%), Defense (-0.05%), Insurance (-0.06%)
Laggards — Gold/Silver (-3.22%), Hospitals (-2.39%), Metals (-2.24%), Steel (-1.87%), Airlines (-1.56%), Oil Services (-1.47%), Banks (-1.46%), Commodities (-1.35%)

Treasury Yields — 6-Month: .35%,  2-Year: 1.11%,  5-Year: 2.54%,  10-Year: 3.52%,  30-Year: 4.32%

Energy Prices — Crude oil: $69.89/barrel,  Gasoline: $1.8972/gallon,  Natural Gas: $3.835/mmBTU

US Dollar Index — 80.126

Precious Metals — Gold: $926.90/ounce,  Silver: $13.51/ounce,  Platinum: $1175.00/ounce

BMB Note:   I’ll be glad when this week is over. At least I think I will be.

Posted: 3:12 pm

2 Comments »

  1. Truly. That was boring in the extreme. Watching my watermelon grow is more rewarding.

    Comment by Maria — 6/30/2009 @ 3:51 pm

  2. Sometimes boredom is a nice change of pace.

    Comment by Fred — 6/30/2009 @ 5:40 pm

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