12/1/2009

Market Wrap

It was a ‘damn Dubai and dump the dollar’ kind of day, as the global reflation trade came back to life after a few days off.

Dow Industrials 10471.58 +126.74 +1.23%
S&P 500 1108.86 +13.23 +1.21%
Nasdaq Comp. 2175.81 +31.21 +1.46%
Russell 2000 589.20 +9.47 +1.63%
NYSE Comp. 7212.08 +119.72 +1.69%
Nasdaq 100 1787.71 +20.28 +1.15%
Dow Transports 3996.76 +58.87 +1.49%
Dow Utilities 385.20 +6.00 +1.58%

Internals were positive on lighter volume. Advances/declines were 4 to 1 on the NYSE and 11 to 5 on the Nasdaq, with up/down volume 4 to 1 on both exchanges. New highs/lows were 217/7 on the NYSE and 95/25 on the Nasdaq.

Leaders — Gold/Silver (+4.91%), Semis (+3.06%), Commodities (+2.83%), Airlines (+2.71%), Disk Drives (+2.65%), HMOs (+2.55%), Hospitals (+2.34%), Telecoms (+2.33%)
Laggards — Banks (0.00%), Insurance (+0.34%), Defense (+0.92%), Comp. Hardware (+1.13%), Broker Dealers (+1.21%), Health Care Products (+1.21%), Health Care (+1.26%), REITs (+1.28%)

Treasury Yields — 6-Month: .14%,  2-Year: .67%,  5-Year: 2.03%,  10-Year: 3.27%,  30-Year: 4.26%

Energy Prices — Crude oil: $78.22/barrel,  Gasoline: $2.0704/gallon,  Natural Gas: $4.751/mmBTU

US Dollar Index — 74.430

Precious Metals — Gold: $1197.00/ounce,  Silver: $19.09/ounce,  Platinum: $1481.00/ounce

BMB Note:  
Today doesn’t do much to change our view at the moment. The concerns remain in the small-caps and financials — interesting that on a day when the indices were all up better than a percent, the banking index was absolutely flat.

We’re pretty much sitting on our hands, waiting for the market show a few more of its cards.

Posted: 3:14 pm

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