Hudson River

Daily Market Commentary for January 15, 2009 from Millennium-Traders.Com

U.S. Airways Flight 1549 apparently hit a bird or birds and the pilots safely landed the plane, in the Hudson River. (read more)

Economic data released today:

Producer Price Index:
U.S. December PPI Energy Prices fell 9.3%; U.S. December Passenger Car Prices rose 1.2%; U.S. November PPI Unrevised at a drop by 2.2%; U.S. December Producer Prices fell 1.9% compared to consensus of a drop by 2.0%; U.S. December PPI Excluding-Food & Energy rose 0.2% compared to consensus of an increase by 0.1%; U.S. December PPI Intermediate Goods fell 4.2%; U.S. December PPI Core Intermediate Goods fell 3.0%; U.S. December PPI Crude Goods fell 5.3%; U.S. December PPI Core Crude Goods fell 2.2%; U.S. December PPI Energy Prices fell 9.3%; U.S. December Passenger Car Prices increased by 1.2%; U.S. November PPI Unrevised at a drop by 2.2%.

Jobless Claims:
U.S. Jobless Claims for week of January 10 rose 54K to 524K compared to survey of an increase by 46K; U.S. Continuing Claims for week of January 3 fell 115K to 4,497,000; U.S. Revised Jobless Claims for week of January 3 to 470K from 467K.

Empire State Manufacturing Survey:
New York Fed January Prices Received fell 3.41 versus drop by 11.70 in December; New York Fed January Employment fell 26.14 versus drop by 23.40 in December; New York Fed January New Orders fell 22.81 versus drop by 23.51 in December; New York Fed's January Mfg Index fell 22.20 versus drop by 27.88 in December.

Philadelphia Fed Survey:
Philadelphia Fed January Business Index fell 24.3 versus December drop by 36.1; Philadelphia Fed January Business Index expected a drop by 36.1; Philadelphia Fed January Price Paid fell 27.0 versus December drop by 25.5; Philadelphia Fed January Price Received fell 26.2 versus December drop by 32.8; Philadelphia Fed January Employment fell 39.0 versus December drop by 28.6; Philadelphia Fed January New Orders fell 22.3 versus December drop by 28.2; Philadelphia Fed January Shipments fell 16.7 versus December drop by 29.7; Philadelphia Fed January Delivery Times fell 26.5 versus December drop by 22.7; Philadelphia Fed January Inventories fell 34.6 versus December drop by 33.7.

At the NYSE closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, here is how the major world indices and major U.S. stock indices ended the trading session on the world markets as well as the emerging markets including the stock market closing bell price:
DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) gain of 12.35 points to end the trading session at 8,212.49
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 19.07 points to end the trading session at 5,347.75
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain of 22.20 points to end the trading session at 1,511.84
S&P 500 (SPX) gain of 1.12 points to end the trading session at 843.74
FTSE All-World Index data excluding U.S. (AW01UK) loss of 0.71 points to end the trading session at 138.60
FTSE RAFI 1000 loss of 5.02 points to end the trading session at 3,223.37
BEL 20 (BEL20) loss of 34.16 points to end the trading session at 1,856.11
CAC 40 (CAC40) loss of 56.12 points to end the trading session at 2,995.88
FTSE100 (UKX100) loss of 59.53 points to end the trading session at 4,121.11
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit loss of 415.14 points at the end the trading session at 8,023.31

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,640, declined stock prices 1,484, unchanged stock prices 79, stock prices hitting new highs 3 and stock prices hitting new lows 99. NYSE quotes for volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the New York Stock Exchange stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) stock price shed 15.00 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $144.75, low on the trading session $128.56, with a closing stock price at $130.30; M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB) stock price shed 2.59 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $44.75, low on the trading session $40.56, with a closing stock price at $42.59; Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) stock price gained 0.95 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $74.68, low on the trading session $69.83, with a closing stock price at $74.23; Clarcor Incorporated (NYSE: CLC) stock price gained 4.94 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $32.60, low on the trading session $29.40, with a closing stock price at $32.43; Ecolab Incorporated (NYSE: ECL) stock price gained 2.51 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $36.08, low on the trading session $34.30, with a closing stock price at $35.52; Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) stock price shed 1.55 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $52.29, low on the trading session $47.77, with a closing stock price at $50.52.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,528, declined stock prices 1,275, unchanged stock prices 139, stock prices hitting new highs 4 and stock prices hitting new lows 108. NASDAQ quotes, volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the NASDAQ stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: Trimble Navigation Limited (NasdaqGS: TRMB) stock price shed 4.12 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $16.19, low on the trading session $14.06, with a closing stock price at $15.54; ***** Incorporated (NasdaqGS: AAPL) stock price shed 1.68 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $84.12, low on the trading session $80.05, with a closing stock price at $83.65; Cypress Bioscience Incorporated (NasdaqGS: CYPB) stock price gained 2.40 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $10.00, low on the trading session $7.52, with a closing stock price at $9.61; First Solar Incorporated (NasdaqGS: FSLR) stock price gained 9.20 points on the trading session, high on the trading session $146.48, low on the trading session $134.88, with a closing stock price at $142.58.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 253, declined stock prices 330, unchanged stock prices 53, stock prices hitting new highs 3 and stock prices hitting new lows 10.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 09: End of trading session price 841.50; Change for the trading session 2.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 09: End of trading session price 1,181.50; Change for the trading session 4.25
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 09: End of trading session price 8,183; Change for the trading session 18
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 09: End of trading session price 509.00; Change for the trading session 0.80
E-mini S&P Small Cap 600 (HS) Mar 09: End of trading session price 8,075; Change for the trading session 0

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7617 to U.S. Dollars 1.3129
Japanese Yen 89.76 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6828 to U.S. Dollars 1.4646
Canadian Dollar 1.2529 to U.S. Dollars 0.7981
Swiss Franc 1.1245 to U.S. Dollars 0.8893

COMMODITY MARKETS:

Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (February 09) shed $1.88 on the trading session for a closing price of $34.70 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (February 09) gained $0.02 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.48 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (March 09) shed $0.13 on the trading session for a closing price of $4.90 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (February 09) gained $0.01 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.17 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 09) shed $1.50 on the trading session for a closing price of $807.30 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 09) shed $0.04 on the trading session for a closing price of $10.44 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (April 09) shed $13.60 on the trading session for a closing price of $931.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 09) shed $0.03 on the trading session for a closing price of $1.45 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (April 09) shed 0.85 on the trading session for a closing price of 65.85
Pork Bellies (February 09) shed 1.25 on the trading session for a closing price of 83.80
Live Cattle (April 09) gained 0.48 on the trading session for a closing price of 87.30
Feeder Cattle (March 09) shed 0.33 on the trading session for a closing price of 94.30

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (March 09) shed 1.25 on the trading session for a closing price of 365.25
Soybeans (March 09) gained 23.00 on the trading session for a closing price of 994.50

BOND MARKET:

2 year Bond Closing price 100 9/32, change 0, Yield 0.73, Yield change 0.02
5 year Bond closing price of 100 18/32, change -3/32, Yield 1.37, Yield change 0.01
10 year Bond closing price 113 17/32, change -7/32, Yield 2.20, Yield change 0.00
30 year Bond closing price 132 11/32, change 17/32, Yield 2.86, Yield change -0.02

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