Exelon

Daily Market Commentary for July 21, 2009

EXELON

Exelon has finally ended it’s 9 month battle with NRG today after they refused to accept Exelon’s slate of board candidates. (read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

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 67.79 points, EOD 8,915.94
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 13.09, EOD 6,154.39
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 6.91 points, EOD 1,916.20
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 3.45 points, EOD 954.58
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 5.82 points, EOD 2,111.16
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 31.95 points, EOD 3,302.89
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 37.55 points, EOD 4,481.17
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit gain 256.7 points, EOD 9,652.02

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,636, declined stock prices 1,427, unchanged stock prices 108, stock prices hitting new highs 74 and stock prices hitting new lows 5. 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: PKG gain 1.47, HOD 20.91, LOD 19.20, EOD 19.54; LM gain 1.05, HOD 26.80, LOD 25.20, EOD 25.99; MON gain 3.52, HOD 81.89, LOD 79.35, EOD 80.08; FCX gain 1.17, HOD 59.32, LOD 56.00, EOD 58.17; CME shed 5.09, HOD 282.22, LOD 270.51, EOD 274.14; RTP shed 1.78, HOD 153.00, LOD 145.56, EOD 149.93; BLK shed 0.68, HOD 184.93, LOD 178.40, EOD 184.14; STT shed 1.88, HOD 48.77, LOD 45.85, EOD 46.93; LMT shed 6.98, HOD 80.27, LOD 74.36, EOD 75.13; NRG gain 1.27, HOD 25.11, LOD 22.30, EOD 24.82; CAT gain 2.81, HOD 41.45, LOD 38.04, EOD 39.46; UTA gain 0.31, HOD 11.75, LOD 10.63, EOD 11.39.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,164, declined stock prices 1,504, unchanged stock prices 152, stock prices hitting new highs 63 and stock prices hitting new lows 20. 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: JDAS gain 5.65, HOD 22.45, LOD 20.01, EOD 22.09; ALKS shed 0.02, HOD 11.12, LOD 10.64, EOD 10.73; HGSI gain 1.33, HOD 14.97, LOD 11.76, EOD 13.84; FSLR gain 8.76, HOD 157.83, LOD 150.00, EOD 155.40; BIDU shed 4.16, HOD 338.72, LOD 326.42, EOD 332.08; BCRX gain 1.37, HOD 7.92, LOD 6.10, EOD 7.58; GOOG shed 2.27, HOD 431.90, LOD 425.72, EOD 427.90; YHOO shed 0.26, HOD 17.11, LOD 16.44, EOD 16.75.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 235, declined stock prices 282, unchanged stock prices 74, stock prices hitting new highs 11 and stock prices hitting new lows 5.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Sept 09: EOD 952.25; Change 3.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,552.50; Change 12.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 8,876; Change 71
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 598.30; Change 2.00
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Sept 09: EOD 9,655; Change 60

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7035 to U.S. Dollars 1.4214
Japanese Yen 93.7400 to U.S. Dollars 0.0107
British Pound 0.6079 to U.S. Dollars 1.6450
Canadian Dollar 1.1040 to U.S. Dollars 0.9058
Swiss Franc 1.0668 to U.S. Dollars 0.9374

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (August 09) gain $0.74, EOD $64.72 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (September 09) gain $0.01, EOD $1.73 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (September 09) gain $0.01, EOD $3.85 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (August 09) gain $0.02, EOD $1.81 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (August 09) shed $1.90, EOD $946.90 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (September 09) shed $0.15, EOD $13.48 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (October 09) shed $11.90, EOD $1,177.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (September 09) shed $0.02, EOD $2.45 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (October 09) shed $2.33, EOD $58.15
Pork Bellies (August 09) shed $2.30, EOD $63.50
Live Cattle (October 09) shed $0.75, EOD $91.13
Feeder Cattle (August 09) shed $1.23, EOD $103.25

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) shed $11.75, EOD $322.00
Soybeans (November 09) shed $18.00, EOD $905.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 13/32, change 3/32, Yield 0.92, Yield change -0.05
5 year EOD 101 11/32, change 19/32, Yield 2.33, Yield change -0.12
10 year EOD 97 2/32, change 1 3/32, Yield 3.47, Yield change -0.14
30 year EOD 97 23/32, change 2 3/32, Yield 4.38, change -0.16

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