G-20 Summit

Daily Market Commentary for September 24, 2009 G-20 Summit Leaders from all over the world met in Pittsburgh today to kick off the 2-day G-20 summit to discuss the economy’s recovery and how to prevent a crisis from happening again, among many other topics. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com) Economic data released today: Initial Jobless Claims: U.S. Jobless Claims fell 21K to 530K in week of September 19 compared to survey of an increase by 5K; U.S. Continuing Claims for week of Sep 12 fell 123K to 6,138,000; U.S. Jobless Claims Revised for week of Sep 12 to 551K from 545K. Existing Home Sales: U.S. August Existing Home Sales fell 2.7% to 5.10 million rate; U.S. August Existing Home Sales Consensus 5.39 million rate; U.S. Inventory Of Unsold U.S. Homes at 8.5 months supply; U.S. August Median Existing Home Price fell 12.5% on year to $177,700. 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) shed 41.56 points, EOD 9,706.99 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 102.38, EOD 6,862.31 National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) shed 23.81 points, EOD 2,107.61 S&P 500 (SPX) shed 10.12 points, EOD 1,050.75 BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 20.29 points, EOD 2,470.90 CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 63.43 points, EOD 3,758.36 FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 60.1 points, EOD 5,079.27 NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit gain, EOD 10,544.22 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today: Advanced stock prices 725 declined stock prices 2,353, unchanged stock prices 91, stock prices hitting new highs 157 and stock prices hitting new lows 3. 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: AIG shed 1.71, HOD 49.11, LOD 44.10, EOD 45.00; RHT gain 3.07, HOD 28.68, LOD 27.06, EOD 27.95; AZO gain 1.00, HOD 144.40, LOD 142.05, EOD 142.50; ARE shed 3.44, HOD 54.10, LOD 51.94, EOD 53.29; AXP gain 0.25, HOD 34.00, LOD 32.84, EOD 33.85; CME shed 7.71, HOD 307.00, LOD 295.07, EOD 298.39; MOS unchanged 0.00, HOD 51.85, LOD 50.01, EOD 50.40; VIP shed 0.83, HOD 18.49, LOD 17.35, EOD 17.58; GS shed 0.58, HOD 185.60, LOD 181.17, EOD 183.06. National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today: Advanced stock prices 662, declined stock prices 2,043, unchanged stock prices 132, stock prices hitting new highs 49 and stock prices hitting new lows 9. 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: BIDU shed 4.72, HOD 398.00, LOD 376.30, EOD 390.23; CPRT shed 5.62, HOD 37.28, LOD 32.1008 EOD 32.62; PAYX shed 1.91, HOD 30.40, LOD 28.90, EOD 29.13; AAPL shed 1.68, HOD 187.70, LOD 182.77, EOD 183.82; FSLR shed 2.09, HOD 155.56, LOD 147.14, EOD 150.62; RIMM shed 2.71, HOD 87.20, LOD 82.83, EOD 83.06; AONE gain 6.79, HOD 21.14, LOD 16.56, EOD 20.29; AMSC shed 1.21, HOD 32.22, LOD 29.17, EOD 29.73; WRLD shed 0.72, HOD 25.52, LOD 23.80, EOD 24.14; CTAS gain 1.85, HOD 30.28, LOD 29.21, EOD 30.20. Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today: Advanced stock prices 151, declined stock prices 392, unchanged stock prices 46, stock prices hitting new highs 14 and stock prices hitting new lows 1. Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting: E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Sept 09: EOD 1048.00; Change -11.00 E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,710.50; Change -15.00 E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 9,661; Change -56 E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 681.10; Change -12.10 Nikkei 225 (Yen) Sept 09: EOD 10,355; Change 20 World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting: Euro 0.6822 to U.S. Dollars 1.4659 Japanese Yen 91.2100 to U.S. Dollars 0.0110 British Pound 0.6226 to U.S. Dollars 1.6061 Canadian Dollar 1.0890 to U.S. Dollars 0.9183 Swiss Franc 1.0300 to U.S. Dollars 0.9709 COMMODITY MARKETS: Energy Sector - Nymex: Light Crude (October 09) shed $3.08, EOD $65.89 per barrel ($US per barrel) Heating Oil (November 09) shed $0.08, EOD $1.71 a gallon ($US per gallon) Natural Gas (November 09) gain $0.14, EOD $4.90 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.) Unleaded Gas (October 09) shed $0.07, EOD $1.64 a gallon ($US per gallon) Metals Markets - Comex: Gold (December 09) shed $15.50, EOD $998.90 ($US per Troy ounce) Silver (December 09) shed $0.62, EOD $16.30 ($US per Troy ounce) Platinum (October 09) shed $19.30, EOD $1,303.20 ($US per Troy ounce) Copper (December 09) shed $0.10, EOD $2.71 ($US per pound) Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.): Lean Hogs (December 09) shed $0.70, EOD $49.35 Pork Bellies (February 10) shed $0.18, EOD $80.03 Live Cattle (December 09) shed $0.48, EOD $85.28 Feeder Cattle (November 09) shed $0.73, EOD $97.28 Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel): Corn (December 09) gain $6.25, EOD $336.50 Soybeans (November 09) shed $1.00, EOD $919.50 BOND MARKET: 2 year EOD 100 3/32, change 1/32, Yield 0.94, Yield change -0.02 5 year EOD 100 1/32, 15/32, Yield 2.36, Yield change -0.01 10 year EOD 102 3/32, change 11/32, Yield 3.37, Yield change -0.04 30 year EOD 105 21/32, change 16/32, Yield 4.16, change -0.03 Access upcoming scheduled economic data anytime by viewing the Economic Calendar from Millennium-Traders, free access to visitors on our website. 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