Home Prices

Daily Market Commentary for September 29, 2009

Home Prices

Home prices are on the rise, the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price index which measures housing prices in 20 metropolitan cities said prices rose by 1.6% in July, marking the third monthly increase. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

S&P/CS Home Price Indices Composite - 20:
S&P Case-Shiller July 10-City Home Price Index down 12.8% year over year; S&P Case-Shiller July 20-City Home Price Index down 13.3% year over year; S&P Case-Shiller July 10-City Home Price Index up 1.7% month over month; S&P Case-Shiller July 20-City Home Price Index rose 1.6% month over month.

CB Consumer Confidence:
Conference Board September Present Situation Index 22.7 versus August 25.4; Conference Board September Expectations Index 73.3 versus August 73.8.

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 44.43 points, EOD 9,744.93
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 12.94, EOD 6,926.82
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) shed 6.61 points, EOD 2,124.13
S&P 500 (SPX) shed 2.44 points, EOD 1,060.54
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 0.59 points, EOD 2,490.78
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 10.9 points, EOD 3,814.10
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 5.98 points, EOD 5,159.72
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) gain 90.68, EOD 10,100.20

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 7 declined stock prices 6, unchanged stock prices 3,162, stock prices hitting new highs 1 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 0.92, HOD 47.49, LOD 45.02, EOD 45.22; GCI gain 1.76, HOD 12.04, LOD 11.27, EOD 11.74; RS gain 0.60, HOD 44.25, LOD 42.41, EOD 42.86; CME shed 3.40, HOD 312.18, LOD 303.22, EOD 305.68; FAS shed 1.31, HOD 87.65, LOD 83.39, EOD 83.73; V shed 1.57, HOD 72.14, LOD 69.21, EOD 69.57; GS gain 1.08, HOD 184.77, LOD 182.13, EOD 183.58; CMG gain 3.72, HOD 98.66, LOD 92.60, EOD 96.37; GHL gain 2.61, HOD 93.85, LOD 88.60, EOD 91.02; MCO gain 2.04, HOD 21.87, LOD 18.82, EOD 20.81; HAR gain 2.34, HOD 34.57, LOD 31.54, EOD 33.98; ESI gain 2.60, HOD 111.91, LOD 106.39, EOD 110.05; MBT gain 2.34, HOD 49.35, LOD 45.69, EOD 49.20; C gain 0.13, HOD 4.79, LOD 4.66, EOD 4.70; MGN shed 0.09, HOD 2.60, LOD 2.44, EOD 2.51.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,141, declined stock prices 1,607, unchanged stock prices 127, stock prices hitting new highs 1 and stock prices hitting new lows 8. 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: CLDX gain 0.37, HOD 5.56, LOD 5.30, EOD 5.45; SQNM shed 2.23, HOD 3.96, LOD 3.18, EOD 3.46; FSLR gain 3.97, HOD 153.05, LOD 147.21, EOD 152.05; BIDU shed 1.63, HOD 397.44, LOD 390.10, EOD 394.42; AAPL shed 0.77, HOD 187.40, LOD 184.31, EOD 185.38; WYNN gain 2.00, HOD 74.15, LOD 70.93, EOD 73.25; SNDA gain 2.96, HOD 51.70, LOD 48.71, EOD 51.18; ASTC gain 1.90, HOD 3.84, LOD 1.85, EOD 3.10; SPIL gain 0.14, HOD 7.23, LOD 7.03, EOD 7.20.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 4, declined stock prices 5, unchanged stock prices 566, stock prices hitting new highs n/a and stock prices hitting new lows n/a.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Sept 09: EOD 1056.50; Change -2.50
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,714.50; Change -8.25
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 9,692; Change -36
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 693.20; Change 3.20
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Sept 09: EOD 10,080; Change -125

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6863 U.S. Dollars 1.4570
Japanese Yen 90.2000 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6270 to U.S. Dollars 1.5948
Canadian Dollar 1.0853 to U.S. Dollars 0.9214
Swiss Franc 1.0370 to U.S. Dollars 0.9643

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (November 09) shed $0.13, EOD $66.71 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (November 09) gain $0.01, EOD $1.73 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (November 09) gain $0.05, EOD $4.88 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (October 09) shed $0.01, EOD $1.63 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) gain $0.30, EOD $994.40 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) shed $0.02, EOD $16.18 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) shed $12.60, EOD $1,278.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) unchanged $0.00, EOD $2.73 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $0.43, EOD $50.15
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $2.00, EOD $84.70
Live Cattle (December 09) shed $0.18, EOD $85.60
Feeder Cattle (November 09) shed $0.78, EOD $95.78

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) gain $2.25, EOD $341.00
Soybeans (November 09) shed $2.50, EOD $917.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 99 31/32, change -2/32, Yield 1.00, Yield change 0.03
5 year EOD 100 4/32, change -2/32, Yield 2.34, Yield change 0.01
10 year EOD 102 22/32, change -5/32, Yield 3.30, Yield change 0.02
30 year EOD 108 2/32, change 1/32, Yield 4.03, change 0.00

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