Daily Market Commentary for October 14, 2009

JPMorgan

JPMorgan got stocks rallying today when the bank released their third quarter profit results, beating analysts’ expectations. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

MBA [Mortgage Bankers Association] Mortgage Applications:
U.S. MBA Market Index fell 1.8% at 742.9; compared to last week 756.3; U.S. MBA Purchase Index fell 5.0% at 290.9; compared to last week 306.1; U.S. MBA Refinance Index fell 0.1% at 3374.6; compared to last Week 3377.1.

Retail Sales:
U.S. September Retail & Food Sales fell 1.5%; compared to consensus of a decrease by 2.1%; September Auto Sales fell 10.4%; drop is biggest in four years; U.S. September Retail & Food Sales Excluding Autos rose 0.5%; August Retail & Food Sales Revised to rise 2.2% from an increase by 2.7%.

Import Price Index:
U.S. September Import Prices rose 0.1%; compared to consensus of an increase by 0.3%; U.S. September Non-Petroleum Import Prices rose 0.6%; U.S. September Petroleum Import Prices fell 1.8%.

Business Inventories:
U.S. August Business Inventories fell 1.5%; expected to fall 1.2%; August Motor Vehicle Inventories fell 7.9%; biggest drop since 2001.

FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] Meeting Minutes:
FOMC differed on inflation, size of MBS purchases – Minutes; some members mulled increasing $1.3T MBS purchases; one member mulled cutting $1.3T MBS purchases; uncertainty about likely strength of upturn.

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) triple digit gain 145.03 points, EOD 10,016.09
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit gain 150.51, EOD 7,182.38
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 31.74 points, EOD 2,171.63
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 19.12 points, EOD 1,092.31
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 52.27 points, EOD 2,584.29
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 81.28 points, EOD 3,882.67
FTSE100 (UKX100) triple digit gain 101.95 points, EOD 5,256.10
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) unchanged 246.77, EOD 9,731.87

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,304 declined stock prices 801, unchanged stock prices 78, stock prices hitting new highs 454 and stock prices hitting new lows 4. 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: RTP gain 10.94, HOD 194.12, LOD 189.00, EOD 193.41; FAS gain 7.98, HOD 94.54, LOD 89.44, EOD 93.89; GWW shed 1.06, HOD 94.61, LOD 90.70, EOD 93.25; CME gain 3.07, HOD 313.98, LOD 306.00, EOD 307.29; APA gain 1.90, HOD 100.44, LOD 98.75, EOD 99.91; POT gain 3.15, HOD 93.99, LOD 90.89, EOD 93.23; GS gain 5.05, HOD 193.60, LOD 190.40, EOD 192.28; MA gain 2.12, HOD 221.95, LOD 216.53, EOD 219.48; GPI gain 2.99, HOD 33.08, LOD 30.82, EOD 32.77; SMH gain 0.36, HOD 26.92, LOD 26.28, EOD 26.55.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2.052, declined stock prices 701, unchanged stock prices 101, stock prices hitting new highs 257 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: BMTI gain 2.63, HOD 15.63, LOD 13.80, EOD 15.32; BIDU gain 2.68, HOD 416.98, LOD 405.90, EOD 410.18; ISRG gain 7.85, HOD 258.10, LOD 245.15, EOD 257.49; WYNN gain 1.13, HOD 68.16, LOD 66.50, EOD 67.13; FSLR unchanged 0.00, HOD 157.45, LOD 146.92, EOD 154.32; ROVI shed 1.41, HOD 32.21, LOD 28.89, EOD 30.66; EDAP gain 0.41, HOD 4.41, LOD 3.68, EOD 4.09; LUFK gain 6.89, HOD 63.71, LOD 57.35, EOD 62.93; GOOG gain 9.21, HOD 535.58, LOD 530.00, EOD 535.32; LLTC shed 0.62, HOD 28.90, LOD 27.65, EOD 27.87; MYRX gain 0.48, HOD 6.50, LOD 6.15, EOD 6.40.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 319, declined stock prices 232, unchanged stock prices 47, stock prices hitting new highs 45 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) Dec 09: EOD 1088.00; Change 19.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,751.50; Change 24.75
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 9,954; Change 145
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 710.00; Change 13.30
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD 10,185; Change 130

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6702 U.S. Dollars 1.4920
Japanese Yen 89.3900 to U.S. Dollars 0.0112
British Pound 0.6260 to U.S. Dollars 1.5975
Canadian Dollar 1.0258 to U.S. Dollars 0.9748
Swiss Franc 1.0149 to U.S. Dollars 0.9853

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (November 09) gain $1.03, EOD $75.18 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (November 09) gain $0.02, EOD $1.97 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (November 09) shed $0.15, EOD $4.44 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (November 09) gain $0.03, EOD $1.86 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) shed $0.30, EOD $1,064.70 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) gain $0.07, EOD $17.91 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) gain $5.90, EOD $1,366.60 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) gain $0.05, EOD $2.84 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $0.58, EOD $54.25
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $0.55, EOD $83.35
Live Cattle (December 09) gain $0.90, EOD $85.58
Feeder Cattle (November 09) gain $1.03, EOD $94.15

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) gain $1.25, EOD $383.00
Soybeans (November 09) gain $1.00, EOD $997.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 4/32, change -2/32, Yield 0.92, Yield change 0.02
5 year EOD 100 5/32, change -7/32, Yield 2.33, Yield change 0.04
10 year EOD 101 21/32, change -19/32, Yield 3.42, Yield change 0.07
30 year EOD 103 26/32, change -1 7/32, Yield 4.27, change 0.07

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