Daily Market Commentary for November 2, 2009

Ford

Ford Motor (F) reported a surprise gain in profit for the third quarter Monday; the automaker earned a net income of virtually $1 billion making it a very profitable quarter. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

ISM [Institute for Supply Management] Manufacturing Index:
U.S. ISM October Prices Index 65.0 versus September 63.5; U.S. ISM October Employment Index 53.1 versus September 46.2; U.S. ISM October New Orders Index 58.5 versus September 60.8; U.S. ISM October Production Index 63.3 versus September 55.7; U.S. ISM October Inventories Index 46.9 versus September 42.5; U.S. ISM October Manufacturing PMI 55.7 versus September 52.6; U.S. ISM October Manufacturing PMI Expected 53.3.

Pending Home Sales from NAR [National Association of Realtors]:
U.S. Pending Home Sales Index rose 6.1% to 110.1 in September; U.S. September Pending Home Sales rose 21.2% from September 2008 – NAR.

Construction Spending:
U.S. Construction Spending rose 0.8% in September compared to consensus of a decrease by 0.1%; August Construction Spending Revised to fall 0.1% from an increase by 0.8%.

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) gain 74.74 points, EOD 9,787.47
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 45.49, EOD 6,784.94
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 4.09 points, EOD 2,049.20
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 6.48 points, EOD 1,042.67
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 4.69 points, EOD 2,397.41
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 31.77 points, EOD 3,639.46
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 59.95 points, EOD 5,104.50
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) unchanged 143.64, EOD 10,034.35

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,616 declined stock prices 1,458, unchanged stock prices 101, stock prices hitting new highs 27 and stock prices hitting new lows 19. 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: MI shed 0.10, HOD 5.60, LOD 5.05, EOD 5.22; RBS shed 1.00, HOD 12.89, LOD 12.33, EOD 12.65; FAS gain 1.26, HOD 72.03, LOD 63.80, EOD 68.85; MON gain 1.10, HOD 68.64, LOD 67.04, EOD 68.28; GS gain 0.51, HOD 173.36, LOD 165.30, EOD 170.68; BLK gain 4.22, HOD 221.77, LOD 216.11, EOD 220.71; NUE shed 0.83, HOD 40.81, LOD 38.27, EOD 39.02; EDC gain 3.36, HOD 128.27, LOD 116.82, EOD 122.48; AIG gain 0.69, HOD 36.48, LOD 33.25, EOD 34.21; SRE gain 0.03, HOD 18.77, LOD 18.25, EOD 18.79; FDX gain 0.18, HOD 73.81, LOD 71.78, EOD 72.87; KBR shed 0.54, HOD 20.66, LOD 19.42, EOD 19.93.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,314, declined stock prices 1,438, unchanged stock prices 113, stock prices hitting new highs 20 and stock prices hitting new lows 56. 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: HGSI gain 6.59, HOD 26.21, LOD 23.57, EOD 25.28; AAPL gain 0.69, HOD 192.88, LOD 185.57, EOD 189.19; RIMM shed 3.04, HOD 57.20, LOD 54.30, EOD 55.69; BIDU shed 1.92, HOD 380.50, LOD 370.00, EOD 375.99; FSLR gain 0.06, HOD 123.99, LOD 120.00, EOD 121.99; PCLN gain 4.91, HOD 163.59, LOD 157.29, EOD 162.70; ESRX gain 3.12, HOD 83.17, LOD 79.74, EOD 83.04.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 255, declined stock prices 245, unchanged stock prices 63, stock prices hitting new highs 6 and stock prices hitting new lows 8.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Dec 09: EOD 1039.00; Change 6.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,670.50; Change 5.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 9,735; Change 71
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 659.90; Change 2.50
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD 9,800; Change 85

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6773 U.S. Dollars 1.4764
Japanese Yen 90.3000 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6099 to U.S. Dollars 1.6395
Canadian Dollar 1.0777 to U.S. Dollars 0.9279
Swiss Franc 1.0222 to U.S. Dollars 0.9783

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (December 09) gain $1.13, EOD $78.13 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (December 09) gain $0.04, EOD $2.05 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (December 09) shed $0.22, EOD $4.82 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (December 09) gain $0.03, EOD $1.99 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) gain $13.60, EOD $1,054.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) gain $0.19, EOD $16.44 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) gain $11.80, EOD $1,338.10 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) shed $0.01, EOD $2.95 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $1.03, EOD $57.73
Pork Bellies (February 10) unchanged, EOD $89.30
Live Cattle (December 09) gain $0.55, EOD $86.23
Feeder Cattle (January 10) gain $0.50, EOD $95.58

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) gain $16.25, EOD $382.25
Soybeans (January 10) gain $21.50, EOD $998.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 4/32, change -2/32, Yield 0.92, Yield change 0.03
5 year EOD 100 5/32, change -4/32, Yield 2.33, Yield change 0.03
10 year EOD 101 21/32, change -11/32, Yield 3.42, Yield change 0.04
30 year EOD 103 29/32, change -24/32, Yield 4.26, change 0.04

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