Daily Market Commentary for November 20, 2009

Bear Market

Stocks opened lower today extending the two-day bear market; investors focused their attention towards the technology sector, they showed concern when ****, the third largest PC maker reported disappointing earnings. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today: N/A

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 10.65 points, EOD 10,321.79
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 33.17, EOD 7,084.47
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) shed 10.22 points, EOD 2,146.60
S&P 500 (SPX) shed 3.3 points, EOD 1,091.60
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 2.15 points, EOD 2,483.46
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 30.86 points, EOD 3,729.36
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 16.29 points, EOD 5,251.41
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) gain 15.0213points, EOD 9,497.68

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,275 declined stock prices 1,797, unchanged stock prices 97, stock prices hitting new highs 54 and stock prices hitting new lows 8. 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: FAS shed 1.20, HOD 76.00, LOD 74.14, EOD 74.96; SJM gain 2.93, HOD 56.86, LOD 55.13, EOD 56.41; NE shed 1.70, HOD 41.43, LOD 38.62, EOD 40.00; EDC shed 0.54, HOD 128.45, LOD 123.65, EOD 126.51; CME gain 1.02, HOD 325.45, LOD 316.85, EOD 322.99; POT gain 1.54, HOD 115.43, LOD 110.43, EOD 114.71; AFL gain 0.26, HOD 44.94, LOD 43.97, EOD 44.10.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,248, declined stock prices 1,458, unchanged stock prices 140, stock prices hitting new highs 47 and stock prices hitting new lows 31. 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: FSLR gain 0.05, HOD 121.79, LOD 118.90, EOD 121.18; ISRG shed 2.24, HOD 281.68, LOD 273.15, EOD 276.44; BIDU shed 0.42, HOD 427.79, LOD 421.77, EOD 427.59; AMZN gain 0.67, HOD 129.99, LOD 127.41, EOD 129.66; INTU shed 0.61, HOD 30.00, LOD 29.27, EOD 29.66; ARUN shed 0.64, HOD 9.39, LOD 8.62, EOD 8.94.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 238, declined stock prices 295, unchanged stock prices 40, stock prices hitting new highs 11 and stock prices hitting new lows 6.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Dec 09: EOD 1090.50; Change -3.75
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,765.25; Change -5.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 10,308; Change -19
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 686.50; Change -5.60
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD 9,480; Change 30

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6729 U.S. Dollars 1.4860
Japanese Yen 89.0000 to U.S. Dollars 0.0112
British Pound 0.6058 to U.S. Dollars 1.6506
Canadian Dollar 1.0699 to U.S. Dollars 0.9347
Swiss Franc 1.0173 to U.S. Dollars 0.9830

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (December 09) shed $0.74, EOD $76.72 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (December 09) shed $0.02, EOD $2.01 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (December 09) gain $0.04, EOD $4.76 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (December 09) gain $0.01, EOD $1.98 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) gain $6.60, EOD $1,148.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) shed $0.01, EOD $18.45 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) shed $2.00, EOD $1,441.90 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) gain $0.03, EOD $3.13 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $1.10, EOD $64.38
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $0.05, EOD $87.13
Live Cattle (December 09) gain $0.05, EOD $85.43
Feeder Cattle (January 10) gain $0.85, EOD $92.68

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) shed $3.75, EOD $407.00
Soybeans (January 10) gain $7.00, EOD $1,046.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 17/32, change -1/32, Yield 0.72, Yield change 0.02
5 year EOD 100 30/32, change -3/32, Yield 2.16, Yield change 0.02
10 year EOD 100 4/32, change -5/32, Yield 3.36, Yield change 0.02
30 year EOD 101 15/32, change -4/32, Yield 4.28, change 0.01

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