U.S. Senate

Daily Market Commentary for December 21, 2009

U.S. Senate

U.S. Senate voted early Monday to advance President Obama's health care legislation hopefully by Christmas. (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) gain 85.02 points, EOD 10,413.91
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 60.96, EOD 7,147.15
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 25.66 points, EOD 2,237.35
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 11.75 points, EOD 1,114.22
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 29.55 points, EOD 2,482.61
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 77.62 points, EOD 3,872.06
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 97.18 points, EOD 5,293.99
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) gain 41.42 points, EOD 10,183.47

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,214 declined stock prices 886, unchanged stock prices 96, stock prices hitting new highs 286 and stock prices hitting new lows 5. 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: CAG shed 0.33, HOD 23.13, LOD 21.83, EOD 21.83; DM shed 0.62, HOD 10.66, LOD 9.97, EOD 10.00; V shed 1.46, HOD 89.07, LOD 86.63, EOD 87.51; MA gain 0.52, HOD 256.50, LOD 253.71, EOD 255.36; GS gain 2.26, HOD 166.75, LOD 163.42, EOD 165.45; BLK gain 1.99, HOD 240.87, LOD 237.97, EOD 240.80; EDC shed 0.49, HOD 124.63, LOD 120.51, EOD 121.11; POT gain 3.71, HOD 110.75, LOD 107.94, EOD 108.72.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,841, declined stock prices 932, unchanged stock prices 119, stock prices hitting new highs 146 and stock prices hitting new lows 26. 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: NWSA gain 0.34, HOD 13.93, LOD 13.32, EOD 13.69; NGLS gain 0.94, HOD 23.91, LOD 22.80, EOD 23.65; BUCY gain 5.00, HOD 56.82, LOD 53.93, EOD 55.84; OGXI shed 8.52, HOD 23.11, LOD 20.10, EOD 21.13; AAPL gain 2.80, HOD 199.75, LOD 195.67, EOD 198.23; FSLR gain 1.32, HOD 138.30, LOD 133.73, EOD 136.99; PCLN gain 2.84, HOD 219.79, LOD 216.16, EOD 219.23; ISRG gain 1.40, HOD 291.38, LOD 284.46, EOD 290.57; BIDU shed 7.01, HOD 417.88, LOD 405.69, EOD 407.38; ATHX gain 1.40, HOD 3.95, LOD 2.31, EOD 2.40.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 265, declined stock prices 253, unchanged stock prices 46, stock prices hitting new highs 15 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) Mar 10: EOD 1108.50; Change 10.75
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,825.00; Change 18.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,347; Change 76
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 721.50; Change 6.70
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,260; Change 145

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7001 U.S. Dollars 1.4283
Japanese Yen 91.1600 to U.S. Dollars 0.0110
British Pound 0.6231 to U.S. Dollars 1.6050
Canadian Dollar 1.0612 to U.S. Dollars 0.9423
Swiss Franc 1.0456 to U.S. Dollars 0.9564

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (January 10) shed $0.89, EOD $72.47 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (February 10) shed $0.01, EOD $1.96 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (March 10) shed $0.11, EOD $5.69 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (January 10) gain $0.04, EOD $1.89 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 10) shed $15.50, EOD $1,096.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) shed $0.28, EOD $17.04 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 10) shed $5.80, EOD $1,423.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) gain $0.02, EOD $3.16 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (February 10) shed $0.90, EOD $64.23
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $0.70, EOD $86.90
Live Cattle (February 10) gain $0.73, EOD $85.58
Feeder Cattle (January 10) shed $0.13, EOD $94.63

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (march 10) gain $2.25, EOD $400.00
Soybeans (January 10) shed $11.50, EOD $1,008.50

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 99 24/32, change -5/32, Yield 0.87, Yield change 0.08
5 year EOD 98 22/32, change -19/32, Yield 2.40 Yield change 0.13
10 year EOD 97 15/32, change -1 4/32, Yield 3.67 Yield change 0.13
30 year EOD 96 26/32, change -1 25/32, Yield 4.56, change 0.11

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