Citigroup News

Daily Market Commentary for January 19, 2010

Citigroup News

New Citigroup news was released today as the bank released their fourth quarter results. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Treasury International Capital [TIC] Net Long-Term Transactions:
Foreigners Net Buyers $9.7B of U.S. Equities in November; Foreigners Net Sellers $4.6B of U.S. Corp Bonds in November; Foreigners Net Buyers $5.9B of U.S. Agency Debt in November; Foreigners Net Buyers $118.3B U.S. Treasury Notes, Bonds on November; Net Foreign Capital Inflow $26.6B on November; Net Long Term [LT] Securities Purchases $126.8B on November; Net Foreign Long Term [LT] Securities Purchases $114.5B on November.

NAHB Housing Market Index:
U.S. NAHB January Housing Index 15 versus 16 in December.

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 114.73 points, EOD 10,724.38
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 86.89, EOD 7,443.68
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 31.32 points, EOD 2,319.31
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 14.02 points, EOD 1,150.05
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 0.96 points, EOD 2,591.64
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 20.34 points, EOD 4,045.14
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 57.77 points, EOD 5,513.14
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) gain 29.29 points, EOD 10,796.64

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,375 declined stock prices 745, unchanged stock prices 82, stock prices hitting new highs 311 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: PH gain 2.86, HOD 62.85, LOD 60.58, EOD 61.42; RTP gain 6.17, HOD 240.43, LOD 235.12, EOD 239.80; EDU gain 7.09, HOD 80.00, LOD 69.69, EOD 79.22; FAS gain 2.86, HOD 83.98, LOD 79.25, EOD 83.81; CME gain 0.95, HOD 341.11, LOD 334.65, EOD 338.19; MA gain 2.10, HOD 269.88, LOD 261.70, EOD 264.75; HDB gain 9.96, HOD 138.91, LOD 132.08, EOD 138.63; IOC shed 1.92, HOD 74.80, LOD 71.23, EOD 72.82; CF gain 5.18, HOD 101.05, LOD 95.18, EOD 100.60; FRX gain 1.11, HOD 32.04, LOD 31.03, EOD 31.77.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,912, declined stock prices 839, unchanged stock prices 109, stock prices hitting new highs 164 and stock prices hitting new lows 9. 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: BIDU shed 26.84, HOD 452.02, LOD 429.09, EOD 440.84; AAPL gain 9.11, HOD 215.19, LOD 207.24, EOD 215.04; FAST shed 1.04, HOD 46.48, LOD 43.35, EOD 44.82; GOOG gain 7.62, HOD 590.42, LOD 576.29, EOD 587.62; ISRG gain 2.23, HOD 317.20, LOD 307.00, EOD 310.81; ANGO gain 0.25, HOD 17.30, LOD 16.90, EOD 17.22.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 321, declined stock prices 220, unchanged stock prices 44, stock prices hitting new highs 29 and stock prices hitting new lows 5.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1146.50; Change 14.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,893.25; Change 31.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,675; Change 112
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 750.30; Change 8.40
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,880; Change 50

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6993 U.S. Dollars 1.4300
Japanese Yen 91.2100 to U.S. Dollars 0.0110
British Pound 0.6106 to U.S. Dollars 1.6376
Canadian Dollar 1.0304 to U.S. Dollars 0.9705
Swiss Franc 1.0320 to U.S. Dollars 0.9690

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (February 10) gain $1.00, EOD $79.00 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (March 10) unchanged $0.00, EOD $2.06 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (March 10) shed $0.13, EOD $5.55 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (February 10) gain $0.01 EOD $2.06 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 10) gain $10.00, EOD $1,140.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) gain $0.37, EOD $18.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (April 10) gain $49.70, EOD $1,645.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) gain $0.08, EOD $3.45 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (April 10) gain $0.75, EOD $74.03
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $0.65, EOD $90.25
Live Cattle (April 10) gain $0.65, EOD $91.18
Feeder Cattle (March 10) gain $1.03, EOD $99.68

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (march 10) shed $2.25, EOD $369.25
Soybeans (January 10) shed $10.50, EOD $964.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 6/32, change -2/32, Yield 0.89, Yield change 0.03
5 year EOD 100 25/32, change -5/32, Yield 2.45 Yield change 0.04
10 year EOD 97 9/32, change -7/32, Yield 3.70 Yield change 0.03
30 year EOD 96 12/32, change -8/32, Yield 4.59, change 0.01

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