Daily Market Commentary for January 28, 2010

Toyota Recall

Toyota recall has now expanded by 1.1 million more auto******s. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Durable Goods Orders:
U.S. December Durable Goods Orders rose 0.3%; compared to consensus of an increase by 2.0%; December Durable Goods Orders, Ex-Transportation, rose 0.9%; December Durable Goods Orders, Ex-Defense, rose 0.3%; November Durable Goods Orders Revised to fell 0.4% from a decrease by 0.7%.

Initial Jobless Claims:
U.S. Jobless Claims fell 8K to 470K in January 23 week; compared to survey of a decrease by 32K; U.S. January 16 Week Continuing Claims fell 57K to 4,602,000; U.S. January 16 Week Jobless Claims Revised to 478K from 482K.

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 104.67 points, EOD 10,131.49
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 78.62, EOD 6,956.99
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) shed 41.58 points, EOD 2,179.83
S&P 500 (SPX) shed 12.37 points, EOD 1,085.13
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 7.16 points, EOD 2,486.51
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 71.01 points, EOD 3,688.79
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 71.73 points, EOD 5,145.17
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) gain 87.97 points, EOD 10,414.29

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 851 declined stock prices 2,272, unchanged stock prices 92, stock prices hitting new highs 56 and stock prices hitting new lows 10. 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: CME shed 3.82, HOD 300.00, LOD 289.26, EOD 290.51; FAS shed 1.19, HOD 74.16, LOD 68.59, EOD 70.97; EDC shed 2.36, HOD 113.73, LOD 104.21, EOD 107.29; POT shed 5.03, HOD 106.00, LOD 101.00, EOD 104.49; MA shed 6.88, HOD 257.95, LOD 245.83, EOD 249.45; HRS shed 2.46, HOD 48.09, LOD 43.04, EOD 44.34; KEX shed 2.43, HOD 34.73, LOD 32.18, EOD 33.55.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 776, declined stock prices 1,938, unchanged stock prices 101, stock prices hitting new highs 41 and stock prices hitting new lows 20. 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: NFLX gain 12.07, HOD 63.85, LOD 60.73, EOD 63.04; TTEK shed 4.32, HOD 21.49, LOD 19.51, EOD 20.75; AAPL shed 8.59, HOD 205.50, LOD 198.70, EOD 199.29; CTXS gain 0.73, HOD 43.98, LOD 40.48, EOD 42.71; BIDU shed 6.51, HOD 429.00, LOD 417.02, EOD 417.85; AMZN gain 3.28, HOD 127.20, LOD 122.80, EOD 126.03; FSLR gain 0.21, HOD 115.78, LOD 112.07, EOD 114.35; GMCR gain 7.58, HOD 88.15, LOD 82.70, EOD 87.60; ALGN gain 1.34, HOD 19.25, LOD 17.99, EOD 18.03; TSCO shed 0.72, HOD 53.50, LOD 51.21, EOD 51.50.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 219, declined stock prices 294, unchanged stock prices 42, stock prices hitting new highs 10 and stock prices hitting new lows 7.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1083.00; Change -11.50
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,772.00; Change -37.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,092; Change -103
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 711.60; Change -7.70
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,300; Change -15

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7158 U.S. Dollars 1.3971
Japanese Yen 89.8600 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6200 to U.S. Dollars 1.6129
Canadian Dollar 1.0660 to U.S. Dollars 0.9381
Swiss Franc 1.0518 to U.S. Dollars 0.9508

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (March 10) gain $0.22, EOD $73.89 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (March 10) unchanged $0.00, EOD $1.93 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (March 10) shed $0.05 EOD $5.17 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (February 10) shed $0.01 EOD $1.93 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 10) shed $1.20, EOD $1,084.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) shed $0.23, EOD $16.21 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (April 10) gain $24.40, EOD $1,516.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) shed $0.12, EOD $3.10 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (April 10) gain $0.45, EOD $69.40
Pork Bellies (February 10) shed $0.30, EOD $81.40
Live Cattle (April 10) gain $0.23, EOD $89.28
Feeder Cattle (March 10) shed $0.05, EOD $98.48

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (March 10) gain $3.50, EOD $361.75
Soybeans (March 10) gain $2.75, EOD $931.75

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 99 31/32, change 2/32, Yield 0.87, Yield change -0.04
5 year EOD 99 8/32, change -1 26/32, Yield 2.40 Yield change 0.01
10 year EOD 97 20/32, change -4/32, Yield 3.66 Yield change 0.01
30 year EOD 96 25/32, change -5/32, Yield 4.57, change 0.01

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