Daily Market Commentary for February 5, 2010

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell again today, but rebounded all losses in the afternoon. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Nonfarm Payrolls:
U.S. January Nonfarm Payrolls fell 20K; Compared to Consensus of Unchanged; U.S. January Manufacturing Payrolls rose 11K; Service-Producing rose 40K; U.S. December Payrolls Revised to fall150K from a decrease by 85K.

Unemployment Rate:
U.S. January Unemployment Rate 9.7%; Compared to Consensus of 10.1%; U.S. December Unemployment Left Unrevised at 10.0%.

Average Hourly Earnings:
U.S. January Average Hourly Earnings rose $0.05 to $18.89.

Average Weekly Hours:
U.S. January Overall Workweek rose 0.1 Hour to 33.3 Hours.

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 10.81 points, EOD 10,012.99
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 5.11, EOD 6,782.75
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 15.62 points, EOD 2,141.05
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 3.67 points, EOD 1,066.21
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 62.38 points, EOD 2,392.52
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 125.49 points, EOD 3,563.76
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 78.39 points, EOD 5,060.92
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 29.53 points, EOD 10,057.09

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,338 declined stock prices 1,764, unchanged stock prices 97, stock prices hitting new highs 20 and stock prices hitting new lows 30. 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: MA shed 1.37, HOD 225.40, LOD 217.15, EOD 220.74; RTP gain 2.37, HOD 195.30, LOD 185.56, EOD 195.30; PNK shed 0.03, HOD 7.70, LOD 7.10, EOD 7.39; MO shed 0.04, HOD 19.41, LOD 19.14, EOD 19.38; CME gain 11.51, HOD 282.67, LOD 271.00, EOD 280.80; BLK shed 2.3467, HOD 212.50, LOD 200.56, EOD 208.79; ARG gain 17.43, HOD 62.82, LOD 59.98, EOD 60.96; EDC shed 4.26, HOD 95.46, LOD 85.60, EOD 93.44; IOC gain 0.33, HOD 61.32, LOD 57.18, EOD 61.00; FCX shed 3.49, HOD 70.29, LOD 66.03, EOD 70.23.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,464, declined stock prices 1,232, unchanged stock prices 128, stock prices hitting new highs 16 and stock prices hitting new lows 52. 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: AAPL gain 3.41, HOD 196.00, LOD 190.85, EOD 195.46; BIDU gain 7.94, HOD 449.24, LOD 439.15, EOD 448.80; ILMN shed 1.14, HOD 36.81, LOD 34.25, EOD 35.48; TTMI shed 0.3827, HOD 9.44, LOD 8.60, EOD 8.95; SFSF shed 0.88, HOD 16.34, LOD 15.07, EOD 15.61; FSLR gain 0.73, HOD 114.40, LOD 110.84, EOD 114.19; PFWD shed 4.25, HOD 11.71, LOD 10.43, EOD 10.60; AMAG shed 0.35, HOD 38.24, LOD 34.06, EOD 37.77; ISRG gain 41.21, HOD 326.45, LOD 315.52, EOD 325.41.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 229, declined stock prices 268, unchanged stock prices 40, stock prices hitting new highs 3 and stock prices hitting new lows 4.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1057.25; Change -4.50
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,738.00; Change 3.25
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 9,921; Change -58
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 691.90; Change -4.90
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 9,925; Change -110

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7321 U.S. Dollars 1.3660
Japanese Yen 89.3900 to U.S. Dollars 0.0112
British Pound 0.6398 to U.S. Dollars 1.5630
Canadian Dollar 1.0703 to U.S. Dollars 0.9343
Swiss Franc 1.0728 to U.S. Dollars 0.9321

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (March 10) shed $1.49, EOD $71.65 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (March 10) shed $0.06, EOD $1.87 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (March 10) gain $0.11 EOD $5.52 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (March 10) shed $0.06 EOD $1.89 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (April 10) shed $9.50, EOD $1,053.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) shed $0.47, EOD $14.88 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (April 10) shed $34.30, EOD $1,481.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) shed $0.02, EOD $2.86 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (April 10) shed $0.20, EOD $66.73
Pork Bellies (May 10) shed $0.75, EOD $80.00
Live Cattle (April 10) gain $0.33, EOD $90.40
Feeder Cattle (March 10) gain $1.08, EOD $98.33

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (March 10) shed $2.00, EOD $352.00
Soybeans (March 10) gain $3.00, EOD $913.50

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 6/32, change 2/42, Yield 0.76, Yield change -0.04
5 year EOD 100 2/32, change 10/32, Yield 2.23 Yield change -0.07
10 year EOD 98 15/32, change 12/32, Yield 3.56 Yield change -0.04
30 year EOD 97 23/32, change 17/32, Yield 4.51, change -0.03

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