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Daily Market Commentary for March 22, 2010

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Today's stock news was mostly about the new health care bill that was approved late Sunday; health care stocks pushed the market higher today after yesterday's news. (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 43.99 points, EOD 10,785.97
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 32.21, EOD 7,419.01
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 20.01 points, EOD 2,394.42
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 6.00 points, EOD 1,165.90
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 4.83 points, EOD 2,634.45
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 2.56 points, EOD 3,928.00
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 5.58, EOD 5,644.54
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) unchanged, EOD 10,824.72

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,004, declined stock prices 1,072, unchanged stock prices 121, stock prices hitting new highs 242 and stock prices hitting new lows 9. 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: WSM gain 2.96, HOD 27.27, LOD 24.86, EOD 27.10; TIF gain 0.16, HOD 47.49, LOD 44.75, EOD 47.41; WLT gain 1.80, HOD 86.47, LOD 82.62, EOD 86.30; PBR shed 0.46, HOD 45.14, LOD 43.69, EOD 44.97; POT gain 1.80, HOD 123.25, LOD 119.12, EOD 122.96; FAS gain 1.67, HOD 94.16, LOD 89.70, EOD 94.01; RTP gain 4.30, HOD 226.41, LOD 218.23, EOD 226.15; CME shed 0.03, HOD 313.30, LOD 309.06, EOD 311.61; CYH gain 2.35, HOD 40.84, LOD 38.82, EOD 40.51.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,746, declined stock prices 988, unchanged stock prices 94, stock prices hitting new highs 186 and stock prices hitting new lows 14. 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 gain 10.07, HOD 585.79, LOD 564.00, EOD 579.72; AAPL gain 2.50, HOD 226.00, LOD 220.15, EOD 224.75; ISIL shed 0.14, HOD 15.93, LOD 14.86, EOD 15.19; GOOG shed 2.50, HOD 566.85, LOD 555.03, EOD 557.50; FSLR shed 3.94, HOD 110.93, LOD 108.97, EOD 109.36.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 253, declined stock prices 244, unchanged stock prices 36, stock prices hitting new highs 12 and stock prices hitting new lows n/a.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1161.00; Change 4.75
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,946.00; Change 13.75
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,721; Change 34
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 791.30; Change 9.50
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,675; Change -30

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7380 to U.S. Dollars 1.3600
Japanese Yen 90.1550 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6626 to U.S. Dollars 1.5100
Canadian Dollar 1.0194 to U.S. Dollars 0.9810
Swiss Franc 1.0582 to U.S. Dollars 0.9449

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (April 10) gain $0.57, EOD $81.25 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (April 10) gain $0.07, EOD $2.08 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (April 10) shed $0.09, EOD $4.08 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (April 10) gain $0.00, EOD $2.26 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (April 10) shed $8.10, EOD $1,099.30 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (April 10) shed $0.09, EOD $16.92 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (April 10) shed $7.30, EOD $1,599.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (April 10) gain $0.00, EOD $3.37 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (April 10) shed $0.25, EOD $73.10
Pork Bellies (April 10) unchanged, EOD $91.50
Live Cattle (Aril 10) shed $0.87, EOD $97.10
Feeder Cattle (April 10) shed $0.10, EOD $104.70

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (May 10) shed $3.75 , EOD $370.75
Soybeans (May 10) gain $6.75, EOD $968.50

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