Quadruple Witching

Daily Market Commentary for June 18, 2010

Quadruple Witching

Today's Quadruple Witching created much volatility in the markets. (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 24.71 points, EOD 10,434.17
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 6.17, EOD 6,988.21
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 1.73 points, EOD 2,308.89
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 1.35 points, EOD 1,117.39
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 5.57 points, EOD 2,528.93
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 4.13 points, EOD 3,687.21
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 3.05 points, EOD 5,250.84
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 4.38 points, EOD 9,995.02

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,712, declined stock prices 1,387, unchanged stock prices 119, stock prices hitting new highs 60 and stock prices hitting new lows 15. 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: BP gain 0.03, HOD 32.53, LOD 31.41, EOD 31.74; CME shed 1.91, HOD 311.50, LOD 305.50, EOD 307.61; APC gain 0.98, HOD 43.62, LOD 41.11, EOD 42.58; RIG gain 5.13, HOD 54.74, LOD 50.70, EOD 54.56; MA shed 0.09, HOD 216.44, LOD 212.39, EOD 213.91; V shed 1.19, HOD 79.25, LOD 76.26, EOD 77.05; NLY gain 0.38, HOD 17.94, LOD 17.66, EOD 17.88.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,471, declined stock prices 1,231, unchanged stock prices 129, stock prices hitting new highs 56 and stock prices hitting new lows 30. 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: PCLN shed 2.17, HOD 195.63, LOD 191.59, EOD 193.09; ISRG gain 9.57, HOD 350.82, LOD 338.01, EOD 349.90; SHLD shed 1.86, HOD 78.18, LOD 75.60, EOD 75.85; AAPL gain 2.20, HOD 275.00, LOD 271.42, EOD 274.07; SMOD gain 0.23, HOD 7.22, LOD 6.68, EOD 6.73; FSLR gain 0.23, HOD 125.37, LOD 121.68, EOD 123.68; CSTR gain 2.34, HOD 51.60, LOD 48.52, EOD 48.95.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 284, declined stock prices 198, unchanged stock prices 33, 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 1113.00; Change 1.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,912.75; Change 3.25
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,392; Change 16
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 771.90; Change -2.70
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,025; Change -5

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.8084 to U.S. Dollars 1.2400
Japanese Yen 90.7350 to U.S. Dollars 0.011
British Pound 0.6751 to U.S. Dollars 1.4800
Canadian Dollar 1.0218 to U.S. Dollars 0.9783
Swiss Franc 1.1092 to U.S. Dollars 0.9014

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (July 10) gain $0.39, EOD $77.18 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (July 10) shed $0.01, EOD $2.13 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (July 10) shed $0.16, EOD $5.00 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (July 10) shed $0.01, EOD $2.15 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (June 10) gain $9.70, EOD $1,257.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (June 10) gain $0.40, EOD $19.18 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (June 10) gain $15.00, EOD $1,587.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (June 10) shed $0.02, EOD $2.88 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (June 10) gain $0.52, EOD $80.88
Pork Bellies (July 10) gain $1.12, EOD $99.12
Live Cattle (June 10) shed $0.30, EOD $89.30
Feeder Cattle (August 10) gain $0.02, EOD $110.18

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (July 10) gain $3.25, EOD $360.75
Soybeans (July 10) shed $9.00, EOD $961.00

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