Foreclosures

Daily Market Commentary for December 10, 2009

Foreclosures

Foreclosures were on the fall again this month, making it the fourth straight monthly decline. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Trade Balance:
U.S. October Trade Deficit $32.94B; compared to consensus Deficit of $37.0B; September Trade Balance Revised to Deficit $35.65B from Deficit $36.47B; October Exports $136.84B, rose 2.6%; Imports $169.78B, rose 0.4%; October Average Daily Oil Imports 8.35M Barrels; Lowest Since 2000; October Car and Parts Exports $7.9B ; Highest Since December 2008.

Initial Jobless Claims:
U.S. Jobless Claims for week of November 28 Unrevised at 457K; U.S. Jobless Claims for week of December 5 rose 17K to 474K; compared to Survey of an increase by 8K; U.S. Continuing Claims for week of November 28 fell 303K to 5,157,000.

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 68.63 points, EOD 10,405.68
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 36.88, EOD 7,104.50
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 7.13 points, EOD 2,190.86
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 6.4 points, EOD 1,102.35
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 13.04 points, EOD 2,483.59
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 40.99 points, EOD 3,798.38
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 40.48 points, EOD 5,244.37
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 123.96 points, EOD 9,862.82

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,833 declined stock prices 1,243, unchanged stock prices 96, stock prices hitting new highs 205 and stock prices hitting new lows 7. 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: FAS shed 0.15, HOD 72.58, LOD 70.15, EOD 70.96; IT shed 0.68, HOD 17.83, LOD 16.85, EOD 17.66; EDC gain 2.83, HOD 131.28, LOD 127.45, EOD 130.63; POT shed 0.65, HOD 124.10, LOD 120.90, EOD 122.32; CME gain 2.14, HOD 330.33, LOD 324.15, EOD 327.90; V gain 0.57, HOD 82.76, LOD 81.38, EOD 82.32; MA gain 1.18, HOD 245.47, LOD 241.97, EOD 244.12; GS gain 0.29, HOD 167.94, LOD 164.53, EOD 166.73; PLL gain 2.69, HOD 34.50, LOD 33.29, EOD 34.08; OXM gain 3.09, HOD 24.55, LOD 22.75, EOD 24.16; AOL shed 0.15, HOD 24.19, LOD 22.86, EOD 23.52; WLP gain 2.10, HOD 57.78, LOD 55.54, EOD 57.43; ESL shed 1.47, HOD 42.82, LOD 40.38, EOD 41.00.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,054, declined stock prices 1,657, unchanged stock prices 132, stock prices hitting new highs 95 and stock prices hitting new lows 22. 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 shed 1.37, HOD 199.70, LOD 196.12, EOD 196.43; LULU shed 0.94, HOD 28.60, LOD 26.16, EOD 26.73; STLD shed 0.50, HOD 18.63, LOD 17.79, EOD 17.89; AMZN gain 4.07, HOD 136.19, LOD 132.40, EOD 135.38; FSLR shed 2.42, HOD 135.88, LOD 135.88, EOD 132.55; CMED gain 1.35, HOD 14.55, LOD 13.81, EOD 14.49; BIDU shed 4.14, HOD 428.85, LOD 422.00, EOD 422.32; PSYS shed 1.19, HOD 21.15, LOD 19.25, EOD 20.54; FSYS shed 4.98, HOD 50.65, LOD 43.77, EOD 45.51; PCLN gain 3.98, HOD 222.96, LOD 218.58, EOD 221.72.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 241, declined stock prices 262, unchanged stock prices 44, stock prices hitting new highs 16 and stock prices hitting new lows 1.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Dec 09: EOD 1101.50; Change 6.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,799.50; Change 7.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 10,397; Change 67
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 699.70; Change 3.90
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD N/A; Change N/A

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6790 U.S. Dollars 1.4728
Japanese Yen 88.2100 to U.S. Dollars 0.0113
British Pound 0.6147 to U.S. Dollars 1.6269
Canadian Dollar 1.0506 to U.S. Dollars 0.9518
Swiss Franc 1.0258 to U.S. Dollars 0.9748

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (January 10) shed $0.13, EOD $70.54 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (January 10) shed $0.01, EOD $1.90 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (January 10) gain $0.40, EOD $5.30 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (January 10) shed $0.02, EOD $1.84 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 10) gain $5.50, EOD $1,126.40 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) gain $0.01, EOD $17.19 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 10) gain $15.30, EOD $1,424.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) shed $0.02, EOD $3.10 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (February 10) gain $0.35, EOD $65.43
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $1.80, EOD $85.05
Live Cattle (February 10) gain $0.25, EOD $82.18
Feeder Cattle (January 10) shed $0.33, EOD $90.73

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (march 10) gain $9.50, EOD $393.00
Soybeans (January 10) shed $1.50, EOD $1,029.50

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 99 31/32, change -1/32, Yield 0.75, Yield change 0.01
5 year EOD 99 25/32, change -5/32, Yield 2.17 Yield change 0.04
10 year EOD 99 3/32, change -16/32, Yield 3.48 Yield change 0.06
30 year EOD 98 4/32, change -1 10/32, Yield 4.48, change 0.08

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