Daily Market Commentary for July 22, 2010

European News

Stocks rose triple digits on positive European news and better than expected earnings. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Initial Jobless Claims:
U.S. Week of July 10 Jobless Claims Revised to 427K from 429K; U.S. Week of July 10 Continuing Claims fell 223K to 4,487,000; U.S. Jobless Claims rose 37K to 464K in Week of July 17; Compared to Survey of an increase by 21K.

Existing Home Sales:
U.S. June Median Existing Home Price rose 1.0% on Year to $183,700; U.S. Inventory of Unsold U.S. Homes at 8.9 Months Supply; U.S. June Existing Home Sales Consensus 5.20M Rate; U.S. June Existing Home Sales fell 5.1% to 5.37M Rate.

U.S. Conference Board Leading Index (MoM):
June Lagging Index rose 0.1%; June Coincident Index 0.0%; June Leading Index fell 0.2%.

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) triple digit gain 201.54 points, EOD 10,322.07
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit gain 170.04, EOD 6,901.20
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 58.19 points, EOD 2,245.52
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 23.74 points, EOD 1,093.33
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 49.48 points, EOD 2,501.41
CAC 40 (CAC40) triple digit gain 106.65 points, EOD 3,600.57
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 99.17 points, EOD 5,313.81
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 57.95 points, EOD 9,220.88

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,688, declined stock prices 424, unchanged stock prices 62, stock prices hitting new highs 171 and stock prices hitting new lows 18. 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: SWI shed 3.81, HOD 13.94, LOD 12.52, EOD 12.71; CME gain 8.49, HOD 283.19, LOD 275.14, EOD 281.64; EW gain 3.80, HOD 58.00, LOD 56.10, EOD 57.35.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,235, declined stock prices 453, unchanged stock prices 91, stock prices hitting new highs 39 and stock prices hitting new lows 39. 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: MLNX shed 7.43, HOD 17.26, LOD 15.50, EOD 15.51; FFIV gain 10.57, HOD 83.85, LOD 79.40, EOD 83.68; AAPL gain 4.86, HOD 260.00, LOD 255.31, EOD 259.10; NFLX shed 16.22, HOD 112.47, LOD 101.75, EOD 103.43; ISRG gain 0.80, HOD 320.00, LOD 306.81, EOD 316.90; ITRI shed 4.73, HOD 60.80, LOD 52.58, EOD 58.00; FSLR gain 2.38, HOD 139.07, LOD 136.49, EOD 137.48; BIDU gain 1.13, HOD 76.46, LOD 72.30, EOD 74.44.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 330, declined stock prices 140, unchanged stock prices 46, stock prices hitting new highs 10 and stock prices hitting new lows 5.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1090.00; Change 26.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,861.50; Change 46.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,274; Change 216
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 750.90; Change 21.90
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 9,360; Change 160

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7755 to U.S. Dollars 1.2900
Japanese Yen 86.9650 to U.S. Dollars 0.0115
British Pound 0.6548 to U.S. Dollars 1.5300
Canadian Dollar 1.0371 to U.S. Dollars 0.9624
Swiss Franc 1.0427 to U.S. Dollars 0.9589

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (September 10) gain $2.74, EOD $79.30 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (August 10) gain $0.07, EOD $2.06 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (August 10) gain $0.13, EOD $4.64 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (August 10) gain $0.07, EOD $2.15 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (July 10) gain $3.90, EOD $1,195.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (July 10) gain $0.31, EOD $18.12 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (July 10) gain $0.60, EOD $1,525.40 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (July 10) gain $0.07, EOD $3.16 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (August 10) gain $1.12, EOD $82.62
Pork Bellies (July 10) gain $4.50, EOD $116.00
Live Cattle (August 10) shed $0.17, EOD $93.32
Feeder Cattle (August 10) gain $0.25, EOD $114.90

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (September 10) shed $3.25, EOD $376.50
Soybeans (August 10) gain $0.75, EOD $1,016.00

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