Consumer Confidence

Stocks plummeted today after new data shows an unexpected decrease in consumer confidence for the month of June.  Housing sector also on the downside, foreclosure rate leaped in the first quarter from the previous one, due to consumers with good credit losing jobs. After endless positive economic data released in the months prior investors thought we'd seen the worst, but now they aren't expecting the rebound to be quite as strong. Investors pay a lot of attention to consumer confidence because consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity, so this isn't the news analysts were looking for, the news release made for an interesting trading day, with little action in the afternoon.

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) shed 82.80 points, EOD 8,447.30
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 57.35, EOD 5,905.15
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 6.53 points, EOD 1,837.53
S&P 500 (SPX) shed 7.63 points, EOD 919.60

BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 6.76 points, EOD 2,030.98
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 53.24 points, EOD 3,140.44
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 44.82 points, EOD 4,249.21

NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit gain 806.1 points, EOD 9,783.47

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,346, declined stock prices 1,698, unchanged stock prices 98, stock prices hitting new highs 20 and stock prices hitting new lows 6.

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: ESI gain 5.57, HOD 102.89, LOD 98.16, EOD 100.66; CME shed 7.10, HOD 318.20, LOD 307.25, EOD 311.12; ICE shed 4.12, HOD 118.25, LOD 113.97, EOD 114.24.
 

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,205, declined stock prices 1,547, unchanged stock prices 133, stock prices hitting new highs 32 and stock prices hitting new lows 8. 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: SCHN shed 7.35, HOD 57.00, LOD 52.40, EOD 52.86; BIDU gain 2.91, HOD 302.64, LOD 294.26, EOD 301.09; SNDA shed 3.36, HOD 55.49, LOD 51.10, EOD 52.34; GEOY gain 0.70, HOD 23.87, LOD 22.47, EOD 23.56; FSLR gain 1.64, HOD 194.74, LOD 192.69, EOD 195.28; EQIX gain 3.66, HOD 73.47, LOD 69.49, EOD 72.74; APOL gain 5.13, HOD 72.50, LOD 70.21, EOD 71.12; GERN gain 0.98, HOD 8.15, LOD 7.51, EOD 7.67; SBUX shed 0.75, HOD 14.57, LOD 13.79, EOD 13.89

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 244, declined stock prices 282, unchanged stock prices 58, stock prices hitting new highs 12 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) Sept 09: EOD 914.00; Change -7.25

E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,474.75; Change -6.75
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 8,376; Change -82
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 575.70; Change -3.00

Nikkei 225 (Yen) Sept 09: EOD 9,855; Change -90

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7125to U.S. Dollars 1.4036
Japanese Yen 96.3200 to U.S. Dollars 0.0104
British Pound 0.6075 to U.S. Dollars 1.6460
Canadian Dollar 1.0859 to U.S. Dollars 0.8611
Swiss Franc 1.0826 to U.S. Dollars 0.9209

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:

Light Crude (August 09) shed $1.60, EOD $69.89 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (August 09) shed $0.05, EOD $1.79 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (August 09) shed $0.11, EOD $3.84 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (August 09) gain $0.03, EOD $1.90 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (August 09) shed $13.30, EOD $927.40 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (September 09) shed $0.38, EOD $13.60 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (October 09) shed $7.90, EOD $1,185.30 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (September 09) gain $0.05, EOD $2.27 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (August 09) gain $2.03, EOD $60.65
Pork Bellies (August 09) shed $1.75, EOD $55.70
Live Cattle (August 09) shed $0.15, EOD $85.25
Feeder Cattle (August 09) gain $1.10, EOD $102.83

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) shed $30.00, EOD $367.25

Soybeans (November 09) shed $2.50, EOD $981.00

BOND MARKET:

2 year EOD 100 1/32, change -1/32, Yield 1.10, Yield change -0.02
5 year EOD 100 12/32, change -3/32, Yield 2.54, Yield change 0.02
10 year EOD 96 22/32, change -12/32, Yield 3.52, Yield change -0.02
30 year EOD 99 29/32, change -15/32, Yield 4.31, change 0.03

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