Daily Market Commentary for September 10, 2009

Jobs Report

U.S. Department of Labor released this week’s jobs report, which fell to its lowest level since mid-July. (read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Trade Balance:
U.S. July Trade Deficit came in at $31.96B compared to Consensus Deficit $27.5B; U.S. June Trade Balance Revised to Deficit $27.49B From Deficit $27.01B; U.S. July Exports $127.59B up 2.2%; U.S. July Imports $159.55B up 4.7%; U.S. July Trade Gap posts biggest gain in over 10 years.

Initial Jobless Claims:
U.S. Jobless Claims fell 26K to 550K in week ending September 5 compared to survey of a decrease by 5K; U.S. Continuing Claims for week of August 29 fell 159K to 6,088,000; U.S. Jobless Claims for week of August 29 Revised to 576K from 570K.

Crude Oil Inventories as released by the Department of Energy (DOE):
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles fell by 5.906 Million Barrels at 337.482 Million Barrels; U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles fell 5.906 Million Barrels in the week was seen down by 1.6 Million Barrels; U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles rose 2.068 Million Barrels at 207.153 Million Barrels; U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles rose 2.068 Million Barrels in week was seen decreasing by 1.3 Million Barrels; U.S. Distillate Stockpiles rose 1.993 Million Barrels at 165.556 Million Barrels; U.S. Distillate Stockpiles rose 1.993 Million Barrels in week was seen increasing by 0.6 Million Barrels; U.S. Refineries Ran at 87.2% capacity versus 87.2% a week ago; U.S. Refineries Ran st 87.2% capacity, was seen to run at 86.65% capacity.

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 76.26 points, EOD 9,623.48
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 78.36, EOD 6,850.76
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 22.62 points, EOD 2,083.01
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 10.58 points, EOD 1,043.95
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 4.12 points, EOD 2,450.76
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 1.82 points, EOD 3,705.87
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 16.62 points, EOD 4,987.68
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit gain 201.53 points, EOD 10,513.67

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,340 declined stock prices 754, unchanged stock prices 76, stock prices hitting new highs 179 and stock prices hitting new lows 3. 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: MON shed 4.17, HOD 80.00, LOD 77.71, EOD 79.30; NCS gain 0.58, HOD 3.93, LOD 3.41, EOD 3.53; MW shed 2.44, HOD 26.68, LOD 24.79, EOD 25.07; AIG shed 1.04, HOD 40.75, LOD 36.80, EOD 37.85; TLB gain 1.21, HOD 8.20, LOD 7.22, EOD 8.16; FAS gain 1.96, HOD 78.23, LOD 72.85, EOD 77.94; CME gain 1.58, HOD 276.48, LOD 270.53, EOD 275.65; GS gain 4.60, HOD 175.36, LOD 170.13, EOD 174.87; EDC gain 5.01, HOD 125.20, LOD 117.45, EOD 124.77; ANR shed 1.35, HOD 37.64, LOD 35.05, EOD 36.00; DO gain 3.49, HOD 94.75, LOD 90.87, EOD 94.49; MOS shed 0.87, HOD 51.13, LOD 49.68, EOD 50.72.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,808, declined stock prices 882, unchanged stock prices 136, stock prices hitting new highs 116 and stock prices hitting new lows 5. 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: SWKS gain 1.53, HOD 14.38, LOD 13.31, EOD 14.28; BIDU gain 8.85, HOD 372.53, LOD 363.28, EOD 372.45; GOLD gain 2.85, HOD 71.96, LOD 68.19, EOD 71.36; WYNN gain 1.06, HOD 62.33, LOD 59.13, EOD 62.15; FSLR gain 3.54, HOD 140.96, LOD 136.61, EOD 140.15; GOOG gain 6.97, HOD 470.94, LOD 462.00, EOD 470.94; ERTS shed 0.48, HOD 18.34, LOD 17.95, EOD 18.05; DARA gain 0.14, HOD 0.70, LOD 0.50, EOD 0.56; BCRX shed 0.01, HOD 11.64, LOD 10.64, EOD 10.87; BMRN gain 0.91, HOD 18.36, LOD 16.27, EOD 17.35; VNDA gain 1.98, HOD 15.46, LOD 13.03, EOD 15.21.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 331, declined stock prices 203, unchanged stock prices 52, stock prices hitting new highs 28 and stock prices hitting new lows 2.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Sept 09: EOD 1042.75; Change 10.25
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,685.50; Change 19.50
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 9,615; Change 77
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 678.10; Change 8.30

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6857 to U.S. Dollars 1.4584
Japanese Yen 91.6800 to U.S. Dollars 0.0109
British Pound 0.6001 to U.S. Dollars 1.6665
Canadian Dollar 1.0781 to U.S. Dollars 0.9276
Swiss Franc 1.0382 to U.S. Dollars 0.9632

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (October 09) gain $0.63, EOD $71.94 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (October 09) shed $0.01, EOD $1.79 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (October 09) gain $0.43, EOD $3.26 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (October 09) shed $0.02, EOD $1.80 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) shed $0.30, EOD $996.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) gain $0.20, EOD $16.67 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (October 09) shed $1.70, EOD $1,289.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) shed $0.05, EOD $2.88 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (October 09) gain $1.05, EOD $50.70
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $1.73, EOD $88.15
Live Cattle (October 09) shed $0.33, EOD $87.23
Feeder Cattle (October 09) shed $0.45, EOD $99.78

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) gain $5.50, EOD $315.25
Soybeans (November 09) shed $2.00, EOD $926.50

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 6/32, change 2/32, Yield 0.89, Yield change -0.03
5 year EOD 100 13/32, change 13/32, Yield 2.28, Yield change -0.08
10 year EOD 102 10/32, change 1 11/32, Yield 3.34, Yield change -0.13
30 year EOD 105 8/32, change 2 13/32, Yield 4.18, change -0.14

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