Daily Market Commentary for November 23, 2009

Gold Prices Today

Gold prices today hit yet another new record high; analysts don't expect to see it stop anytime soon. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

Economic data released today:

Existing Home Sales:
U.S. October Existing Home Sales rose 10.1% to 6.10 Million Rate; U.S. October Existing Home Sales Consensus 5.70 Million Rate; U.S. Inventory of Unsold U.S. Homes at 7.0 Months Supply; U.S. October Median Existing Home Price fell 7.1% On Year to $173,100.

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 129.46 points, EOD 10,447.62
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) triple digit gain 101.86, EOD 7,186.33
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 28.56 points, EOD 2,174.60
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 14.75 points, EOD 1,106.13
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 38.46 points, EOD 2,521.92
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 83.81 points, EOD 3,813.17
FTSE100 (UKX100) triple digit gain 104.09 points, EOD 5,355.50
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) unchanged, EOD 9,497.68

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,387 declined stock prices 691, unchanged stock prices 89, stock prices hitting new highs 186 and stock prices hitting new lows 8. 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: LDK gain 0.55, HOD 9.22, LOD 8.49, LOD 8.55; FAS gain 2.81, HOD 79.30, LOD 76.77, LOD 77.84; CME gain 0.70, HOD 329.90, LOD 321.14, LOD 323.69; RTP gain 1.97, HOD 220.67, LOD 212.30, LOD 213.87; EDC gain 6.82, HOD 136.90, LOD 132.00, LOD 133.14; CVX gain 1.97, HOD 79.24, LOD 78.15, LOD 78.74; VRX shed 0.68, HOD 32.95, LOD 31.88, LOD 32.60; POT shed 0.92, HOD 118.05, LOD 113.35, LOD 113.78.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,937, declined stock prices 800, unchanged stock prices 141, stock prices hitting new highs 138 and stock prices hitting new lows 16. 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: CEPH shed 5.15, HOD 55.00, LOD 53.44, LOD 54.46; AAPL gain 5.95, HOD 206.00, LOD 202.95, LOD 205.88; BIDU gain 11.41, HOD 439.88, LOD 433.16, LOD 439.00; FSLR gain 0.24 HOD 124.93, LOD 120.80, LOD 121.42; PCLN gain 3.14, HOD 214.47, LOD 210.00, LOD 211.89; SEED gain 5.24, HOD 10.58, LOD 6.81, LOD 10.45; ABIO gain 2.07, HOD 4.50, LOD 2.75, LOD 4.32.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 286, declined stock prices 232, unchanged stock prices 40, stock prices hitting new highs 15 and stock prices hitting new lows 6.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Dec 09: EOD 1102.75; Change 12.75
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,788.50; Change 25.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 10,417; Change 114
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 692.40; Change 5.80
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD 9,555; Change 85

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6681 U.S. Dollars 1.4967
Japanese Yen 88.9800 to U.S. Dollars 0.0112
British Pound 0.6020 to U.S. Dollars 1.6610
Canadian Dollar 1.0556 to U.S. Dollars 0.9473
Swiss Franc 1.0097 to U.S. Dollars 0.9904

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (December 09) gain $0.09, EOD $77.56 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (December 09) unchanged, EOD $2.02 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (December 09) gain $0.03, EOD $4.79 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (December 09) unchanged, EOD $1.98 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) gain $18.00, EOD $1,164.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) gain $0.15, EOD $18.59 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) gain $25.70, EOD $1,467.60 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) gain $0.03, EOD $3.16 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $1.15, EOD $65.53
Pork Bellies (February 10) shed $1.33, EOD $85.80
Live Cattle (December 09) gain $0.40, EOD $85.83
Feeder Cattle (January 10) gain $0.20, EOD $92.88

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) shed $3.75, EOD $403.25
Soybeans (January 10) shed $4.00, EOD $1,042.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 100 16/32, change -1/32, Yield 0.73, Yield change 0.01
5 year EOD 100 29/32, change 0, Yield 2.17 Yield change 0.00
10 year EOD 100 2/32, change 0, Yield 3.36, Yield change 0.00
30 year EOD 101 11/32, change 1/32, Yield 4.29, change 0.00

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