Daily Market Commentary for December 14, 2009

Dubai

Oil billionaire, Abu Dhabi gave Dubai $10 billion to help cover debt on its most prized company Dubai World. (Read more at Millennium-Traders.Com)

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) gain 29.48 points, EOD 10,500.98
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 61.37, EOD 7,186.49
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 21.79 points, EOD 2,212.10
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 7.71 points, EOD 1,114.12
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 19.48 points, EOD 2,506.86
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 26.72 points, EOD 3,830.44
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 53.77 points, EOD 5,315.34
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 2.19 points, EOD 10,105.68

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,282 declined stock prices 827, unchanged stock prices 97, stock prices hitting new highs 299 and stock prices hitting new lows 5. 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 gain 1.68, HOD 73.99, LOD 71.24, EOD 73.99; MA gain 3.54, HOD 247.76, LOD 242.39, EOD 247.48; EDC gain 3.06, HOD 134.52, LOD 131.68, EOD 133.84; MJN gain 0.78, HOD 43.50, LOD 42.71, EOD 43.23; V gain 3.43, HOD 85.91, LOD 83.49, EOD 84.77; TRA shed 0.72, HOD 35.20, LOD 34.30, EOD 34.58; OSK shed 4.64, HOD 41.42, LOD 33.00, EOD 36.32; AEP shed 0.17, HOD 36.51, LOD 35.26, EOD 35.41.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,865, declined stock prices 893, unchanged stock prices 121, stock prices hitting new highs 124 and stock prices hitting new lows 17. 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: FSLR gain 5.55, HOD 139.98, LOD 134.11, EOD 138.65; CLDX gain 0.17, HOD 5.07, LOD 4.62, EOD 4.66; AAPL gain 2.31, HOD 197.43, LOD 192.56, EOD 196.98; AMZN shed 2.77, HOD 132.61, LOD 129.35, EOD 131.38; APOL gain 5.47, HOD 62.29, LOD 55.76, EOD 62.05.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 297, declined stock prices 233, unchanged stock prices 42, stock prices hitting new highs 19 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) Dec 09: EOD 1109.25; Change 6.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,806.75; Change 14.75
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 10,437; Change 14
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 713.40; Change 10.00
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 10,065; Change -25

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6826 U.S. Dollars 1.4649
Japanese Yen 88.5900 to U.S. Dollars 0.0113
British Pound 0.6133 to U.S. Dollars 1.6305
Canadian Dollar 1.0591 to U.S. Dollars 0.9442
Swiss Franc 1.0321 to U.S. Dollars 0.9689

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (January 10) shed $0.36, EOD $69.51 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (January 10) shed $0.00, EOD $1.91 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (January 10) gain $0.17, EOD $5.33 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (January 10) shed $0.01, EOD $1.83 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (February 10) gain $3.90, EOD $1,123.80 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (March 10) gain $0.25, EOD $17.34 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 10) gain $24.30, EOD $1,447.00 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (March 10) gain $0.02, EOD $3.15 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (February 10) gain $0.45, EOD $65.88
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $3.00, EOD $89.10
Live Cattle (February 10) gain $0.68, EOD $83.95
Feeder Cattle (January 10) gain $0.33, EOD $91.85

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (march 10) gain $4.00, EOD $408.50
Soybeans (January 10) gain $20.00, EOD $1,055.00

BOND MARKET:
2 year EOD 99 25/32, change -3/32, Yield 0.85, Yield change 0.05
5 year EOD 99 7/32, change -7/32, Yield 2.28 Yield change 0.04
10 year EOD 98 16/32, change 0, Yield 3.55 Yield change 0.00
30 year EOD 98 6/32, change 10/32, Yield 4.48, change -0.02

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