Daily Market Commentary for May 21, 2010

Wall Street Reform

Thursday night, the Senate passed the Wall Street reform bill with 59-39 vote. (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) triple digit gain 125.83 points, EOD 10,193.84
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 95.17, EOD 6,748.17
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 23.36 points, EOD 2,227.37
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 15.69 points, EOD 1,087.28
BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 9.16 points, EOD 2,395.65
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 1.78 points, EOD 3,430.74
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 10.2 points, EOD 5,062.93
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 245.77, EOD 9,784.54

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 2,351, declined stock prices 788, unchanged stock prices 83, stock prices hitting new highs 14 and stock prices hitting new lows 102. 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: CRM gain 4.62, HOD 84.07, LOD 73.91, EOD 83.65; MA gain 7.55, HOD 217.34, LOD 202.18, EOD 213.05; GS gain 4.04, HOD 143.45, LOD 136.25, EOD 140.14; CME gain 13.70, HOD 317.59, LOD 300.06, EOD 316.70; GPS gain 0.38, HOD 22.48, LOD 20.99, EOD 22.12; CRM gain 4.34, HOD 84.07, LOD 73.91, EOD 83.37.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,765, declined stock prices 964, unchanged stock prices 110, stock prices hitting new highs 10 and stock prices hitting new lows 133. 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: MRVL gain 1.46, HOD 19.69, LOD 17.95, EOD 19.30; RRGB shed 3.31, HOD 20.88, LOD 18.47, EOD 20.25; GOOG shed 2.95, HOD 485.00, LOD 464.40, EOD 472.06; AAPL gain 4.32, HOD 244.50, LOD 231.35, EOD 242.08; ISRG gain 8.77, HOD 321.80, LOD 301.05, EOD 320.68; PCLN gain 9.94, HOD 191.80, LOD 176.00, EOD 190.94; INTU gain 1.26, HOD 35.26, LOD 33.24, EOD 35.01; NDSN gain 5.35, HOD 68.21, LOD 64.03, EOD 68.18.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 313, declined stock prices 185, unchanged stock prices 33, stock prices hitting new highs 4 and stock prices hitting new lows 18.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1084.00; Change 14.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,818.25; Change 17.75
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,162; Change 106
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 748.10; Change 9.60
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 9,805; Change 100

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7948 to U.S. Dollars 1.2600
Japanese Yen 89.8450 to U.S. Dollars 0.0111
British Pound 0.6907 to U.S. Dollars 1.4500
Canadian Dollar 1.0626 to U.S. Dollars 0.9433
Swiss Franc 1.1480 to U.S. Dollars 0.8710

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (June 10) shed $0.76, EOD $70.04 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (June 10) shed $0.00, EOD $1.90 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (June 10) shed $0.07, EOD $4.04 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (June 10) shed $0.00, EOD $1.96 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (May 10) shed $12.10, EOD $1,175.70 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (May 10) shed $0.06, EOD $17.63 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (May 10) gain $5.40, EOD $1,499.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (May 10) gain $0.11, EOD $3.05 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (June 10) gain $1.20, EOD $81.45
Pork Bellies (May 10) gain $2.10, EOD $110.10
Live Cattle (June 10) shed $0.07, EOD $91.38
Feeder Cattle (May 10) shed $0.05, EOD $108.75

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (May 10) gain $7.00, EOD $369.00
Soybeans (May 10) shed $3.00, EOD $941.00

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