Daily Market Commentary for July 19, 2010

National Association of Home Builders

Stocks continued to slowly climb despite some disappointing news from the National Association of Home Builders. (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 56.53 points, EOD 10,154.43
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 30.14, EOD 6,739.65
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 18.4 points, EOD 2,197.45
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 361.34 point, EOD 1,071.22
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 11.19 points, EOD 2,431.56
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 13.83 points, EOD 3,486.33
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 10.57 points, EOD 5,148.28
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 277.41 points, EOD 9,408.36

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,1994, declined stock prices 1,059, unchanged stock prices 99, stock prices hitting new highs 96 and stock prices hitting new lows 41. 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: BP shed 1.43, HOD 36.08, LOD 34.58, EOD 35.67; RIG shed 4.15, HOD 51.87, LOD 47.01, EOD 47.93; HAS shed 0.16, HOD 40.00, LOD 37.65, EOD 39.34; HAL gain 1.72, HOD 29.43, LOD 28.28, EOD 29.23; EDU shed 0.75, HOD 97.03, LOD 93.55, EOD 96.89.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,557, declined stock prices 1,090, unchanged stock prices 134, stock prices hitting new highs 13 and stock prices hitting new lows 82. 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: BIDU shed 0.63, HOD 73.39, LOD 70.38, EOD 72.90; AAPL shed 4.59, HOD 249.88, LOD 239.60, EOD 245.31; APOL gain 2.48, HOD 49.98, LOD 46.39, EOD 48.05; PCLN gain 1.79, HOD 220.40, LOD 217.55, EOD 220.00; PETS shed 0.96, HOD 16.91, LOD 15.00, EOD 16.66.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 236, declined stock prices 237, unchanged stock prices 44, stock prices hitting new highs 9 and stock prices hitting new lows 14.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Mar 10: EOD 1068.00; Change 5.00
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Mar 10: EOD 1,817.00; Change 15.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Mar 10: EOD 10,105; Change 46
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Mar 10: EOD 729.70; Change 4.70
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Mar 10: EOD 9,270; Change 25

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7724 to U.S. Dollars 1.3000
Japanese Yen 86.8450 to U.S. Dollars 0.0115
British Pound 0.6563 to U.S. Dollars 1.5200
Canadian Dollar 1.0546 to U.S. Dollars 0.9474
Swiss Franc 1.0555 to U.S. Dollars 0.9582

COMMODITY MARKETS:
Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (August 10) gain $0.53, EOD $76.54 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (August 10) gain $0.00, EOD $2.02 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (August 10) shed $0.00, EOD $4.51 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (August 10) gain $0.01, EOD $2.06 gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (July 10) shed $6.30, EOD $1,181.70 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (July 10) shed $0.23, EOD $17.53 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (July 10) gain $1.00, EOD $1,509.40 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (July 10) gain $0.00, EOD $2.93 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (August 10) gain $0.07, EOD $81.62
Pork Bellies (July 10) gain $1.10, EOD $105.50
Live Cattle (August 10) gain $0.85, EOD $93.12
Feeder Cattle (August 10) gain $1.32, EOD $114.42

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (July 10) shed $13.25, EOD $381.50
Soybeans (July 10) shed $11.50, EOD $1,008.00

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