Tuesday’s Market Recap (06/30/09)
June 30, 2009
The markets had a rough day, with the Dow Jones down 0.97% to close at 8447.00. The NASDAQ and S&P closed at 1835.04 and 919.32 respectively, down 0.49% and 0.85%. Gold and crude oil both headed to lower prices today, with gold settling at $927.40, and oil down $0.91 to settle at $69.89. The 10-year saw prices fall with the yield ending at 3.537%. Read more
Friday’s Market Recap (06/26/09)
June 26, 2009
The markets had mixed results as the NASDAQ was the only major index up, up 0.47% to close at 1838.22. The Dow Jones was down 0.40% to close at 8438.39, while the S&P was down 0.15 to finish at 918.90. In commodities, both oil and gold were down, as Gold settled at $941.00, and oil fell to settle at $69.16 as the demand for oil came into question. The 10-year Treasury saw prices rise as the yield fell to 3.529%. Read more
Thursday’s Market Recap (06/25/09)
June 26, 2009
The markets had a good day as all three major indexes were up over 2%, with the Dow up 2.08% to finish at 8472.40. The NASDAQ and S&P were up 2.08% and 2.14% respectively, closing at 1829.54 and 920.26. The 10-year saw price climb over a dollar as the yield ended at 3.544%. Crude oil saw prices rise, settling at $70.23, with August gold also seeing prices head up as the dollar weakens, settling at $939.50. Read more
Wednesday’s Market Recap (06/24/09)
June 24, 2009
The market closed at mixed levels as the NASDAQ and S&P 500 closed up 1.55% and .065% respectively to 1,792.34 and 900.94, while the Dow Jones traded down 0.28% to 8,299.86. Oil continued to fall today as it dropped $0.57 cents to $68.67 per barrel. Natural Gas followed suit by dropping $0.10 down to $3.91. Precious metals increased today as Gold ended $10.10 higher than the beginning of the trading session at $934.40 an ounce and Copper was up 3.17% to $2.28 an ounce. Yields on the 10-Year increased 0.04% to 3.68% as bond prices fell 15/32 to 95 9/32. Read more
Tuesday’s Market Recap (06/23/09)
June 23, 2009
The Dow Jones and NASDAQ were down today as the only index with its head above water was the S&P, which was up 0.23%. The Dow was down 0.19% closing at 8322.91, with the NASDAQ down 0.07% finishing the day at 1764.92. Oil and gold were both up as the dollar weakened settling at $69.24 and $924.30 respectively. Prices on the 10-year rose as investors sought safety, yields fell to 3.625%. Read more
Monday’s Market Recap (06/22/09)
June 22, 2009
The markets opened up the week with a massive pounding, taking it on the chin across all three major U.S. Indicies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 200.72 to a level of 8,339.01 for a loss of 2.35%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 3.35% dropping 61.28 to close at a level of 1,766.19. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index dropped 28.19 to a level of 893.04 for a loss of 3.06% on the day. Energy and materials were the two main culprits in the downturn today as crude oil fell to $67.09 a barrel after hours from a price of almost $70.00 at the end of last week. Gold was trading at $921.40 after hours and copper was hovering around $2.14. Read more
Friday’s Market Recap (06/19/09)
June 19, 2009
The markets started off strong today but lost their gains during what many investors refer to as the quadruple witching, or the expiration of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures all on the same day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 15.87 to 8.539.73 dropping 0.19%. The Nasdaq was up 19.75 to a level of 1,827.47 gaining 1.09%. The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index also finished in the green today rising 2.86 or 0.31% to a close of 921.23. No large economic data was released today, so investors had time to soak in the plethora of news from the beginning of the week. Read more
Thursday’s Market Recap (06/18/09)
June 19, 2009
The Dow Jones and S&P 500 were up today while the NASDAQ was the only major index in the red, down 0.02% to close at 1807.72. The Dow and S&P were up 0.69% and 0.84% respectively, closing at 85560.00 and 918.37. The 10-year saw prices decline as the yield climbed to 3.808%. Crude oil and gold went in opposite directions today, with oil up, settling at $71.37, and August gold down settling at $934.60. Read more
Wednesday’s Market Recap (06/17/09)
June 17, 2009
The markets closed at mixed positions today as the DJIA and S&P 500 ended down 0.09% to 8,497.18 and 0.14% to 910.71 respectively, while the NASDAQ was up 0.66% to 1,808.06. Commodities traded up as Gold inched up $3.80 to $936.00 on news of a financial overhaul. Crude Oil bounced up to $71.03 and Natural Gas increased around 2.5% to $4.42/mmbtu. Investors drove prices up and yields down on the 10-Year as yields decreased to 3.65%. Read more
Tuesday’s Market Recap (06/16/09)
June 16, 2009
The markets were not friendly to bullish investors today as all three major indexes were down. The NASDAQ and S&P were down 1.11% and 1.27% respectively, closing at 1796.18 and 911.97. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 107.46 or 1.25% as it closed at 8504.67. Gold saw prices rise as the dollar weakened settling at $932.20, while oil dropped as expected demand declined, settling at $70.47. The 10-year saw prices rise as the yield dropped to 3.661%. Read more
