Wednesday, March 7, 2012

It's The Economy Stupid: Jobs & Yesterday's Close

 

 

European stocks rose, rebounding from the biggest drop since November, and commodities advanced while Treasuries declined after a report showed American companies increased hiring. U.S. equity futures climbed.

 

Companies added 216,000 workers last month, according to a private report by ADP Employer Services. Stocks tumbled yesterday, erasing more than $1 trillion from the value of global equities after a report showed Europe’s economy shrank while investors awaited details in Greece’s debt deal.

 

Economic Event

Period

Economic Survey

Actual Reported

Original Prior

Revised Prior

MBA Mortgage Applications

MAR 2

-

-1.2%

-0.3%

-

ADP Employment Change

FEB

215K

216K

170K

173K

Nonfarm Productivity

4Q F

0.8%

0.9%

0.7%

-

Unit Labor Costs

4Q F

1.2%

2.8%

2.8%

-

 

 

 

Description

Ticker

Last

CHANGE

% Chg Today

Pct Chg 1Yr

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

12759.150

-203.6600

-1.5711

5.5345

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1343.360

-20.9700

-1.5370

2.5364

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

2910.320

-40.1600

-1.3611

5.9983

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

795.570

-13.1600

-1.6272

1.8317

Russell 2000 Index (Small)

RTY Index

787.090

-16.5600

-2.0606

-3.0976

S&P 400 Mid Cap Index

MID Index

954.860

-18.5800

-1.9087

-0.0837

S&P 600 Small Cap Index

SML Index

438.500

-8.7100

-1.9476

2.0717

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0763

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

6 Month Treasury

0.1268

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

2 Year Treasury

0.2896

99.922

-0.0234

-0.0235

 

5 Year Treasury

0.8445

100.141

-0.1250

-0.1247

 

10 Year Treasury

1.9686

100.266

-0.2500

-0.2487

 

30 Year Treasury

3.1000

100.453

-0.5469

-0.5415

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

122.690

0.7100

0.5821

8.7677

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

123.950

-2.2200

-1.7595

3.7900

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

2.315

-0.0410

-1.7402

-49.4210

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1678.550

4.2300

0.2526

17.2166

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

33.005

0.0525

0.1593

-8.1025

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

1.313

0.0016

0.1220

-6.0281

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

80.850

-0.0400

-0.0495

1.7192

British Pound

GBP Curncy

1.572

0.0007

0.0445

-2.9566

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.918

-0.0007

-0.0762

0.9147

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.001

-0.0007

-0.0699

-2.7769

Chinese Yuan

CNY Curncy

6.315

-0.0008

-0.0127

3.8209

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

5789.940

24.1400

0.4187

-3.0995

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

3389.200

26.6400

0.7923

-15.0814

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

6653.460

20.3500

0.3068

-7.1208

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

9576.060

-61.5700

-0.6389

-8.8430

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

20627.780

-178.4700

-0.8578

-11.5188

 

 

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

Ph:  225-342-0013

Fx:  225-342-9721

Email:  jbroussard@treasusry.state.la.us

 

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