It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close Up in the U.S., Not So Much in China

China:  Shanghai Composite Index closed at 1959.508, down -3.518, -.18% on the day, -14.83% in the month of June, -13.64% for the year to date in 2013.  YIKES!!!

 

In a move surprising some investors, the U.S. market took all the good economic news this morning as good news.

 

Description	Ticker	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	Pct Chg 1Yr
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	14760.310	100.7500	0.6873	18.0574
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1588.040	14.9500	0.9504	21.1280
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	MID Index	1138.250	13.5500	1.2048	26.6669
S&P 600 Small Cap Index	SML Index	466.570	-2.3100	-0.4900	26.3148
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	2866.497	18.2990	0.6425	13.1420
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3347.888	27.1310	0.8170	18.0430
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	943.600	9.2300	0.9878	21.9059
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	879.540	8.5400	0.9805	21.5623
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	961.260	10.2100	1.0736	26.1596
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	16755.120	167.3400	1.0088	21.9794
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0659		0.0100	22.2222
6 Month Treasury	0.1116		0.0073	7.4719
2 Year Treasury	0.4006	99.711	-0.0313	-0.0313
5 Year Treasury	1.4766	97.742	-0.1484	-0.1516
10 Year Treasury	2.5923	92.656	-0.5000	-0.5367
30 Year Treasury	3.6158	86.469	-1.2031	-1.3723
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	101.220	0.0600	0.0593	9.7624
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	103.190	0.3000	0.2916	11.5400
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.654	-0.0850	-2.2733	3.8025
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1277.310	-5.0700	-0.3954	-19.4076
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	19.618	-0.0765	-0.3884	-28.7801
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	0.764	0.0015	0.1968	-4.5386
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	97.760	0.0300	0.0307	-18.5212
British Pound	GBP Curncy	0.648	0.0002	0.0309	0.9033
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.938	0.0042	0.4500	2.4645
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.051	0.0009	0.0857	-2.0367
Chinese Renminbi	CNY Curncy	6.145	0.0002	0.0033	3.5653
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX	UK	6101.910	72.8100	1.2076	11.9483
CAC 40 INDEX	FRANCE	3649.820	54.1900	1.5071	20.7894
DAX INDEX	GERMANY	7811.300	118.8500	1.5450	27.3777
NIKKEI 225 INDEX	JAPAN	12969.340	-93.4400	-0.7153	49.6925
HANG SENG INDEX	HONG KONG	19855.720	41.7400	0.2107	4.6038
SHANGHAI COMP INDEX	CHINA	1959.508	-3.5180	-0.1792	-11.8160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us