It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close at 12 Central / 1 Eastern

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Jobless Claims were good.

Continuing Claims were good.

Challenger Job Cuts increases slightly, not so good.

RBC Consumer Outlook was down slightly, not so good.

ADP Employment Change was good.

Trade Balance increased, not so good.

MBA Mortgage Application decreased,  not so good (but understandable because interest rates are UP).

 

The stock market closed at 12 noon Central, the bond market closes at 1 PM Central.

 

Description	Ticker	Last	CHANGE	% Chg Today	Pct Chg 1Yr
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	14988.090	55.6800	0.3729	15.9312
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1615.770	1.6900	0.1047	17.7883
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	2941.410	11.7760	0.4020	11.3812
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3443.670	10.2740	0.2992	15.8561
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	962.350	0.8200	0.0853	18.5312
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	896.180	0.7000	0.0782	18.3219
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	991.090	1.5500	0.1566	21.0778
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	17102.620	11.4200	0.0668	18.6796
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0406		0.0150	75.0000
6 Month Treasury	0.0761		0.0000	0.0000
2 Year Treasury	0.3552	100.031	-0.0234	-0.0234
5 Year Treasury	1.3994	99.836	-0.1641	-0.1641
10 Year Treasury	2.4901	93.500	-0.2344	-0.2500
30 Year Treasury	3.4867	88.578	-0.3594	-0.4041
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	105.770	1.7700	1.7019	6.7469
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	107.100	0.8000	0.7526	6.4500
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.626	-0.0280	-0.7663	0.1652
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1250.330	6.8400	0.5501	-22.6463
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	19.712	0.3090	1.5926	-30.3182
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	0.769	-0.0019	-0.2466	-3.0765
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	100.100	-0.5300	-0.5267	-20.2419
British Pound	GBP Curncy	0.655	-0.0049	-0.7426	2.6671
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.947	-0.0039	-0.4103	0.6232
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.052	-0.0026	-0.2466	-3.8198
Chinese Renminbi	CNY Curncy	6.131	-0.0022	-0.0359	3.6341
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX	UK	6229.870	-74.0700	-1.1750	9.5317
CAC 40 INDEX	FRANCE	3702.010	-40.5600	-1.0838	13.1698
DAX INDEX	GERMANY	7829.320	-81.4500	-1.0296	19.0190
NIKKEI 225 INDEX	JAPAN	14055.560	-43.1800	-0.3063	54.3860
HANG SENG INDEX	HONG KONG	20147.310	-511.3400	-2.4752	2.2200
SHANGHAI COMP INDEX	CHINA	1994.268	-12.2920	-0.6126	-10.4631

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us