Friday, October 18, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

Okay, here we go, Economics for Dummies:  Since the S&P 500 Index set a new record high yesterday + The S&P 500 Index finished higher today = S&P 500 Index set a new record high today.

 

U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its best weekly gain since July, as results from Google Inc. topped estimates and speculation grew that the Federal Reserve will delay cutting monetary stimulus.  Google rallied 14 percent to surpass $1,000 a share for the first time after reporting third-quarter sales that beat analysts’ projections.  The S&P 500 added 11 points, up 0.7 percent to 1,744, extending an all-time high. The gauge has rallied 2.4 percent in the past five days, for its biggest weekly advance since July 12.

 

The S&P 500 closed yesterday at a record of 1,733 after Congress ended the standoff over the federal budget and borrowing authority. The 16-day government shutdown government reduced growth by 0.3 percentage point this quarter, economists said in a Bloomberg News survey.  The slower growth and delayed reporting of economic data will prevent Fed policy makers from paring the monthly pace of asset buying until their March 18-19 meeting, according to the median of 40 responses by economists in the survey conducted yesterday and today.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

15399.650

28.0000

0.1822

13.6594

 

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1744.500

11.3500

0.6549

19.5967

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3353.876

52.5980

1.5933

22.2183

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

3914.278

51.1320

1.3236

27.3820

 

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

1049.160

7.2900

0.6997

22.1744

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

974.360

6.4000

0.6612

21.2901

 

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1114.770

12.5000

1.1340

33.1673

 

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

18650.970

137.4600

0.7425

22.6346

 

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0304

 

-0.0200

-50.0000

 

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0710

 

-0.0150

-18.7500

 

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3146

99.875

-0.0078

-0.0078

 

 

5 Year Treasury

1.3373

100.180

-0.0391

-0.0390

 

 

10 Year Treasury

2.5886

99.219

-0.0078

-0.0079

 

 

30 Year Treasury

3.6551

99.438

0.0469

0.0472

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

110.090

0.9800

0.8982

3.4972

 

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

102.610

0.4400

0.4307

-8.3000

 

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

3.764

0.0070

0.1863

-10.0072

 

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1315.850

-4.4900

-0.3401

-24.4208

 

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

21.906

0.0290

0.1326

-33.2013

 

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.731

-0.0006

-0.0820

-4.5211

 

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

97.800

-0.1100

-0.1123

-18.9615

 

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.619

0.0000

0.0000

-0.7541

 

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.902

-0.0006

-0.0665

2.5505

 

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.030

0.0009

0.0875

-4.2933

 

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.095

-0.0036

-0.0590

2.5413

 

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6622.580

46.4200

0.7059

11.9237

 

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

4286.030

46.3900

1.0942

21.2394

 

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

8865.100

53.1200

0.6028

19.1989

 

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

14561.540

-24.9700

-0.1712

61.7467

 

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

23340.100

245.2200

1.0618

8.2979

 

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2193.781

5.2390

0.2394

3.0766

 

 

Last

Chg Today

% Chg Today

3 Mo Tot Ret

6 Mo Tot Ret

YTD Tot Ret

S&P 500 INDEX

1744.500

11.350

0.6549

3.7229

14.290

24.296

S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION

491.810

3.004

0.6145

4.4432

18.845

32.236

S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES

426.620

0.820

0.1926

0.2230

3.911

20.958

S&P 500 ENERGY

630.270

5.440

0.8706

4.0824

15.393

20.339

S&P 500 FINANCIALS

281.920

0.690

0.2454

1.4018

18.408

29.247

S&P 500 HEALTH CARE

608.880

-2.190

-0.3584

5.8932

13.042

33.599

S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS

412.580

4.590

1.1250

6.6806

19.612

27.634

S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY

537.470

9.320

1.7647

5.1827

17.609

17.459

S&P 500 MATERIALS

274.610

0.900

0.3288

8.9654

18.259

17.737

S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES

156.000

1.520

0.9839

-0.6201

-2.842

11.644

S&P 500 UTILITIES

195.420

0.530

0.2719

-1.4507

-2.292

13.372

 

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us

 

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