It's The Market Stupid: Market Close

Let's see, we were DOWN on Monday, UP on Tuesday, today is Wednesday, so it must be a DOWN day's turn?  Makes perfect sense.  Well, it makes at least as much sense as anything going on in Washington…

 

I would like to tell you that today we were down today for some great financial economic reason, but I got nothing.  I think people just aren't sure what to do as long as Washington is putz'n up things.

 

Definition:  Putz /ˈpəts,ˈpo͝ots/ noun: putz; plural noun: putzes;  1. a stupid or worthless person or persons.  verb: putz; 2. engage in inconsequential or unproductive activity.

 

Description	Ticker	Last	Change	% Chg Today	% Chg 1Year
STOCK MARKETS
Dow Jones Industrial Average	INDU Index	15133.140	-58.5600	-0.3855	12.2440
S&P 500 Index	SPX Index	1693.870	-1.1300	-0.0667	17.1620
NASDAQ 100 Index	NDX Index	3253.255	0.2100	0.0065	16.2172
NASDAQ Composite Index	CCMP Index	3815.019	-2.9630	-0.0776	22.2746
Russell 3000 Index	RAY Index	1019.640	-1.1200	-0.1097	19.6480
Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)	RIY Index	947.000	-0.7600	-0.0802	18.9026
Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)	RTY Index	1082.550	-4.8800	-0.4488	28.7968
Wilshire 5000 Total Market	W5000 Index	18127.600	-18.9900	-0.1046	20.0872
TREASURIES	% Yield
3 Month Treasury	0.0101		-0.0100	-66.6667
6 Month Treasury	0.0456		0.0050	14.2857
2 Year Treasury	0.3169	99.867	0.0234	0.0235
5 Year Treasury	1.3831	99.961	0.2109	0.2115
10 Year Treasury	2.6182	98.969	0.2656	0.2691
30 Year Treasury	3.6995	98.656	0.3125	0.3178
ENERGY
Crude Oil, Brent Index	Brent Crude	109.070	1.1300	1.0469	3.4816
Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet	LA Lt Sweet	107.350	2.2100	2.1020	-3.4100
Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index	Nat Gas	3.535	-0.0740	-2.0504	-12.9953
PRECIOUS METALS
Spot Gold $/oz	GOLD	1316.700	29.0500	2.2561	-25.8151
Spot Silver $/oz	SILVER	21.754	0.5690	2.6859	-37.1720
CURRENCIES
Euro	EUR Curncy	0.736	-0.0031	-0.4193	-4.8837
Japanese Yen	JPY Curncy	97.360	-0.6400	-0.6531	-19.7206
British Pound	GBP Curncy	0.616	-0.0011	-0.1782	-0.5807
Swiss Franc	CHF Curncy	0.902	-0.0031	-0.3424	3.7452
Canadian Dollar	CAD Curncy	1.033	0.0012	0.1163	-4.7702
Chinese Renminbi	CNY Curncy	6.122	0.0009	0.0147	3.3124
FOREIGN INDICIES
FTSE 100 INDEX	UK	6437.500	-22.5100	-0.3485	10.8108
CAC 40 INDEX	FRANCE	4158.160	-38.4400	-0.9160	21.7891
DAX INDEX	GERMANY	8629.420	-59.7200	-0.6873	18.1164
NIKKEI 225 INDEX	JAPAN	14170.490	-314.2300	-2.1694	62.0064
HANG SENG INDEX	HONG KONG	22984.480	124.6200	0.5451	10.0353
SHANGHAI COMP INDEX	CHINA	2174.665	14.6380	0.6777	4.2421
	Last	Chg Today	% Chg Today	3 Mo Tot Ret	6 Mo Tot Ret	YTD Tot Ret
S&P 500 INDEX	1693.870	-1.130	-0.0667	5.4948	9.048	20.701
S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION	484.220	-0.316	-0.0652	7.7207	15.945	30.173
S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES	411.710	-0.900	-0.2181	0.2860	0.611	16.511
S&P 500 ENERGY	609.720	1.580	0.2598	5.1738	6.118	16.339
S&P 500 FINANCIALS	270.070	-0.230	-0.0851	2.9827	10.940	23.794
S&P 500 HEALTH CARE	592.150	-1.350	-0.2275	7.7984	10.328	29.854
S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS	402.150	-1.440	-0.3568	9.4829	13.756	24.358
S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY	524.670	0.460	0.0878	6.8620	10.150	14.611
S&P 500 MATERIALS	266.850	0.620	0.2329	10.6059	11.209	14.341
S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES	149.680	-0.580	-0.3860	-4.5543	-4.653	5.958
S&P 500 UTILITIES	190.800	0.280	0.1470	2.0826	-2.223	10.691

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us