Tuesday, December 10, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

Well, at least the Russian stock market was up today…

 

U.S. stocks fell, and just about any other country’s stock market that you can think of, as investors weighed federal budget negotiations and better-than-estimated economic data to gauge the timing of any Federal Reserve stimulus cuts.  Apparently the Russians are contrarian.

 

Perhaps the markets are worried about not having anything to worry about.  The economic news is getting better, which means the Fed won’t have to artificially prop up the economy.  The political news is getting better, which means the government won’t shut down again.  Kind of like the Twilight Zone.

 

Data today showed job openings in the U.S. climbed to a five-year high in October. Another report showed wholesale trade sales and inventories increased more than economists forecast.  And it sounds like Congress might actually put a deal together to trim automatic spending cuts and break a three-year stretch of failed fiscal talks in Washington. 

 

If something is going to go wrong, I’m betting on the Washington politicians.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

15973.130

-52.4000

-0.3270

21.3546

 

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1803.240

-5.1300

-0.2837

27.2109

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3514.204

-1.9680

-0.0560

32.7856

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

4060.490

-8.2610

-0.2030

36.0065

 

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

1078.740

-3.6100

-0.3335

28.5109

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

1003.890

-2.8500

-0.2831

27.9384

 

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1119.690

-10.1500

-0.8984

35.6317

 

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

19147.120

-64.9500

-0.3381

28.8112

 

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0710

 

0.0050

8.3333

 

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0964

 

-0.0038

-4.0512

 

 

2 Year Treasury

0.2978

99.906

0.0000

0.0000

 

 

5 Year Treasury

1.4478

99.063

0.1719

0.1738

 

 

10 Year Treasury

2.7952

99.609

0.3750

0.3779

 

 

30 Year Treasury

3.8292

98.609

0.7500

0.7664

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

109.600

0.2100

0.1920

8.2560

 

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

102.860

0.9200

0.9025

-5.0300

 

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

4.249

0.0170

0.4017

3.4844

 

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1262.730

22.3200

1.7994

-26.2407

 

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

20.412

0.5520

2.7795

-38.6269

 

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.726

-0.0015

-0.2061

-5.9920

 

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

102.740

-0.5300

-0.5132

-19.8755

 

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.608

-0.0007

-0.1150

-2.2508

 

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.887

-0.0033

-0.3706

5.2181

 

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.060

-0.0025

-0.2353

-6.9697

 

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.070

-0.0029

-0.0478

2.7399

 

FOREIGN STOCK INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

EURO STOXX 600 INDEX

EUROPE

314.910

-2.2400

-0.7063

12.6489

 

EURO STOXX TOTAL MARKET

EUROPE

308.090

-2.0800

-0.6706

13.1187

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6523.310

-36.1700

-0.5514

10.1607

 

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

4091.140

-42.9600

-1.0392

13.2621

 

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

9114.440

-80.7300

-0.8780

21.0269

 

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

15611.310

-38.9000

-0.2486

63.8928

 

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

23744.190

-66.9800

-0.2813

6.3620

 

TEL AVIV 100 INDEX

ISRAEL

2237.492

-0.7080

-0.0316

7.8463

 

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2237.492

-0.7080

-0.0316

7.8463

 

RUSSIAN RTS INDEX

RUSSIA

1411.790

1.9400

0.1376

-4.6590

 

 

Last

Chg Today

% Chg Today

3 Mo Tot Ret

6 Mo Tot Ret

YTD Tot Ret

S&P 500 INDEX

1803.240

-5.130

-0.2837

7.7235

11.005

29.095

S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION

515.130

0.508

0.0986

9.3916

15.798

38.848

S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES

439.080

-3.760

-0.8491

7.5592

6.478

24.958

S&P 500 ENERGY

631.750

-1.740

-0.2747

4.3292

7.515

21.267

S&P 500 FINANCIALS

287.820

-0.920

-0.3186

6.1670

8.111

32.348

S&P 500 HEALTH CARE

636.170

-2.780

-0.4351

8.9598

14.449

40.016

S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS

434.630

-1.040

-0.2387

10.2163

16.625

34.943

S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY

566.630

-1.260

-0.2219

9.0696

12.470

24.318

S&P 500 MATERIALS

280.480

0.750

0.2681

6.7279

12.013

20.662

S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES

153.910

-1.250

-0.8056

4.0060

-1.069

10.335

S&P 500 UTILITIES

190.710

-2.000

-1.0378

2.2232

1.731

11.581

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“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~ Albert Einstein

 

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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