Thursday, December 19, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

Well, since the Dow was up again today, we set another record.  The S&P, NASDAQ, Russell and Wilshire could not stand it and were down today. 

 

The broader stock market indices retreated from record theritory, set after the Federal Reserve cut stimulus yesterday, as investors weighed economic data that included jobless claims and home sales.  The S&P 500 lost 1.05 points, down 0.1 percent, to 1,809.60, trimming an earlier drop of 0.5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 11.11 points, or 0.7 percent, to a record 16,179.08, extending a record another day.

    

The S&P 500 has gained 0.1 percent this month, erasing an earlier decline of as much as 1.7 percent. December has been the second-best month for U.S. equity returns, according to data compiled by Bloomberg that starts in 1928. The average gain for the month is 1.5 percent, more than twice the overall monthly mean of 0.6 percent. The last December retreat for the S&P 500 was in 2007.  The 10-Year Treasury sold off again today, Crude Oil & Natural Gas were up, Gold & Silver were down, Currencies were mixed, European stocks were up, Asian markets down.

 

The Conference Board’s index of U.S. leading economic indicators, a gauge of the outlook for the next three to six

months, increased 0.8 percent in November, the New York-based group said. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for an advance of 0.7 percent.  It’s clear that the economy is doing a little bit better

and at the same time inflation is still very low.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

16179.080

11.1100

0.0687

22.0881

 

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1809.600

-1.0500

-0.0580

25.9310

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3498.626

-11.0010

-0.3135

30.0126

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

4058.135

-11.9290

-0.2931

33.2999

 

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

1083.030

-1.7500

-0.1613

27.2147

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

1007.770

-1.1400

-0.1130

26.7587

 

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1125.450

-8.2700

-0.7295

32.7366

 

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

19236.110

-25.3300

-0.1315

27.5664

 

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0659

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0862

 

-0.0050

-5.8824

 

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3599

99.781

-0.0547

-0.0548

 

 

5 Year Treasury

1.6356

99.328

-0.2891

-0.2902

 

 

10 Year Treasury

2.9272

98.469

-0.3047

-0.3085

 

 

30 Year Treasury

3.9020

97.328

0.0781

0.0803

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

110.070

0.4400

0.4014

6.0603

 

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

108.770

5.2700

5.0918

-2.2400

 

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

4.435

0.1840

4.3284

10.0845

 

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1189.820

-28.6800

-2.3537

-28.6196

 

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

19.272

-0.4645

-2.3535

-38.0920

 

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.732

0.0013

0.1779

-3.1614

 

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

104.220

-0.0700

-0.0671

-19.0079

 

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.611

0.0007

0.1147

-0.7636

 

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.898

0.0042

0.4699

1.6811

 

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.067

-0.0036

-0.3364

-7.2949

 

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.071

-0.0042

-0.0691

2.6601

 

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

EURO STOXX 600 INDEX

EUROPE

319.440

5.4500

1.7357

13.4174

 

EURO STOXX TOTAL MARKET

EUROPE

312.490

5.2800

1.7187

13.8065

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6584.700

92.6200

1.4267

10.4521

 

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

4177.030

67.5200

1.6430

13.9836

 

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

9335.740

153.9900

1.6771

21.7414

 

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

15859.220

271.4200

1.7412

57.9709

 

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

22888.750

-255.0700

-1.1021

1.0105

 

TEL AVIV 100 INDEX

ISRAEL

2127.792

-20.4930

-0.9539

-1.8706

 

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2127.792

-20.4930

-0.9539

-1.8706

 

RUSSIAN RTS INDEX

RUSSIA

1430.660

-0.4500

-0.0314

-5.7157

 

 

Last

Chg Today

% Chg Today

3 Mo Tot Ret

6 Mo Tot Ret

YTD Tot Ret

S&P 500 INDEX

1809.600

-1.050

-0.0580

5.5290

12.189

29.425

S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION

518.450

-0.854

-0.1644

7.0050

16.789

39.895

S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES

437.220

-0.790

-0.1804

3.3039

6.795

24.346

S&P 500 ENERGY

637.230

1.420

0.2233

3.4603

9.013

22.278

S&P 500 FINANCIALS

290.110

-0.430

-0.1480

5.2124

11.179

33.403

S&P 500 HEALTH CARE

633.150

-1.400

-0.2206

6.2485

14.632

39.363

S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS

440.680

-0.240

-0.0544

7.8332

18.559

36.928

S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY

567.100

0.910

0.1607

7.7866

13.348

24.392

S&P 500 MATERIALS

283.460

0.710

0.2511

4.6354

13.559

21.929

S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES

153.040

0.100

0.0654

0.6518

-0.194

9.647

S&P 500 UTILITIES

190.910

-1.410

-0.7332

-0.5411

3.099

11.722

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“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” ~ Thomas Alva Edison

 

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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