Monday, December 30, 2013

It's The Economy Stupid: Market Close

The market was ‘mixed’ on this the second to last day of trading in 2013.  Dow was up, S&P down.  Bonds rallied today, with the 10-year Treasury back under 3%.  Oil was down, Gas was up, Gold was down as was Silver.  Foreign stocks were mostly down.  It was a slow trading day with light volume and very little news to be released.  Pending Home Sales were less than expected for November.

 

The S&P 500 has gained 2 percent in December, heading for its fourth straight monthly advance. The gauge climbed 3.7 percent from Dec. 13 through Dec. 27, its biggest two-week rally since July, as the Federal Reserve announced plans to reduce the pace of bond buying amid faster-than-estimated economic growth.  Three rounds of stimulus, known as quantitative easing, have sent the S&P 500 up 172 percent from a 12-year low in 2009.

 

Five years after the equity bull market started, U.S. investors returned to stocks in 2013, just in time for the best relative returns versus bonds on record.  Exchange-traded and mutual funds investing in shares took in about $162 billion, the most since 2000, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and the Investment Company Institute. At the same time, the S&P 500’s 29 percent advance has beaten government debt by 32 percentage points, the widest spread since at least 1978, according to data compiled by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Bloomberg.

 

Description

Ticker

Last

Change

% Chg Today

% Chg 1Year

 

STOCK MARKETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

INDU Index

16504.290

25.8800

0.1571

27.5634

 

S&P 500 Index

SPX Index

1841.070

-0.3300

-0.0179

31.2771

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

NDX Index

3570.080

-3.9400

-0.1102

36.9757

 

NASDAQ Composite Index

CCMP Index

4154.199

-2.3950

-0.0576

40.3297

 

Russell 3000 Index

RAY Index

1103.910

-0.0200

-0.0018

32.6656

 

Russell 1000 Index (Large Cap)

RIY Index

1026.170

0.0300

0.0029

32.1022

 

Russell 2000 Index (Small Cap)

RTY Index

1160.590

-0.5000

-0.0431

39.4772

 

Wilshire 5000 Total Market

W5000 Index

19623.460

-0.1600

-0.0008

33.1134

 

TREASURIES

% Yield

 

 

 

 

 

3 Month Treasury

0.0659

 

0.0000

0.0000

 

 

6 Month Treasury

0.0862

 

0.0050

6.6667

 

 

2 Year Treasury

0.3795

99.742

0.0156

0.0157

 

 

5 Year Treasury

1.7079

99.008

0.1250

0.1264

 

 

10 Year Treasury

2.9721

98.109

0.2344

0.2395

 

 

30 Year Treasury

3.9030

97.313

0.5781

0.5976

 

 

ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil, Brent Index

Brent Crude

111.140

-1.0400

-0.9271

7.0610

 

Crude Oil, Louisiana Lt. Sweet

LA Lt Sweet

103.840

-0.9800

-0.9349

-5.6900

 

Natural Gas, Henry Hub Index

Nat Gas

4.431

0.0630

1.4423

7.3141

 

PRECIOUS METALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot Gold $/oz

GOLD

1196.360

-16.9900

-1.4003

-27.7459

 

Spot Silver $/oz

SILVER

19.576

-0.5065

-2.5221

-34.7714

 

CURRENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

EUR Curncy

0.725

-0.0028

-0.3848

-4.3799

 

Japanese Yen

JPY Curncy

105.110

-0.0500

-0.0475

-17.4674

 

British Pound

GBP Curncy

0.606

-0.0004

-0.0660

-1.5432

 

Swiss Franc

CHF Curncy

0.888

-0.0036

-0.4039

3.1313

 

Canadian Dollar

CAD Curncy

1.064

-0.0065

-0.6071

-6.7744

 

Chinese Renminbi

CNY Curncy

6.063

-0.0051

-0.0841

2.7876

 

FOREIGN INDICIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

EURO STOXX 600 INDEX

EUROPE

327.130

-0.5500

-0.1678

17.3434

 

EURO STOXX TOTAL MARKET

EUROPE

320.010

-0.4800

-0.1498

17.6897

 

FTSE 100 INDEX

UK

6731.270

-19.6000

-0.2903

13.6008

 

CAC 40 INDEX

FRANCE

4275.710

-1.9400

-0.0454

18.1054

 

DAX INDEX

GERMANY

9552.160

-37.2300

-0.3882

25.4818

 

NIKKEI 225 INDEX

JAPAN

16291.310

112.3700

0.6945

56.7198

 

HANG SENG INDEX

HONG KONG

23244.870

1.6300

0.0070

2.5950

 

TEL AVIV 100 INDEX

ISRAEL

2097.529

-3.7220

-0.1771

-7.5623

 

SHANGHAI COMP INDEX

CHINA

2097.529

-3.7220

-0.1771

-7.5623

 

RUSSIAN RTS INDEX

RUSSIA

1442.160

-0.5700

-0.0395

-5.5548

 

 

Last

Chg Today

% Chg Today

3 Mo Tot Ret

6 Mo Tot Ret

YTD Tot Ret

S&P 500 INDEX

1841.070

-0.330

-0.0179

10.0618

15.834

31.846

S&P 500 CONSUMER DISCRETION

527.970

1.970

0.3745

10.3669

18.967

42.506

S&P 500 CONSUMER STAPLES

442.830

1.290

0.2922

8.7036

9.579

26.184

S&P 500 ENERGY

645.770

-5.200

-0.7988

7.3692

12.899

23.917

S&P 500 FINANCIALS

293.540

-0.370

-0.1259

9.8597

13.012

35.047

S&P 500 HEALTH CARE

642.710

1.210

0.1886

10.1505

17.661

41.494

S&P 500 INDUSTRIALS

450.340

-0.160

-0.0355

12.9739

23.034

39.986

S&P 500 INFO TECHNOLOGY

581.260

-0.680

-0.1169

12.4477

19.891

27.505

S&P 500 MATERIALS

290.890

0.100

0.0344

10.3769

21.750

25.279

S&P 500 TELECOM SERVICES

155.640

0.070

0.0450

5.5512

0.908

11.553

S&P 500 UTILITIES

192.770

0.550

0.2861

2.5583

2.749

12.953

 

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“Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity.”  ~ Hanlon's Razor

 

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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