Wanting a Rally: Weekend Reading
Tickers in this article: BP ^GSPC
it feels like stock investors want to rally for a while. They're celebrating good news and shrugging off bad news.
09/05/10 - 02:28 PM EDT
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Market Overview
Major Indices
| DOW | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones Composite Index | ^DJA | 3,643.45 | 38.74 | 1.07 |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | ^DJI | 10,447.93 | 127.83 | 1.24 |
| Dow Jones Utility Average | ^DJU | 399.52 | 2.65 | 0.67 |
| S&P 500 | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 Index | ^GSPC | 1,104.51 | 14.41 | 1.32 |
| NYSE | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE Composite Index | ^NYA | 7,055.03 | 88.78 | 1.27 |
| NYSE International 100 | ^NYN | 4,867.24 | 62.72 | 1.31 |
| NASDAQ | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ Composite | ^IXIC | 2,233.75 | 33.74 | 1.53 |
| NASDAQ Industrial | I:INDS | 1,818.19 | 24.56 | 1.37 |
| RUSSELL | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell 3000 Index | ^RUA | 651.18 | 8.67 | 1.35 |
| Russell Top 50 | RTF.X | 790.57 | 9.98 | 1.28 |
| AMEX | Symbol | Last | Change | %CHNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMEX Composite Index | ^XAX | 1,949.37 | 15.84 | 0.82 |
Other Markets
| Company | Symbol | Price | YTD | 3 MO | 1 YR | 3 YR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-YEAR Treasury Note | ^TNX | 27.06 | -29.59 | -19.92 | -18.69 | -40.36 |
| 13-WEEK Treasury Bill | ^IRX | 1.25 | 150.00 | -3.85 | 0.00 | -96.87 |
| 30-YEAR Treasury Bond | ^TYX | 37.83 | -18.49 | -11.78 | -8.84 | -21.69 |
| 5-YEAR Treasury Note | ^FVX | 14.85 | -44.71 | -31.19 | -34.87 | -65.07 |
| CBOE Volatility Index | VIX.X | 21.31 | -21.49 | -12.04 | -57.13 | 28.65 |
| Natural Gas Index | XNG.X | 516.5 | 3.57 | -0.88 | 47.66 | 15.00 |
Market Summary
| Issues | NYSE | NASDAQ | AMEX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advancing | 2356 | 2041 | 289 |
| Declining | 651 | 600 | 161 |
| Unchanged | 95 | 117 | 39 |
| TOTAL | 3102 | 2758 | 489 |
| Issues At | NYSE | NASDAQ | AMEX |
|---|---|---|---|
| New 52 Week High | 44 | 19 | 7 |
| New 52 Week Low | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Share Volume | NYSE | NASDAQ | AMEX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advancing | 846,128,000 | 1,480,559,000 | 7,159,000 |
| Declining | 83,529,000 | 160,731,000 | 2,216,000 |
| Unchanged | 100,037,000 | 21,042,000 | 341,000 |
| Total | 946,165,000 | 1,662,332,000 | 9,716,000 |
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04:42PM 09/03/10
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stocks rallied Friday, and the Dow finished with another triple-digit gain after the government offered a much less dour assessment of the labor market than had been feared.
Investors headed into the holiday weekend feeling a bit more ebullient after the report alleviated some worst-case worries about the potential for a double-dip recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 128 points, or 1.2%, at 10,448. The S&P 500 gained 14 points, or 1.3%, at 1105 and the Nasdaq improved 34 points, or 1.5%, to 2234....
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