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Daily Stock Market Performance Index


Dow Jones Industrial Average


11,500 11,000 10,500 10,000 9500


Nasdaq Composite Index


2640 2530 2420 2310 2200 2090


S&P 500 Index 1260


1200 1140 1080 1020


1242.87 +0.6 +11.5 2637.31 +0.8 +16.2


Daily Close % Chg


% Chg 11,499.25 +0.4 +10.3 YTD


Industry Group Auto Components


S&P 500 Industry Group Snapshot Daily


% Chg 2.11


Construction Materials Air Freight & Logistics Building Products Office Electronics


Wireless Telecomm Svcs Paper & Forest Products Personal Products IT Services


Consumer Finance


2.03 1.91 1.86 1.83


–0.54 –0.67 –0.71 –1.98 –2.69


International Stock Markets Americas


Close


Brazil (Bovespa) Canada (S&P/TSX Comp.) Mexico (Bolsa) Europe


Eurozone (DJ Stoxx 600) France (CAC 40) Germany (DAX) U.K. (FTSE 100)


Asia Pacific D J F M A M J


Company 3M


Alcoa


AmExp AT&T BoA


Boeing


Caterpillar Chevron


Dow Jones 30 Industrials YTD


Close 86.40


14.46 44.57 29.23 12.52 64.40 93.20 89.06


Cisco Systems 19.75 Coca-Cola DuPont


65.34 49.45


Exxon Mobil 72.22 GE


Home Depot 35.12 HP


17.77 41.95


Other Measures Index


Daily % Chg


0.7


–3.4 0.3


% Chg 4.5


3.6 –10.3 10.0 4.3


1.9 –16.9 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.6 0.9


19.0 63.5 15.7


–17.5 14.6 46.9 5.9


17.4 21.4


1.8 –18.6 Close


DJ Total Stock Market Index 13,120.73 Russell 2000


776.56


Post-Bloomberg DC Area Index 211.83 CBOE Volatility (VIX)


17.39 J A S O N D


Company IBM


Intel J&J


JPMorgCh Kraft Foods McDonald's Merck


Microsoft P&G Co Pfizer


Travelers Wal-Mart Walt Disney


Close 144.55


21.30 62.40 40.01 31.64 76.71 36.84 27.99 64.50 17.22 55.36


United Tech 79.02 Verizon


34.76 54.63 37.01


Daily % Chg 0.7 1.1


0.7 –3.1


Daily % Chg


–0.1 0.1


–0.3 –0.5 0.5


–0.4 0.5 0.5 1.4


0.8 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.2


% Chg 10.4


4.4


–3.1 –4.0 16.4 22.9 0.8


–8.2 6.4


–5.3 11.0 13.8 12.3 2.2


14.8


Interest Rates Consumer Rates


YTD % Chg 14.1 24.2 13.1


–19.8


Money market funds 6-Month CDs 1-Year CDs 5-Year CDs New car loan Home-equity loan


0.71 0.79 0.96 2.03 5.33 7.10


0.30% 0.25% 3.25%


Bank Prime Federal Funds LIBOR 3-Month


3.06% 4.55% 5.19%


30-Year fixed mortgage 15-Year fixed mortgage 1-Year ARM


YTD


Australia (ASX 200) China (CSI 300) Hong Kong (Hang Seng) Japan (Nikkei)


4784.00 3230.67


22,668.78 10,311.29


Cross Currency Rates US $


EU €


US $ per EU € per


Japan ¥ per Britain £ per Brazil R$ per


Canada $ per Mexico $ per


0.7555 84.0400 111.2300


0.6398 0.8468 0.0076 1.7027 1.0064


12.4073 16.4232 0.1480


2.2492 0.0203 1.3322 0.0120


0.3


–0.5 –1.3 0.0


Japan ¥


1.3235 0.0119 0.0090


Britain £ 1.5631


Brazil R$ Canada $ Mexico $ 0.5871


0.9936 0.0806


1.1810 0.4446 0.7507 0.0609 131.3600 49.3508 83.5000 6.7730 0.3757


2.6616 1.5733 0.5910


0.6356 0.0516 1.6919 0.1372 0.0811


19.3939 7.2870 12.3285


67,306.39 13,181.23 37,832.86


277.59


3888.36 7024.40 5881.12


Daily % Chg


–0.8 –0.4 0.4


0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0


YTD % Chg –20%


–3.0% 0 +3.0%


Commodities Futures


Copper Corn


Crude Oil Gold


Natural Gas


Daily Close % Chg


$4.1105 –0.4 $5.8750 +0.6 $87.70


$1,370.40 $4.05


–1.0 –1.1 –4.1


Value of $1000 invested for the past: Exchange-Traded (Ticker)


Daily % Chg


0% +20%


Coffee (COFF.L) Copper (COPA.L) Corn (CORN.L) Cotton (COTN.L) Crude Oil (CRUD.L) Gasoline (UGAS.L) Gold (BULL.L)


Natural Gas (NGAS.L) Silver (SLVR.L)


–1.5 –1.4 –0.8 2.7


–0.1 –0.1 –1.5 –4.3 –2.5


Gainers and Losers from the S&P 1500 Index Gainers


Daily Close % Chg


WinnebagoIndustries $14.96 14.3 Harmonic


Kindred Healthcare Herman Miller Affymetrix Zale Corp


Aeropostale Ciena


Blue Coat Systems GibraltarIndustries Apogee Enterprises StarTek


AK Steel Holding Cambrex


Energizer Holdings Cross Country Hlth Gentiva Health Agilysys


$8.23 10.2 $19.18 9.2 $25.26 9.2 $4.89 9.2 $3.50 8.7 $25.61


8.7


$20.86 8.1 $29.91 7.9 $13.24 7.1 $13.02 7.1 $5.15


7.1


$15.36 6.6 $5.68 6.6 $74.34 6.4 $8.53 6.4 $24.60 6.3 $5.80 6.2


BasicEnergyServices $15.54 6.2 Std Motor Products


$13.77 6.0


10-year note Yield:


5-year note Yield:


3.43 2.04


4:30 p.m. New York time.


Losers Visa


Regis Corp Mastercard


TCF Financial Corp SurModics


Aerovironment Inc Drew Industries Progressive Actuant


Orion Marine Group Whitney Holding American Express Discover Financial Dolan Media Co Natus Medical


2-year note Yield:


6-month bill Yield:


0.64 0.18


Note: Bank prime is from 10 major banks. Federal Funds rate is the market rate, which can vary from the federal target rate. LIBOR is the London Interbank Offered Rate. Consumer rates are from Bankrate. All figures as of


Daily Close % Chg


$67.19 –12.7 $16.05 –12.4 $223.49 –10.3


Comstock Resources $22.12 –9.2 Scholastic VeriSign


$27.20 –8.6 $34.11 –7.8 $13.45 –7.6 $11.53 –6.8


Veeco Instruments $40.08 –6.3 Digital River


$34.52 –6.3 $25.18 –4.9 $22.27 –4.9 $19.76 –4.8 $26.54 –4.1 $14.52 –3.7 $10.18 –3.5 $44.57 –3.4 $18.53 –3.1 $14.00 –3.0 $14.55 –2.9


Treasury Performance Over Past Three Months


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Daily Close % Chg


$1.5615 $28.76


+0.1 –1.6


$12.8900 –0.6 $0.3100 –0.4 $7.4975


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month $1200


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