Live Trading News CAT, FITB, GERN, IBM , INTC, and SUN.

2009-07-01 13:36:14 - Live Trading News stocks to watch today
Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Geron Corporation (GERN), IBM (IBM), Intel Corporation (INTC), and Sunoco, Inc. (SUN).

Live Trading News US markets will be closed for the US Independence Day holiday Friday.Recap of the US Stock Market Action for Q-2 Y 2009.US stocks closed a bit lower yesterday as but Wall Street closed out its best quarter in a 10+ yrs with double digit gains.

The DJIA slipped 82.38 pts (0.97%) to close at 8,447.00, the S&P 500 shed 7.91 pts (0.85%) closing at 919.32, and the NAS lost 9.02 pts (0.49%) closing the session at 1,835.04. The S&P 500 posted its best quarterly performance since Q-4 Y 1998 up 15.2 % in Q-2, the lagging DJIA advanced 11%, and the leading NAS tallied up a + 20.1%. The Wilshire 5000, the broadest measure of publicly traded US companies, is up 16.21% on the year

The S&P 500 is up off its 12 yr closing low on March 9, + 35.9%. Crude Oil futures fell US$1.60 or 2.2% to settle at US$69.89 bbl on the day.

On the final day of Q-2, money managers sold losing stocks and bought winners helping the market to recover in the closing minutes.

Volume and Breadth: Trade was light due to this holiday shortened week. On the NYSE, about 1.33B/shrs changed hands, below last year’s estimated daily average of 1.49B/shrs, and on the NAS, about 2.13B/shrs traded, below last year’s daily average of 2.28b/shrs. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a ratio of about 5 to 4 on both the NYSE and the NAS.

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Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Geron Corporation (GERN), IBM (IBM), Intel Corporation (INTC), and Sunoco, Inc. (SUN). Access the full report at Live Trading News www.livetradingnews.com

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