Email| Dow | 12743.41 | +91.50 | (0.72%) |
| Nasdaq | 2866.55 | +30.22 | (1.07%) |
| SP 500 | 1339.81 | +10.71 | (0.81%) |
| 10-yr Note | +18/32 | 1.58% | |
| NYSE | Adv 1990 | Dec 1000 | Vol 725 mln |
| Nasdaq | Adv 1580 | Dec 850 | Vol 1.19 bln |
| Strong: real estate services; systems and application software; computer storage and peripherals; comsumer electronics; office electronics, services and supplies; commercial printing |
| Weak: airlines; auto makers; casinos and gaming |
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Hopes that the Fed will act at its meeting next week continue to help stocks, but drag down the dollar Empire Manufacturing Survey falls more than expected for June Preliminary monthly survey on consumer sentiment declines more than expected from prior month Quarterly options expiration inflate share volume, play part in volatility |
[BRIEFING.COM] Crude oil climbed to a pit session high of $84.37 per barrel in morning action, but gave back its gain by falling into negative territory to notch a session low of $83.42 per barrel. However, the energy component found buying support in afternoon floor trade and climbed out of the red to settle the session with a fractional gain at $84.03 per barrel. For the week it fell only fractionally. Natural gas prices chopped around in negative territory for the majority of floor trade, dipping to a session low of $2.45 per MMBtu moments before finishing at $2.47 per MMBtu. Its 7.4% weekly gain is owed to a surge on Thursday that was brought about by bullish inventory data.
Precious metals traded in positive territory for all of pit trade. A weaker dollar helped. Gold came off its session low of $1620.40 per ounce and traded up to a session high of $1633.40 per ounce before settling the week 2.3% higher at $1628.20 per ounce. Silver set a session low of $28.48 per ounce in morning action, but traded higher to close at $28.73 per ounce, or just below its session high of $28.75 per ounce, for a weekly gain of 0.9%.
