By Millennium Traders

Wall Street couldn't keep up the rallies from yesterday even after upbeat government reports, investors are watching for earnings released by major retailers to find out the question on everyone's minds... how much consumers are spending. It is the topic on every investors mind, when we know how much consumers are spending it gives a better understanding of where the economic recovery is at, that is why investors are turning to those reports. Government reports today showed that the Producer Price Index, a key measure of inflation for manufacturers, crept up 0.3% in October, it was expected to have risen 0.5% for the month. Core PPI, excluding volatile food and energy prices, fell 0.6%, analysts expected core to have risen 0.1% in October. In Company news, retailers Saks Inc. and Target Corp. all reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. Home Depot reported a fall in third-quarter earnings to $0.41 per share from $0.45 a year-ago, analysts expected an increase of $0.36 per share. High-end retailer Saks Inc. reported a quarterly profit of $0.01 per share, analysts were surprised by the results, they were expecting the company to report a loss. Discount retail giant Target reported an 18% increase in third-quarter profit, the company saw a large increase in their credit card portfolio. Even though companies are seeing better than expected earnings they are still remaining cautious about the upcoming holiday season and are preparing for the worst. In Trading news, the dollar was on the rise after days of losses, it helped push commodities like oil and gold higher. Stocks rose at the end of the trading day but only saw slight gains.Gold which was at record highs of $1,139.20 yesterday worked it's way lower today, bond prices rose, the yield on the benchmark 10- year Treasury note fell to 3.32 from 3.33 Monday.

Economic data released today:

PPI [Producer Price Index]:
U.S. October Producer Prices rose 0.3%; compared to consensus of an increase by 0.6%; U.S. October PPI Ex-Food & Energy fell 0.6%; compared to consensus %; U.S. October PPI Intermediate Goods rose 0.3%; Core fell 0.2%; U.S. October PPI Crude Goods rose 5.4%; Core rose 0.5%; U.S. October PPI Energy Prices rose 1.6%; U.S. October Passenger Car Prices fell 0.5%; U.S. September PPI Unrevised at -0.6%.

Redbook:
U.S. Retail Sales First 2 Weeks of November rose 4.4% versus October; U.S. Retail Sales First 2 Weeks of November rose 1.8% versus November Year-Ago; U.S. Retail Sales rose 2.0% week ending November 14 versus Year Ago.

TIC [Treasury International Capital] Net Long-Term Transactions:
Net Foreign LT Securities Purchases $31.7B in September;  Net LT Securities Purchases $40.7B in September; Net Foreign Capital Inflow $133.5B in September; Foreigners Net Buyers $44.7B U.S. Treasury Notes, Bonds in September; Foreigners Net Buyers $1.8B of U.S. Agency Debt in September; Foreigners Net Buyers Sellers $2.9B of U.S. Corp Bonds in September; Foreigners Net Buyers $15.7B of U.S. Equities in September.

Industrial Production:
U.S. September Industrial Production Revised to rise 0.6% from an increase by 0.7%; U.S. October Industrial Production rose 0.1%; compared to consensus of an increase by 0.3%.

Capacity Utilization Rate:
U.S. October Capacity Utilization rose 0.2-Point at 70.7%; compared to consensus of 70.7%;
U.S. September Capacity Use Unrevised at 70.5%.

At the NYSE closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange, here is how the major world indices and major U.S. stock indices ended the trading session on the world markets as well as the emerging markets including the stock market closing bell price:
DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) gain 29.70 points, EOD 10,436.66
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) shed 3.11, EOD 7,233.99
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 4.97 points, EOD 2,202.82
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 0.77 points, EOD 1,110.07
BEL 20 (BEL20) shed 0.8 points, EOD 2,534.52
CAC 40 (CAC40) shed 8.42 points, EOD 3,854.74
FTSE100 (UKX100) shed 36.74 points, EOD 5,345.93
NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) shed 95.19 points, EOD 9,729.93

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,356 declined stock prices 1,729, unchanged stock prices 115, stock prices hitting new highs 187 and stock prices hitting new lows 13. NYSE quotes for volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the New York Stock Exchange stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: TGT shed 1.52, HOD 50.59, LOD 47.48, EOD 48.77; FAS gain 0.18, HOD 79.32, LOD 77.32, EOD 78.96; CME gain 3.56, HOD 324.57, LOD 318.18, EOD 322.04; EDC shed 1.42, HOD 162.00, LOD 155.62, EOD 161.81; MOS gain 2.88, HOD 53.13, LOD 49.63, EOD 52.77; AGO gain 4.32, HOD 28.14, LOD 24.65, EOD 25.53; POT gain 6.42, HOD 110.90, LOD 103.11, EOD 110.60.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,255, declined stock prices 1,451, unchanged stock prices 154, stock prices hitting new highs 125 and stock prices hitting new lows 24. NASDAQ quotes, volatile stocks and market trends, as well as stock quotes, stock prices and stock symbols of Day Trading Stock Picks on the NASDAQ stock market for Day Trading online and active Day Trading for those who are or would like to be Day Trading for a living: WYNN shed 1.52, HOD 67.38, LOD 64.66, EOD 66.99; SPWRA shed 5.04, HOD 22.97, LOD 21.67, EOD 22.19; SINA gain 4.12, HOD 47.95, LOD 46.06, EOD 47.03; ZOOM gain 0.26, HOD 11.29, LOD 8.24, EOD 8.24; FSLR gain 0.58, HOD 127.54, LOD 123.44, EOD 123.99; SIVB shed 2.25, HOD 41.68, LOD 40.43, EOD 40.58; PCLN gain 3.15, HOD 209.96, LOD 203.21, EOD 209.29; BIDU gain 3.18, HOD 442.86, LOD 435.65, EOD 441.50; AIXG gain 0.73, HOD 38.04, LOD 34.29, EOD 35.33; AMZN shed 0.34, HOD 131.85, LOD 129.32, EOD 131.45.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 244, declined stock prices 277, unchanged stock prices 58, stock prices hitting new highs 23 and stock prices hitting new lows 3.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:
E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Dec 09: EOD 1108.75; Change 2.50
E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Dec 09: EOD 1,810.50; Change 7.00
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Dec 09: EOD 10,408; Change 40
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Dec 09: EOD 708.80; Change 1.00
Nikkei 225 (Yen) Dec 09: EOD 9,770; Change -95

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.6726 U.S. Dollars 1.4868
Japanese Yen 89.3000 to U.S. Dollars 0.0112
British Pound 0.5948 to U.S. Dollars 1.6812
Canadian Dollar 1.0506 to U.S. Dollars 0.9518
Swiss Franc 1.0163 to U.S. Dollars 0.9840

COMMODITY MARKETS:

Energy Sector - Nymex:
Light Crude (December 09) gain $0.24, EOD $79.14 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (December 09) gain $0.02, EOD $2.09 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (December 09) shed $0.08, EOD $4.91 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (December 09) gain $0.02, EOD $2.00 a gallon ($US per gallon) 

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (December 09) unchanged, EOD $1,139.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (December 09) shed $0.03, EOD $18.37 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (January 09) gain $17.90, EOD $1,426.50 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (December 09) unchanged, EOD $3.13 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (December 09) gain $1.63, EOD $63.98
Pork Bellies (February 10) gain $1.20, EOD $88.60
Live Cattle (December 09) gain $0.53, EOD $85.65
Feeder Cattle (January 10) gain $0.40, EOD $92.78

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) unchanged, EOD $417.50
Soybeans (January 10) gain $19.50, EOD $1,029.50

BOND MARKET:

2 year EOD 100 14/32, change 0, Yield 0.76, Yield change -0.01
5 year EOD 100 30/32, change 2/32, Yield 2.17, Yield change -0.02
10 year EOD 100 14/32, change 4/32, Yield 3.32, Yield change -0.01                     
30 year EOD 102 2/32, change 13/32, Yield 4.25, change -0.02