With crude oil up to $71 a barrel at the end of the trading day, energy and financial stocks got the boost they needed perhaps due to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a Nigerian military group that attacked a Royal Dutch Shell platform today. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) finished the day with a gain of 90 points, the second quarter of 2009 will end on a positive note, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (INX) had it's best quarter since 1998. "You have a combination of quarter-end markups and a holiday weekend that has historically been bullish in the past. When you apply that to a directionless tape, it bodes well for the markets," Madison Prop Trading's Chris Conefry said.  Investors seem to be putting their money into specific areas that would greatly benefit from an economic recovery, on the other hand some investors are still waiting on economic datato see how the economy is pulling out of it's recession before they go investing in the market again.
 

Economic data released today:  N/A

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 90.99 points, EOD 8,529.38
NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain 55.54, EOD 5,962.50
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain 5.84 points, EOD 1,844.06
S&P 500 (SPX) gain 8.33 points, EOD 927.23

BEL 20 (BEL20) gain 24.42 points, EOD 2,037.74
CAC 40 (CAC40) gain 63.95 points, EOD 3,193.68
FTSE100 (UKX100) gain 53.02 points, EOD 4,294.03

NIKKEI 225 (NIK/O) triple digit gain 806.1 points, EOD 9,783.47

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,876, declined stock prices 1,197, unchanged stock prices 97, stock prices hitting new highs 23 and stock prices hitting new lows 10.

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: POT gain 2.50, HOD 96.65, LOD 93.68, EOD 95.59; CME gain 0.77, HOD 322.67, LOD 313.30, EOD 318.22; STT gain 0.18, HOD 48.82, LOD 47.09, EOD 48.50; ESI shed 4.31, HOD 101.43, LOD 94.16, EOD 95.09; IOC gain 4.52, HOD 30.33, LOD 27.10, EOD 29.27; RTP gain 4.66, HOD 169.50, LOD 162.24, EOD 168.95.
 

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 1,228, declined stock prices 1,510, unchanged stock prices 109, stock prices hitting new highs 61 and stock prices hitting new lows 16. 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: DCGN gain 0.15, HOD 0.93, LOD 0.52 EOD 0.60; BIDU shed 3.00, HOD 0305.80, LOD 295.64 EOD 0298.18; BIIB shed 2.75, HOD 48.30, LOD 46.30 EOD 47.32; CYOU shed 3.56, HOD 46.85, LOD 40.81 EOD 41.95; APOL shed 2.51, HOD 69.84, LOD 65.31 EOD 65.99; ISRG gain 3.60, HOD 165.49, LOD 159.66 EOD 163.32; SNDA shed 4.93, HOD 61.00, LOD 55.04 EOD 55.70; AAPL shed 0.47, HOD 143.95, LOD 141.54 EOD 141.97; FSLR shed 3.52, HOD 164.50, LOD 156.85 EOD 157.20; NTES shed 1.72, HOD 38.34, LOD 35.63 EOD 35.96; CEPH shed 0.14, HOD 57.48, LOD 56.50 EOD 57.30.

Market trends on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and stock market indicators for the trading session today:
Advanced stock prices 255, declined stock prices 270, unchanged stock prices 60, stock prices hitting new highs 13 and stock prices hitting new lows 2.

Chicago Board of Trade Futures Market for the day, at time of this posting:

E-mini S&P 500 (ES) Sept 09: EOD 921.75; Change 7.75

E-mini NASDAQ-100 (NQ) Sept 09: EOD 1,480.25; Change 3.50
E-mini DOW $5 (YM) Sept 09: EOD 8,458; Change 85
E-mini S&P MidCap 400 (MF) Sept 09: EOD 578.80; Change 5.10

Nikkei 225 (Yen) Sept 09: EOD 9,935; Change 35

World Currencies for the Forex Market, for Forex Trading by active Forex Traders, at time of this posting:
Euro 0.7102to U.S. Dollars 1.4081
Japanese Yen 96.0000 to U.S. Dollars 0.0104
British Pound 0.6037 to U.S. Dollars 1.6565
Canadian Dollar 1.1565 to U.S. Dollars 0.8647
Swiss Franc 1.0826 to U.S. Dollars 0.9237

COMMODITY MARKETS:

Energy Sector - Nymex:

Light Crude (August 09) gain $2.33, EOD $71.49 per barrel ($US per barrel)
Heating Oil (August 09) gain $0.05, EOD $1.83 a gallon ($US per gallon)
Natural Gas (August 09) shed $0.16, EOD $3.94 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.)
Unleaded Gas (July 09) gain $0.06, EOD $1.94 a gallon ($US per gallon)

Metals Markets - Comex:
Gold (August 09) shed $0.30, EOD $940.70 ($US per Troy ounce)
Silver (September 09) shed $0.18, EOD $13.98 ($US per Troy ounce)
Platinum (October 09) shed $17.50, EOD $1,193.20 ($US per Troy ounce)
Copper (September 09) gain $0.02, EOD $2.33 ($US per pound)

Livestock and Meat Markets - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (cents per lb.):
Lean Hogs (August 09) gain 0.93, EOD 58.63
Pork Bellies (August 09) shed 2.20, EOD 57.45
Live Cattle (August 09) gain 3.00, EOD 85.40
Feeder Cattle (August 09) gain 2.75, EOD 101.73

Other Commodities - Chicago Board of Trade (cents per bushel):
Corn (December 09) shed 7.00, EOD 397.25

Soybeans (November 09) shed 7.50, EOD 983.50

BOND MARKET:

2 year EOD 100 1/32, change 1/32, Yield 1.10, Yield change -0.01
5 year EOD 100 15/32, change 5/32, Yield 2.52, Yield change -0.03
10 year EOD 97 1/32, change 15/32, Yield 3.48, Yield change -0.06
30 year EOD 99 9/32, change 24/32, Yield 4.29, change -0.04