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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Tesco said Friday that 22 out of 23 resolutions were passed by shareholders at its annual general meeting, Dow Jones Newswires reported. The vote was close on resolution 21 with 57% voting in favor of the supermarket group changing the rules of its 2004 share option plan, the news service said. Resolution 23, which called for Tesco to improve the treatment and pay of meat workers...
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Financial24 (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
OFFICIAL HIGH LOW Ind 8,503.23 8,280.74 Tran 3,277.09 3,155.23 Util 361.53 350.57 Comp 2,952.97 2,864.62 ...
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Financial24 (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
OFFICIAL OPEN CLOSE Ind 8,503.00 8,280.74 Tran 3,277.09 3,158.74 Util 361.53 350.69 Comp 2,952.97 2,864.62 ...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Prieur du Plessis submits: The performance of a number of global stock markets is given in the table below in local currency terms for different measurement terms ended June 30. Other than to say that the second quarter delivered exceptional gains and that the first half of 2009 is not looking too shabby either (bar a few exceptions such as the Dow Jones Industrial Index), the numbers speak for themselves....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks made a sharp retreat Thursday, with losses steepening after the New York Stock Exchange extended the trading session by 15 minutes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 registered their third straight weekly loss, the longest weekly losing streak since early March, when stocks began their roughly four-month rally. The Dow average closed down...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks gave up more ground after the New York Stock Exchange, in an unusual move, extended the daytime trading session until 4:15 p.m. Eastern Thursday to deal with unspecified system irregulaties. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 212 points to 8,292. The S&P 500 lost 2.8% to 897. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A broad sell-off in U.S. stocks deepened in the last hour of trading Thursday as investors wound up positions ahead of the three-day holiday weekend that starts Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped as much as 209.5 points and was recently trading off 206 points at 8,298, with all 30 components in the red. The S&P 500 slid below the key 900 mark and was...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Michael Johnston submits: In April, FaithShares Advisors filed with the SEC to launch a line of ETFs targeted at religions investors. While “ socially responsible ETFs ” (such as KLD ) and clean energy ETFs (such as PBW ) are nothing new, FaithShares proposed to narrow the scope of socially responsible investing significantly by offering funds focusing on specific denominations, including:...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks briefly came off earlier lows on Thursday, after news that orders for U.S.-made factory goods climbed 1.2% in May on a big jump in orders for transportation equipment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly gained about 20 points, reducing its drop to 151 points, or 1.9%, at 8,352, off an earlier low of 8,323. But it quickly fell back and was recently down 175...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Drug stocks slid into the red early Thursday as shares of Elan Corp. rallied on news that Johnson & Johnson was making a $1 billion investment in the company. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutial Index declined 2.3% to 257.66 and the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index fell 3.7% to 661.67. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points to 8,353. Shares of Elan were up 17% to $8.21....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks slumped at the open on Thursday, after news that the economy lost 467,000 jobs in June, far more than economists expected and ending a streak of decreasing job losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 140 points, or 1.7%, to 8,363. The S&P 500 index lost 15 points, or 1.7%, to 908, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped 32 points, or 1.7%, to 1,813. The Labor...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Technology stocks tumbled at the opening bell on Thursday, as the broader market sank on grim news about rising unemployment. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 1.8% to 1,812, while the Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index lost 1.7% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was off 1.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 130 points on a report that the U.S....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures added to earlier losses on Thursday, after the government reported nonfarm payrolls shrank by 467,000 in June, higher than the 325,000 decline expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Futures for the S&P 500 index were down 9 points, or 1%, at 910, compared with 914 ahead of the report. Those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 71 points...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Ron Rowland submits: By Patrick Watson Back in April we reported on FaithShares , a planned line of new ETFs aimed at various Christian denominations. Yesterday the pool of monotheist-oriented ETFs expanded with the launch of Javelin Dow Jones Islamic Market International Index Fund (JVS) on the NYSE. More funds are planned from this new ETF family that calls itself JETS - Javelin Exchange Traded...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Jeff Pietsch submits: June's toppy action played out within a wide congestive range, ultimately leaving the S&P 500 marginally higher for the fourth month in a row. Last month, the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and NASDAQ 100 cash indices recorded mixed performances of +0.02%, -0.63% and +2.89%, respectively. For the first half of the 2009, that left them similarly stationed at +1.78%, -3.75%...
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juliasmith98 | 12/13/2008
Dow Jones Slump Could Begin to Threaten Global Markets As European governments struggled to contain banking failures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by 800 points at one stage, exceeding last week’s largest ever one-day points drop of...
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juliasmith98 | 12/13/2008
Dow Jones Tumbles Below 10,000 Mark Wall Street stocks reach lowest point in four years as banks and car companies suffer most The US financial markets teetered on the brink of a record-breaking slump yesterday as Wall Street took fright at signs t...
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satraffic | 12/10/2008
Dow Jones & Nasdaq Data Market Stocks - How To Pick Stocks For Stock Trading I have found that the best stocks for stock trading and day trading are the stocks that make up the S&P 500. The reason for this is that the large Mutual Funds an...
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