Reply #10: Almost 2:30 - numbers and talk [View All]

[mrsteve]

..and my posting window is closing - got meetings all afternoon (bleah!).

Dow 9,380.86 -31.59 (-0.34%)
Nasdaq 1,751.16 +11.67 (+0.67%)
S&P 500 998.47 -1.27 (-0.13%)
10-Yr Bond 4.396% -0.081

Yahoo 2:00 say-not-much analysis:

"2:00PM: The indices are drifting sideways, with the Nasdaq within reach of its session highs and the S&P 500 and the Dow vacillating near their respective session lows. In the Dow, 19 of its 30 components are in the red, with Home Depot (HD 32.29 -1.61), Caterpillar (CAT 72.15 -0.89), and Coca-Cola (KO 44.17 -0.69) being the most notable laggards... On the plus side are United Technologies (UTX 78.66 +1.67), Eastman Kodak (EK 28.12 +0.84), and Microsoft (MSFT 26.38 +0.68)... Separately, the Treasury Budget for July came in at -$54.2 bln versus the consensus of -$53.0 bln...NYSE Adv/Dec 1867/1323, Nasdaq Adv/Dec 1740/1342"