Market closes flat; Bonds/GDP up
By: Steve Sawyer | Source: IRN News
July 26, 2004 6:19PM EST
A moderate day of trading on Wall Street this Monday saw stocks mostly higher around midday, then drop off at the end of the session.
The Dow Jones 30-industrial average closed down just 0.30, at 9,961.92. The Nasdaq lost 10 points, or half of one percent, down to 1,839.02. S&P 500 index was down just over 2 points.
Overseas, the Asian markets were less than spectacular on Monday. Here's the numbers:
| Nikkei 225 |
11,159.55 |
-27.78 |
-0.25% |
| Hang Seng |
12,319.83 |
-33.16 |
-0.27% |
Singapore
Straits Times |
1,855.98 |
5.72 |
0.31% |
| S&P/ASX 200 |
3,485.70 |
0.45 |
0.01% |
| Australian 10-Year Bond |
105.57 |
0.00 |
| Japanese 10-Year Bond |
95.22 |
0.00 |
BOJ Overnight
Lending Rate |
.000 |
-0.001 |
| Japanese GDP* |
03/31 |
1.5% |
| Japanese Business Confidence** |
06/30 |
22.0% |
| Australian GDP* |
03/31 |
0.2% |
European markets were even worse...
| DJ Stoxx 50 |
2,573.39 |
-27.03 |
-1.04% |
Bloomberg
European 500 |
168.20 |
-1.72 |
-1.01% |
| FTSE 100 |
4,287.00 |
-39.30 |
-0.91% |
| DAX 30 |
3,752.59 |
-44.74 |
-1.18% |
| German 10-Year Bond |
4.27 |
0.02 |
| ECB Lending Rate |
2.00 |
2.00 |
| BOE Lending Rate |
4.50 |
4.50 |
| UK 10-Year Bond |
5.16 |
0.03 |
| UK GDP* |
06/30 |
0.9% |
| German GDP* |
03/31 |
0.4% |
| German Business Confidence** |
06/30 |
94.8% |
| Euro-Zone HICP |
06/30 |
2.4% |
Data courtesy of Bloomberg.com
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