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US Economic Indicators

This week Month ago Year ago
Gross Domestic Product (billions) 15,294.3 15,176.1 14,870.4
Housing Starts (thousands) 470 447 417
Producer Price Index 192.6 192.8 184.4
Consumer Price Index 226.8 226.7 220.3
Purchasing Managers Index 53.9 52.7 60.8
Retail Sales 400,614 399,349 380,869
Unemployment Rate 8.5 8.6 9.4

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01/27/2012
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January 27, 2012: All the latest finance news and market numbers.

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Stock Market Update
Market Snapshot
Dow 12862.23 +156.82 (1.23%)
Nasdaq 2905.66 +45.98 (1.61%)
SP 500 1344.90 +19.36 (1.46%)
10-yr Note -30/32 1.93%
NYSE Adv 2361 Dec 647 Vol 905 mln
Nasdaq Adv 2039 Dec 506 Vol 2.14 bln

Industry Watch
Strong: employment services; multi-line insurance; life and health insurance; diversified financial services; investment banking and brokerage; biotech; building products; household appliances
Weak: personal products; casinos and gaming; gold

Moving the Market
Monthly payrolls report proves much better than expected; drops headline unemployment rate to 8.3% from 8.5%

Earnings met with little overall excitement, but prompt some stock-specific swings

ISM Service Index stages stronger-than-expected jump

Frequent updates that focus on broad U.S. and overseas market activity, key economic releases and stock futures trading that begin prior to U.S. market open and end with a final comment after the close.

Stock Market Extends Upward March


03-Feb-12 16:30 ET
Dow +156.82 at 12862.23, Nasdaq +45.98 at 2905.66, S&P +19.36 at 1344.90
[BRIEFING.COM] A couple of pleasing economic reports brought about a barrage of broad-based buying today. That drove both the Dow and S&P 500 to multi-month highs, while the Nasdaq notched ...
..Nasdaq 100 +1.3%. ..S&P Midcap 400 +1.6%. ..Russell 2000 +2.2%.

Oil Outperforms Other Commodities


03-Feb-12 15:30 ET
Dow +139.49 at 12844.90, Nasdaq +44.37 at 2904.05, S&P +17.49 at 1343.01
[BRIEFING.COM] The CRB Index rallied to a 1.1% gain today. That snapped a four-session losing streak, but wasn't enough to avoid a weekly loss, which totaled 1.1%. Oil displayed strength, ...

Final Hour Arrives


03-Feb-12 15:00 ET
Dow +151.07 at 12856.48, Nasdaq +45.81 at 2905.49, S&P +18.23 at 1343.75
[BRIEFING.COM] Only an hour remains in today's trade. As things currently stand, stocks will score their strongest single-session gain in exactly one month. What's more, the S&P 500 is on ...

Stocks Continue to Sit on Session's Gains


03-Feb-12 14:30 ET
Dow +143.22 at 12848.63, Nasdaq +46.80 at 2906.48, S&P +17.94 at 1343.46
[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks continue to trade with considerable gains. The effort has the S&P 500 on pace for its best one-day bounce in a month. Share volume remains relatively light, however. ...

Crawl Continues


03-Feb-12 14:00 ET
Dow +144.67 at 12850.08, Nasdaq +44.68 at 2904.36, S&P +17.69 at 1343.21
[BRIEFING.COM] Stocks continue to drift sideways as market participants enter mid-afternoon trade. The crawl, though unexciting, is allowing gains from the stock market's strong run-up this morning to consolidate. Just ...
 
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