Comments on: Wall St Closing Bell, Stocks Close Flat http://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-st-closing-bell-stocks-close-flat-10196.htm Equities, Forex, Gold, Silver and Oil Trading Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:03:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MarketInsider http://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-st-closing-bell-stocks-close-flat-10196.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1164 MarketInsider Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:29:00 +0000 http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=10196#comment-1164 Todays Market Cap..( Briefing.com) Sector performance (% change on day): Telecom (+1.2%), Industrials (+0.8%), Tech (+0.4%), Financials (+0.3%), Energy (+0.1%). Materials (-0.5%), Utilities (-0.3%), Consumer Staples (-0.2%), Health Care (-0.1%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.1%). Stocks are also just 1% off of their 52-week highs, which were reached in mid-January. A stronger dollar has been a hurdle for stocks to return to that mark, though. The buck advanced a mere 0.1% this session, but that was only after it pared its gain. Initially, the greenback garnered support as the euro and British pound were pressured by news that analysts at Fitch kept a Negative outlook in place for Portugal's AA rating and that Britain's plan to halve its deficit in four years was determined to be too slow. Treasuries came into focus with news that a $40 billion auction of 3-year Notes attracted a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.1, which is above the recent average of 2.9, and an indirect bid of 51.8%, which is on par with the recent average of 52%. G/L_1 Todays Market Cap..( Briefing.com)

Sector performance (% change on day): Telecom (+1.2%), Industrials (+0.8%), Tech (+0.4%), Financials (+0.3%), Energy (+0.1%). Materials (-0.5%), Utilities (-0.3%), Consumer Staples (-0.2%), Health Care (-0.1%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.1%).

Stocks are also just 1% off of their 52-week highs, which were reached in mid-January. A stronger dollar has been a hurdle for stocks to return to that mark, though. The buck advanced a mere 0.1% this session, but that was only after it pared its gain. Initially, the greenback garnered support as the euro and British pound were pressured by news that analysts at Fitch kept a Negative outlook in place for Portugal’s AA rating and that Britain’s plan to halve its deficit in four years was determined to be too slow.

Treasuries came into focus with news that a $40 billion auction of 3-year Notes attracted a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.1, which is above the recent average of 2.9, and an indirect bid of 51.8%, which is on par with the recent average of 52%.

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