| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Thursday, April, 19 | |||||||
| Markets finished down today. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | |||||
| Dow | Down | (69) | points | 12,964 | |||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.59% | percent | 1,377 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.79% | percent | 3,008 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (1.7) | basis points | 3.11 | |||
| The number of Americans who filed requests for unemployment insurance last week hovered near a four-month high, defying expectations that applications would begin to recede after a recent spike. The Labor Department reported weekly jobless claims totaled 386,000, seasonally adjusted, in the week ended April 14. Claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 388,000 from an initial reading of 380,000. It was the second straight time claims were revised higher by a large amount. | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/unemployment-aid-requests-near-four-month-high-2012-04-19?dist=afterbell | |||||||
| For today’s Closing Market Report click to listen-> | https://beaconrwa.com/audio/Closing-Market-Report.mp3 | ||||||