| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Morning Market Report for Thursday, April, 19 | |||||||
| Markets are down this morning. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | 8:08 AM | ||
| Dow | Up | 43 | points | 13,075 | |||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.29% | percent | 1,389 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.62% | percent | 3,050 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (0.9) | basis points | 3.12 | |||
| The index of U.S. leading indicators rose for a sixth month in March. The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months climbed 0.3 percent after a 0.7 percent gain in February that was the biggest in 11 months. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 0.2 percent rise in March. | |||||||
| Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region grew at a slower pace in April according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve. The bank’s business condition index fell to 8.5 from 12.5 in March. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected the index to fall to 10.8. | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-19/index-of-leading-economic-indicators-in-the-u-s-climbed-0-3-.html | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/philly-fed-index-drops-to-85-from-125-in-april-2012-04-19 | |||||||
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