Closing Market Report 4/20/2012

This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Friday, April, 20
Markets ended mixed.
Direction Change Units
Dow Up                65 points            13,029 1:39 PM
S&P500 Up 0.12% percent              1,379
Nasdaq Composite Down -0.24% percent              3,000
30 Year Treasury Up               1.9 basis points              3.13
Shares of Microsoft rose today, but Apple slipped, falling 10% off its record high into correction territory, dragging the Nasdaq down.   Apple    fell 2.5% to $572.98, and the stock ended the week down more than   5%.  The sector also took a hit from SanDisk  after the memory maker posted a profit drop and issued a disappointing outlook. Sandisk ended down 11.25% to 35.41.
May Crude rose  0.8%, to $103.05 a barrel   on the New York Merc and natural gas rebounded slightly after closing yesterday at its lowest price since September 2001.
Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-propels-techs-but-sandisk-sinks-2012-04-20?dist=afterbell
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-up-as-dollar-declines-index-futures-rise-2012-04-20?dist=markets
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