This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Thursday, May, 31 | |||||||
Markets ended down today. | |||||||
Direction | Change | Units | |||||
Dow | Down | (26) | points | 12,393 | 2:53 PM | ||
S&P500 | Down | -0.23% | percent | 1,310 | |||
Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.35% | percent | 2,827 | |||
30 Year Treasury | Down | (4.6) | basis points | 2.67 | |||
The euro recovered from an almost two-year low against the dollar on reports that the International Monetary Fund has begun to explore the possibility of a bailout package for Spain. | |||||||
The July contract for light, sweet crude oil fell 1.5%, to $86.53 a barrel on the New York Merc, its lowest settlement since Oct. 20. Futures prices finished May with losses of 17%, their worst drop since December 2008, near the height of the U.S. financial crisis. | |||||||
Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/euro-recovers-from-near-2-year-low-2012-05-31?dist=afterbell | |||||||
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/crude-oil-slides-further-ahead-of-supply-data-2012-05-31 | |||||||
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May 31, 2012