| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Morning Market Report for Wednesday, July 18. | |||||||
| Markets are up this morning. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | 8:02 AM | ||
| Dow | Up | 74 | points | 12,880 | |||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.51% | percent | 1,371 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.93% | percent | 2,937 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Unchanged | – | basis points | 2.60 | |||
| Housing starts rose 6.9 percent last month to 760,000 annually after a revised 711,000 May that was higher than initially estimated, according to the Commerce Department. Economists expected 745,000. Building permits fell, reflecting a drop in applications for apartment construction. | |||||||
| Crude-oil futures shot up after The Energy Information Administration reported oil inventories declined 800,000 barrels in the week ended July 13. August crude rose 0.7%, to $89.85 a barrel on the New York Merc. | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-18/u-s-stocks-erase-drop-as-technology-industrials-gains.html | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/markets/us?link=MW_Nav_MA | |||||||
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