| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Friday, August 3. | |||||||
| Markets had a big up day. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | |||
| Dow | Up | 217 | points | 13,096 | 2:04 PM | ||
| S&P500 | Up | 1.9% | percent | 1,391 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 2.0% | percent | 2,968 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 11.5 | basis points | 2.66 | |||
| Shares of market maker Knight Capital climbed 57% to $4.05 after TD Ameritrade said they will resume sending orders to Knight. For the week, however, they are down 61% after a botched trading software upgrade hit them with 440 million in losses on Wednesday. | |||||||
| Crude-oil futures rallied spurred by optimism following a positive U.S. jobs report and as Wall Street traded sharply higher and the dollar lost ground. September Crude rose 4.9%, to settle at $91.40 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.marketwatch.com/story/financial-stocks-rally-knight-capital-rebounds-2012-08-03-121031237?link=MW_Nav_NV | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-rises-on-inventory-data-but-nat-gas-slips-2012-08-03?dist=afterbell | |||||||
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