| The KUIK Market Update for Tuesday, February 12: | |||||||
| Markets are flat. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | |
| Dow | Up | 25 | points | 13,996 | 7:58 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.08% | percent | 1,518 | 1.22 | points | |
| Nasdaq Composite | Unchanged | 0.00% | percent | 3,192 | 0.09 | points | |
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 3 | Basis Points | 3.18 | Annual Yield | ||
| The National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index edged up 0.9 points to 88.9. Even though there was a five-point advance in those who expect the economy to improve, at -30%, that component was still the fourth-worst on record. | |||||||
| Market are flat ahead of President Obama’s State of the Union address today at 6:00 pm Pacific time. The president is expected press for issues favored by the coalition of women, youth and minorities that swept him to victory last November. | |||||||
| The Labor Department reports job openings at U.S. workplaces ticked down to 3.62 million in December from 3.79 million in November. Compared with same period last year, December’s job openings rose 2% — private openings increased 2% to 3.26 million, and government openings also rose 2%, reaching 360,000. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nfib-small-business-index-edges-up-in-january-2013-02-12 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/december-job-openings-tick-down-to-362-million-2013-02-12 | |||||||
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