| The KUIK Morning Market Report for Thursday, May 9: | |||||||
| Markets are flat. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | |
| Dow | Up | 9 | points | 15,115 | 7:03 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.08% | percent | 1,631 | (1.29) | points | |
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.01% | percent | 3,413 | (0.34) | points | |
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 1 | Basis Points | 2.99 | Annual Yield | ||
| The Department of Labor reported The number of people who applied for unemployment-insurance benefits ticked down 4,000 to 323,000 in the week ending May 4, the lowest level since January 2008. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected 335,000. | |||||||
| Oil and Gold fell on that jobs report. June Crude fell 0.8%, to $95.87 a barrel and June Gold fell 0.9%, to $1,461 an ounce on the New York Merc. | |||||||
| Microsoft shares slipped by 14 cents a share to $32.82, on reports that the company is offering to pay $1 billion to acquire the digital assets of the Nook Media digital book and college book joint venture it has with Barnes & Noble. | |||||||
| Chinese and Asian markets fell after government reported China’s consumer price index rose 2.4% in April from the year-ago period, driven by food prices. The producer price index, which measures wholesale prices, dropped a sharper-than-expected 2.6%. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jobless-claims-hit-lowest-level-since-2008-2013-05-09-81035319 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-prices-shy-away-from-one-month-high-2013-05-09?dist=markets | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-shares-slip-on-reports-of-nook-deal-2013-05-09?dist=markets | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/asia-stocks-mostly-up-shanghai-down-after-data-2013-05-08?link=MW_popular | |||||||
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