| The KUIK Morning Market Report for Tuesday, August 13: | |||||||
| Markets are down slightly. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | |
| Dow | Down | (18) | points | 15,402 | 6:55 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.04% | percent | 1,689 | (0.75) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.04% | percent | 3,669 | (1.66) | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 9 | Basis Points | 3.75 | Annual Yield | ||
| Prices for U.S. imports rose 0.2% in July, after decreasing in each of the previous 4 months, according to the Labor Department. The July upturn was driven by rising fuel prices which more than offset lower nonfuel prices. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a 0.8% increase. | |||||||
| The Commerce Department reports sales at U.S. retailers increased 0.2% in July, the fourth straight monthly gain. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected total sales to rise 0.3%. Sales rose an upwardly revised 0.6% in June, compared with the prior estimate of a 0.4% gain. | |||||||
| Small-business optimism edged up in July, helped by slight gains in the percentage of those planning to increase employment, those saying now’s a good time to expand and those expecting real sales to be higher. The National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index rose 0.6 points to 94.1 — still half a point below the Dec. 2007 reading, when the U.S. entered recession. The report is based on the responses of 1,615 randomly sampled small businesses in NFIB’s membership | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-import-prices-rise-02-in-july-2013-08-13 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-retail-sales-post-02-gain-in-july-2013-08-13 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nfib-small-business-optimism-edges-up-in-july-2013-08-13 | |||||||
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