| The KUIK Market Update for Monday, December 29: | |||||||
| Markets are up slightly. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Up | 5 | points | 18,059 | 8:07 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.2% | percent | 2,093 | 3.77 | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.1% | percent | 4,810 | 3.47 | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (4) | Basis Points | 2.77 | Annual Yield | ||
| Greece’s Athex Composite fell 10% to 764.55 after the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Stavros Dimas, failed to secure the backing of the parliament in a vote held Monday. The rejection of the government’s candidate means parliament will be dissolved and an election will be held January 25th. But it puts the bailout of Greece by the European Central Bank in jeopardy. | |||||||
| Basel-based Roche announced today at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized use of its LightMix Ebola Zaire Test on patients with signs and symptoms of the Ebola virus, and who met other risk factors, such as travel from West Africa. that could help health-care authorities around the world fight the current outbreak of the deadly disease. | |||||||
| Japan stocks reversed gains and ended modestly lower following reports that a Japanese man may have been infected with the Ebola virus. The Nikkei Average fell 0.5% at the close to 17,729.84. This also marks the 25th anniversary of the all time high of the Nikkei. It closed at 38,916 on December 29, 1989. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/greece-faces-early-2015-election-as-presidential-vote-fails-2014-12-29 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/roche-ebola-test-gets-emergency-ok-from-us-regulators-2014-12-29 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japanese-stocks-close-lower-after-ebola-reports-2014-12-29 | |||||||
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