| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Wednesday, May, 2 | |||||||
| Markets finished mixed today. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | |||||
| Dow | Up | 66 | points | 13,279 | 2:20 PM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.21% | percent | 1,403 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.31% | percent | 3,060 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (4.1) | basis points | 3.12 | |||
| The Commerce Department reported factory orders decreased in March, largly because of a decline in demand for new airplanes. Bookings fell 1.5 percent after a revised 1.1 percent gain in February. | |||||||
| Companies added the fewest number of workers in seven months in April, indicating the job market is slowing down. Employment increased by only 119,000, which followed a revised downward 201,000 gain for March, according to ADP Employer Services. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 170,000 advance. | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| For today’s Closing Market Report click to listen-> | https://beaconrwa.com/audio/Closing-Market-Report.mp3 | ||||||