| The KUIK Closing Market Report for Monday, April 8: | |||||||
| Markets closed up. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Up | 48 | points | 14,613 | 2:43 PM | ||
| S&P500 | Up | 0.63% | percent | 1,563 | 9.79 | points | |
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.57% | percent | 3,222 | 18.39 | points | |
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 4 | Basis Points | 2.90 | Annual Yield | ||
| On the Senate floor today, Senator Al Franken, Democrat from Minnesota raised concerns about the agency’s inaction on a measure he co-authored seeking to eliminate credit rater conflicts. For example, before 2008, agencies that issue ratings gave AAA’s to mortgage securities packaged from subprime loans. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://blogs.marketwatch.com/election/2013/04/08/sen-franken-pushes-sec-on-credit-rater-conflicts/ | |||||||
| For today’s Closing Market Report click to listen-> | |||||||