Market Update Report 7/2/2013

The KUIK Market Update for Tuesday, July 2:
Markets are up.
Index Direction Change Units Last Time
Dow Up                     70 points           15,045 7:59 AM
S&P500 Up 0.54% percent             1,624
Nasdaq Composite Up 0.45% percent             3,451
30 Year Treasury Down                      (3) Basis Points               3.46 Annual Yield
The Commerce Department reports orders for goods produced in U.S. factories climbed 2.1% in May. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected 1.9%. Factory orders rose a revised 1.3% in April, up from a 1.0% estimate. Orders for durable goods – products meant to last at least three years – rose 3.7% in May and nondurable goods edged up 0.7%. 
Corelogic reports home prices, including distressed sales, rose 2.6% in May, and were up 12.2% from a year ago, the largest annual growth since February 2006. Excluding short sales and other distressed properties, prices rose 2.3% in May, and were up 11.6% from May 2012.
Oil is up on worries over turmoil in Egypt. August crude is up 0.8%, to $98.80 a barrel on the New York Merc.  But gold fell on that better than expected factory orders data,  pulling back from a nearly 4% climb over the past two trading sessions.  August gold fell  0.9%, to $1,244.80 an ounce on the Comex.
Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-factory-orders-climb-21-in-may-2013-07-02?dist=lcountdown
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/home-price-growth-fastest-in-seven-years-2013-07-02
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-prices-make-modest-move-higher-2013-07-02?dist=markets
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