| The KUIK Closing Market Report for Wednesday, August 21: | |||||||
| Markets finished down. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Down | (105) | points | 14,898 | 2:42 PM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.58% | percent | 1,643 | (9.55) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.38% | percent | 3,600 | (13.80) | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 3 | Basis Points | 3.88 | Annual Yield | ||
| Federal Reserve officials agreed with Chairman Ben Bernanke’s view that the economy will pick up later this year and allow the central bank to taper its asset purchase plan before the end of the year, according to the minutes of the July 31 Fed meeting released today but they did not say when the move might come. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-futures-suffer-steep-loss-on-expiration-day-2013-08-20?dist=markets | |||||||
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