Todays Stock Market Investing News: The primary indices in the U.S. started the
first trading session of 2012 on positive ground. Positive news via overseas
reports helped the U.S. indices build the right kind of momentum to climb the
ladder on the opening trading session this week. Manufacturing data out of China
and India was better than expected as was home based manufacturing and
construction spending data. According to the Institute for Supply Management,
the manufacturing index for December rose again to 53.9 which was better than
anticipated. This higher value is an indication of economic expansion in the
U.S. Also, construction spending marks for November surpassed estimates by over
half a percent. The Bureau reported a 1.2 percent rise in construction spending
in November over the previous month. This news, paired with little negative news
relating to the eurozone debt crisis, helped the primary indices find noteworthy
gains last session. Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq, S&P 500 Index Close:
The primary index composites in the U.S. finished the first trading session of
the new year in the green. The DJIA finished the first session of the new year
higher by almost 180 points and closed at 12,397.38. The Nasdaq finished the
session green by 43.57 points to close out at 2,648.72 and the S&P 500 closed
out the trading session higher by 19.46 points at 1,277.06. DJIA 30 Stock Quote:
A noteworthy Dow winner last session was Alcoa Inc. Alcoa (AA) finished the last
trading session positive by 7.71 percent to close out the opening session at
9.23. This was the biggest percentage gain by a Dow 30 component during the
opening trading session. Alcoa is scheduled to announce its quarterly results
next week and expectations are for the company to show a profit of about 2 cents
per share for the December ended time frame. Frank Matto
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