Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were posting green prior to
opening bell yesterday morning and stocks were positioned for the stronger open
to the trading week in the U.S. Although primary indices closed out the last
trading session of last week in the red across the board, all three made gains
for the week overall. Investors were hoping to see the positive trend-line for
the primary indices continue this week, but many feared the negative affects of
the eurozone credit downgrades would have a negative global impact and weigh
index trend-lines down. As a result of a batch of positive economic reports
yesterday, indices stayed in positive territory. Primary indicators in the
eurozone finished green across the board as did the primary stock indices in the
U.S. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed out the last session in the green
by .48 percent at 12,482.07. The DJIA YTD change is positive by 2.16 percent.
Top Dow Jones Industrial Average Gainers. Top Gainers for the DJIA were Merck &
Company Inc. MRK, Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, and United Technologies Corporation
UTX. MRK Merck & Company finished the last session in the green by 1.30 percent.
MRK last trade closed at 38.82. After hours trend-line movement for Merck moved
negatively. CSCO Cisco Systems finished the last session green by 1.29 percent.
CSCO last trade closed at 19.31. After hours trend-line movement for Cisco moved
positively. UTX United Technologies Corporation finished the last trading
session green by 1.26 percent. UTX last trade closed at 77.04. Frank Matto
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