Dow Jones Close 10/31/08 - Stock Market Closing Prices

Stock Market Closing Prices - 10/31/08

Dow Jones Industrial Average ( DJIA ) Close - 9325 Up 144
Nasdaq Stock Market Close - 1721 Up 22
S&P 500 Close - 969 Up 14.64

Libor Rates - 10/31/08

1 Month - 2.58%
3 Month - 3.03%

Commodities Closing Prices - 10/31/08

Gold - 723
Oil - 67.98
Natural Gas - 6.71

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9324.69 on 10/31/08, as investors bought stocks and put together back to back positive days on the Dow Jones for the first time in a month. The Stock Market Futures were actually down this morning but again, the fall in Libor Rates turned futures around in pre market. All eyes will be focused on the Presidential Election on Tuesday, Nov 4th, 2008. As for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, we hit a high of 9452 this afternoon. If we can break out of the top of this trading range at 9500...we could test 10,000 on the Dow.

Biggest Stock Gainers Today

Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) continues to shine and be one of the hottest stocks in the NYSE and the stock market. Today was had a third sell off attempt at the close...each time the dip has been bought. Will this last on Monday?

I will have more Analysis on the Dow Jones and the Stock Market this weekend so be sure to check back.
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Goldman Sachs ( GS ) Stock Alert 10/31/08 - Breakout Stocks

Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has been beaten up for the past week but is showing strength this afternoon, October 31st, 2008. GS stock is breaking through the highs of the day at $90.50. Somebody is buying Goldman stock so keep this stock on your watchlists.

The volume is picking up as well.

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Art Cashin CNBC 10/31/08 - Election Comments

Art Cashing came on CNBC twice today, October 31st, 2008, and gave some comments on the stock market and the up coming election next week.

I think we are in reasonably good shape as far as the stock market goes, we need to get past election though. We didn't get the capitulation like we wanted last week, these capitulations usually last into the last Monday of October, and this time it was the closing low. We might have a possible retest of the lows after the election.

I'm hoping we can get together back to back Dow up days today.
Don't make a heavy commitment to stocks until after the election.

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Dow Jones Open - Stock Market 10/31/08 - RIMM, AAPL, LVS

The Dow Jones and Stock Markets are opening slightly lower today, 10/31/08. The Dow Jones open down 20 points to around 9150 and has been steady in this price level. The Nasdaq is taking a hit, down 20 points to 1677. Libor Rates have again come down Oct 31st, a very positive sign for the stock market. Apple ( AAPL ) has been very weak this morning so far but Research in Motion ( RIMM ) has shown very good strength so far. These are two stocks to watch today. General Motors ( GM ) a key dow jones component, reportedly stopped talks with the treasury. As I write, the Dow Jones has just turned positive, up 20 to 9190.

Hot Stocks to Watch - Biggest Gainers 10/31/08

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Gramercy Capital Corp ( GKK ) $2.30 up 53%
Las Vegas Sands ( LVS ) $11.65 up $12%
Research in Motion ( RIMM ) $50.10 up 5.6%
Monster Worldwide ( MNST ) $14.55 up 13.05%

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1 and 3 Month Libor Rates 10/31/08

It seems as though everyone is watching Libor rates these days. Today's Libor Rates for 10/31/08, are: 1 Month Libor Rate - 2.58% & 3 Month Libor Rate - 3.03%. The overnight Libor rate is 0.41%.

Libor rates have sunk this week, especially after Bill Gross came on CNBC Monday and predicted Libor to fall! This has been a major reason why the stock market has rallied so much this week.
Compare today's Libor rates to yesterdays Libor rates.

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Dow Jones Futures 10/31/08 - Stock Market Futures

10/31/08 Pre Market Trading Report:

Today, October 31st, 2008, the Dow Jones Futures and the Stock Market Futures are pointing lower as the Asian Markets failed to stage a 4th rally and headed lower. The Dow Jones Futures are indicating a down move of 100, the Nasdaq Futures are lower by 24, and the S&P 500 Futures are down 9 points. We had a big move up the US markets yesterday after a better then expected GDP number. Our economy only shrank by 0.3% vs estimates of -0.60% or even -1%.

Asian Markets - European Markets - 10/31/08

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 5% to 8,576.98 over worries about earnings. Investor sold shares after the previous day's 10 percent rise and ahead of a three-day weekend in Japan. They didn't react much to the Bank of Japan's rate cut, which was widely expected.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng dove 2.5 percent to 13,968.67 after spiking 12.8% in Thursday's trading.
European markets opened lower, with Britain's FTSE 100 index down 1.9 percent and Germany's DAX down 1.2 percent.

Stocks to Watch today:

Biggest Gainers in Pre Market Trading

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