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Economy

Economic Data (USA)

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Both The Dow and The S&P 500 Advanced; The NASDAQ Lost Less Than A Point

Both The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and The S P 500 gained ground today, but the NASDAQ fell by just under a point. An estimated 1.76 billion shares were traded on The Big Board today.

The New York Stock Exchange® and Archipelago Holdings are now merged, and the new, publicly traded company--The NYSE Group--began trading today under the stock symbol NYX.

Shares of the newly formed NYSE Group gained $15.75 (24.51%) to close @ $80.00.


Shares of Google fell by $10.57 (2.9%) to close @ $353.88.


Today's Numbers
:

DJIA: Closed Higher @ 11,005.74 (+25.05)

NASDAQ: Closed Lower @ 2,267.46 (-0.92)

S&P 500: Closed Higher @ 1,278.47 (+2.59)

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NYMEX Crude Oil is currently @ $60.05/barrel

New York Spot Gold closed Lower @ $542.60/ounce

Currently, The U.S. Dollar buys 0.8373 Euros

Currently, The Euro buys 1.1942 U.S. Dollars

The U.S. Prime Rate (Fed Prime Rate) is 7.5%


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