Consumer Confidence Climbs, Stocks Higher, Oil Slips
Stocks closed mixed today after flirting back and forth across break even during the session. Consumer Confidence hit a 9 month high pushing shares into positive territory at the close. Oil slipped on the back of a rising US dollar ending the lack luster trading session. The DJIA advanced +28.34 to 8799.26, the Nasdaq fell +3.57 to 1858.80 and the S&P 500 added +1.32 to 946.21.
AK Steel
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BlackRock
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Cabot
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Oil dropped 0.64 cents to $72.20, Gold gave up $21.30 to $940.70 and the VIX dropped 0.14% to 28.15.
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