Dow inches toward 10,000

October 13th, 2009  by Bryden Elssmann

Closing Data

  Current Change %
Dow Jones 9885.8 20.86 0.2%
NASDAQ 2139.14 -0.14 -0.0%
S P 500 1076.18 4.69 0.4%
FTSE 100 5210.17 48.3 0.9%
Nikkei 225 10016.39 183.92 1.9%
ASX 200 4,740 -13 -0.3%
COMEX Gold - Dec 09 1057.5 8.9 0.8%
COMEX Silver - Sep 09 17.82 0.13 0.7%
COMEX Copper - Sep 09 285.7 1.9 0.7%
WTI Spot 73.27 1.5 2.1%
AUD-USD 0.9072 0.0031 0.3%
Aluminium 1915 49 2.6%
Copper 6236 -29.5 -0.5%
Lead 2263 13 0.6%
Nickel 18810 -150 -0.8%
Tin 15175 75 0.5%
Zinc 2061 16.5 0.8%

The Dow inched closer to the 10,000 level, despite a choppy session on Wall Street. The Dow gained 20 points, or 0.2% after rising as high as 9931.82. The Dow moving closer to 10,000 is a key psychological level that could trigger a more aggressive wave of buying or a big selloff. Despite repeated calls for a big 10% to 15% selloff, the market hasn't given up more than 5% without buyers rushing back in. the market is likely to continue to avoid a big selloff, as many people remain under invested, with plenty of cash on the sidelines and no better place to put in than in stocks.


Australian stocks are set to open higher on Tuesday, with miners likely to climb as a weaker U.S. dollar boosts metals prices, and with banks tipped to rise on optimism the bad debt cycle will be much tamer than they provisioned for.

 

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