U.S. stock prices continued to suffer the fallout of the Federal Reserve announcement which signaled their hesitancy to provide major new economic stimulus. Weak economic indicators from the U.S., China and Europe raised concerns over the world economy. In Europe, investors were kept on edge in anticipation of the audit of Spain’s troubled banks; the assessment showed that the nation’s banks may need between €51.8 billion and €62 billion ($65.7 billion and $78.7 billion) to recapitalize.
The DJ30 closed at 12,573.57, declining -250.82 points (-1.96%), the SPX500 closed at 1,325.51, declining-30.18 points (-2.23%) and the Nasdaq closed at 2,859.09 declining -71.36 points (-2.44%) in today’s trading.
The CAC40 closed at 3,114.22 declining -12.30 points (-0.39%), FTSE100 closed at 5,566.36, declining -55.93 points (-0.99%) and DAX40 closed at 6,343.13 declining -49.00 points (-0.77%).
Amazon Inc. (AMZN) is expected to release a music service that will resemble Apple’s iTunes. The music service will include storage of songs on a remote server and their respective online access. Shares of the web retailer climbed 1.82% after word of that expected release hit the market.
Stocks Execution Prices:
|
Name |
Sell |
Buy |
Change % |
Closing Rate |
|
Apple (AAPL) |
581.28 |
582.56 |
-1.38 |
577.67 |
|
Google (GOOG) |
567.62 |
568.99 |
-2.13 |
565.21 |
|
Facebook (FB) |
31.87 |
31.94 |
0.76 |
31.84 |
|
Microsoft (MSFT) |
30.24 |
30.31 |
-2.57 |
30.14 |
|
Amazon (AMZN) |
221.02 |
221.49 |
-1.10 |
220.57 |
|
Yahoo (YHOO) |
15.54 |
15.59 |
-1.43 |
15.52 |
|
Zynga (ZNGA) |
5.70 |
5.73 |
-2.89 |
5.72 |