Shares ended the session mixed on falling oil prices and a lower than expected sentiment reading from home builders. Much anticipation is in the air for the FOMC rate statement tomorrow. No rate increase is expected but the statement should shed light on future monetary policy. Wal-mart led the DJIA higher while Caterpillar was the main drag. The DJIA added +17.46 to 10642.15, the tech heavy Nasdaq gave back -5.45 to 2362.21 and the broad based S&P 500 eased higher by +0.52 to 1150.51.
Google
(GOOG): Fell by 2.82% or $16.36 to $563.18/share as it prepares to leave the Chinese markets under governmental pressure.
Baidu, Incorporated
(BIDU): Google's Chinese competitor soared 4.83% or $26.60 to $576.84/share as advertisers are being urged to utilize their services instead of Google.
Mannkind Corp
(MNKD): Alfred Mann's bio tech firm plummeted 24.71% or $2.59 to $7.89/share after not obtaining U.S. approval of its new insulin drug.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
(WMT): A Citigroup upgrade sent shares higher by 2.82% or $1.52 to $55.42.
Oil fell $1.31 to $79.93, gold climbed $4.10 to $1106.00 and the VIX index gained by 2.39% to 18.00.
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Empire Manufacturing Survey (Mar): Consensus: 22.0, Prior: 24.91
Net Long-Term TIC Flows (Dec): Consensus: $47.5B, Prior: $63.3B
Capacity Utilization (Feb): Consensus: 72.5%, Prior: 72.5%
Industrial Production (Feb): Consensus: 0.0%, Prior: 0.9%
Building Permits (Feb): Consensus: 602K, Prior: 622K
Housing Starts (Feb): Consensus: 570K, Prior: 591K
Import Prices ex-oil (Feb): Consensus: NA, Prior: 0.4%
Export Prices ex-ag. (Feb): Consensus: NA, Prior: 0.7%
FOMC Rate Decision (03/16): Consensus: 0.25%, Prior: 0.25%
Core PPI (Feb): Consensus: 0.1%, Prior: 0.3%
PPI (Feb): Consensus: -0.2%, Prior: 1.4%
Crude Inventories (03/13): Consensus: NA, Prior: 1.43M
Core CPI (Feb): Consensus: 0.1%, Prior: -0.1%
CPI (Feb): Consensus: 0.1%, Prior: 0.2%
Initial Claims (03/13): Consensus: 450K, Prior: 462K
Continuing Claims (03/06): Consensus: 4500K, Prior: 4558K
Current Account Balance (Q4): Consensus: -$120.0B, Prior: -$108.0B
Leading Indicators (Feb): Consensus: 0.1%, Prior: 0.3%
Philadelphia Fed (Mar): Consensus: 18.0, Prior: 17.6
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