Friday, July 31, 2009

Sideways - Oil Up

The DOW gained 17 and the S&P gained almost 1 point on Friday at 4 p.m. EST.

It all ended up being another sideways market session.

The GDP news is the days clincher. With the second quarter GDP numbers being slightly better than expected, Wall Street went with guarded optimism. The market rallied for most of the day then leveled out late in the noon.

Just looking around briefly, energy was at the center of the gains.
Oil rose 3.75 percent on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy shrunk less than expected in the second quarter, raising hopes the recession was easing.

U.S. light crude traded up $2.51 to settle at $69.45 a barrel...source

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