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Posted 08:05 CST Equity Index Update Monday February 27, 2006 The index markets survived the initial downdraft over a spike in Crude Oil prices after the attack in Saudi Arabia and settled moderately higher across the complex. Volume flows were bordering on non-existent as players...

Posted 08:25 CST Equity Index Update Friday February 24, 2006 The index markets were unable to hold early gains and finished with slight losses across the complex. Volume flows remained light and players did not seem interested in taking the market above key resistance areas in the...

Posted 08:35 CST Equity Index Update Thursday February 23, 2006 The index markets took another step higher yesterday as the NDX recovered from its Semiconductor led sell off on Tuesday. The one resting fly in the ointment was our settlement in the futures arena. Each contract...

Posted 08:55 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday February 22, 2006 The index markets finished lower on the heels of sharp selling in the NDX, specifically tied to the Semiconductor Index as Citigroup downgraded the entire sector. The broader indices fared a bit better...on the...

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Posted 08:40 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday February 21, 2006 The index markets participated in a quiet option expiration related session on Friday. Given the weakness in DELL and INTC, as well as some inflation turning headlines on the PPI front, the indices held serve quite well...

Posted 08:45 CST Equity Index Update Friday February 17, 2006 The index markets continued their probing of higher price zones with a solid rally yesterday. Fed Chairman Bernanke's second day testimony went off without any glitches and more than that, it appears that many were...

Posted 08:40 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday February 15, 2006 The index markets put on their respective rally caps, led by a charge in the DJIA as it crossed and held the psychological 11,000 level. Further support in the collective indices was found after the Russell 2000 and...

Posted 08:10 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday February 14, 2006 The index markets were able to survive a quiet session that found many players at their respective east coast homes after the weekend blizzard on the east coast. Volume flows were tame ahead of Wednesday's testimony from...

Posted 07:45 CST Equity Index Update Monday February 12, 2006 The index markets were able to take back the aggressive early selling in the marketplace and settle higher in the large cap arena. Small and Mid caps continue their respective under performance, however, were able to...

Posted 08:00 CST Equity Index Update Thursday February 9, 2006 The index markets put in a strong performance yesterday as final hour buying turned minor large cap gains into significant one's by the closing bell. When it was over, the SPH reversed Tuesday's decline, the NDX settled...

Posted 08:55 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday February 8, 2006 The index markets drifted lower yesterday, however, the large caps, which have received the brunt of the recent selling were able to consolidate at support levels. The shift in the marketplace was felt in the ER2 and...

Posted 07:00 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday February 7, 2006 The index markets traded mixed as early large cap technology weakness led the NDX to challenge the key 1650 level, and each of the remaining indices challenged their respective Friday session lows. However, the sellers...

Posted 08:05 CST Equity Index Update Monday February 6, 2006 The index markets suffered another decline in the large cap issues as the SPH, DJIA and NDX fell for the second straight session. Disturbingly, for the buy side, the NDX settled at its lowest point of 2006 at 1664.53. The...

Posted 08:20 CST Equity Index Update Friday February 3, 2006 The index markets suffered through some aggressive mid-morning selling yesterday. Strong institutional selling hit the SPH contract around 9:35cst yesterday, the estimates were that one house sold the equivalent of 7,000...

Posted 08:15 CST Equity Index Update Thursday February 2, 2006 The index markets participated in a narrow range driven session as the indices worked off the GOOG overnight news and moved higher from the overnight trading lows. All told, the markets remained bid at lower band price...

Posted 08:15 CST Equity Index Update Wednesday February 1, 2006 The index markets were jolted with late session selling on the heels of disappointing earnings from GOOG. The NDH's last trade was about -1.2% from fair value...however, due to month end settlement procedures, the...

Posted 08:20 CST Equity Index Update Tuesday January 31, 2006 The index markets traded in a quiet, narrow range ahead of today's critical data. This data entails the end of a very solid month in terms of net performance in the marketplace, the FOMC meeting and the final day of Fed...

Posted 08:50 CST Equity Index Update Monday January 30, 2006 The index markets participated in a sharp rally, led by the underperforming large cap issues on the heels of a better than anticipated earnings report from MSFT. The NDX was able to push higher, but, failed to hold the...

Posted 08:50 CST Equity Index Update Friday January 27, 2006 The index markets participated in a choppy back and forth session that ended with strong gains in both the large and small cap markets. MSMFT and BRCM were all the focus after the market closed as their earnings reports...