Jan 7 Stats

Market Prices: Global Dow 2023.32 DJIA 10550 DJT 4135.75 DJU 396.61 S&P500 1141.69

Key Price Signals: EUR/USD 1.4314 USD/JPY 93.16 Gold 1123.90 Oil 93.16

NYSE: 1882 issues advanced while 1186 declined. Of that, 342 made new highs while 3 made lows. Total activity was 1,193,769,108. Demand was on the upside at 811,935,428 shares and 375,209,610 on the downside. Citigroup was the most active with 671,506,458. Altria the 50th actively traded at 14,983,392 (and finally over 20). At the bottom, is American Express at 8,981,628 making the trading day a financial sandwich.

NASDAQ: 1562 issues advanced while 1103 declined. Of that, 118 made new highs while 4 made lows. Total activity was 2,279,057,834. Demand was on the upside at 1,218,747,421 and 1,032,121,576 on the downside. A Midwestern bank starts off the active list: Huntington Bancshare at 77,082,232. A semi conductor in the middle, XILINX, at 9,250,700 and rounding out the top 100 is JDS Uniphase at 4,910,766.

Diary: Financials of all stripes are starting to maintain momentum. Airlines rallied again. Techs sold off. But today, the Nasdaq internals are aligned with NYSE so pare trade exited.