Little change on a snowy storm day

Dow dropped 20 & held above 10K on a very quiet day with sub par trading, below 1B shares on the NYSE floor. Banks managed a gain on this quiet day.


S&P 500 FINANCIALS INDEX

Value 187.15

Change 1.53

% Change 0.8%

The Alerian MLP Index fell 4 to the 276s, having a tough time finding traction in the last month. The REIT index was up pennies.


Alerian MLP Index --- YTD





Oil finally took its cue from the cold weather & advanced while gold was flat.

CLH10.NYM

...Crude Oil Mar 10

...74.50

... 0.75 .......(1.0%)

GCG10.CMX

...Gold Feb 10...

1,075.80

... 0.90 .......(0.0%)

Tomorrow markets will be back in action full force & so will I.

Dow Jones Industrials --- YTD