The Wall Street Journal - 31.10.2019

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Thursday, October 31, 2019 |B7


Consumer Rates and Returns to Investor


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U.S. consumer rates
A consumer rate against its
benchmark over the past year

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Selected rates
Five-year ARM, Rate
Bankrate.com avg†: 4.32%
Enterprise Bank and Trust Company 3.00%

Lowell, MA 877-671-2265
Webster Bank 3.00%
Hartford, CT 888-493-2783
Somerset Savings Bank, SLA 3.13%
Bound Brook, NJ 732-560-1700
Lincoln 1st Bank 3.25%
Lincoln Park, NJ 973-694-0330
Manasquan Bank 3.25%
Manasquan, NJ 732-292-8400
Yield/Rate (%) 52-Week Range (%) 3-yr chg
Interest rate Last (l)Week ago Low 0 2 4 6 8 High (pct pts)
Federal-funds rate target 1.75-2.00 1.75-2.00 1.75 l 2.25 *1.50
Prime rate
5.00 5.00 5.00 l 5.50 1.50
Libor, 3-month 1.91 1.94 1.91 l 2.82 1.02
Money market, annual yield 0.71 0.72 0.43 l 0.78 0.44
Five-year CD, annual yield 1.53 1.53 1.49 l 2.07 0.32
30-year mortgage, fixed† 3.98 3.99 3.60 l 4.99 0.37
15-year mortgage, fixed† 3.35 3.38 3.14 l 4.34 0.49
Jumbo mortgages, $484,350-plus† 4.35 4.41 4.16 l 5.01 0.01
Five-year adj mortgage (ARM)† 4.32 4.47 3.94 l 4.86 1.11
New-car loan, 48-month 4.56 4.51 4.49 l 4.81 1.63*
Bankrate.com rates based on survey of over 4,800 online banks.
Base rate posted by 70% of the nation's largest
banks.† Excludes closing costs. Sources: FactSet; Dow Jones Market Data; Bankrate.com


Benchmark Yields
and Rates

Treasury yield curve
Yield to maturity of current bills,
notes and bonds

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Forex Race
Yen, euro vs. dollar; dollar vs.
major U.S. trading partners

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Euro

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WSJ Dollar index

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Sources: Ryan ALM; Tullett Prebon; Dow Jones Market Data

International Stock Indexes
Latest YTD
Region/Country Index Close Net chg % chg % chg
World The Global Dow 3089.03 –5.44 –0.18 13.0
DJ Global Index 411.13 0.59 0.14 17.2
DJ Global ex U.S. 250.74 –0.10 –0.04 12.6
Americas DJ Americas 718.64 1.86 0.26 21.1
Brazil Sao Paulo Bovespa108407.54 851.28 0.79 23.3
Canada S&P/TSX Comp 16501.43 83.29 0.51 15.2
Mexico S&P/BMV IPC 43741.62 –109.44 –0.25 5.0
Chile Santiago IPSA 3399.97 –98.00 –2.80 –9.6
EMEA Stoxx Europe 600 398.70 0.33 0.08 18.1
Eurozone Euro Stoxx 390.39 –0.17 –0.04 18.8
Belgium Bel-20 3767.32 3.39 0.09 16.1
Denmark OMX Copenhagen 201059.15 10.73 1.02 18.8
France CAC 40 5765.87 25.73 0.45 21.9
Germany DAX 12910.23 –29.39 –0.23 22.3
Israel Tel Aviv 1653.10 –7.73 –0.47 12.9
Italy FTSE MIB 22646.08 –34.67 –0.15 23.6
Netherlands AEX 581.61 –0.21 –0.04 19.2
Russia RTS Index 1431.90 7.85 0.55 34.0
South Africa FTSE/JSE All-Share55872.60 155.91 0.28 5.9
Spain IBEX 35 9284.50 –115.60 –1.23 8.7
Sweden OMX Stockholm 652.20 2.67 0.41 24.2
Switzerland Swiss Market 10254.95 –2.74 –0.03 21.7
Turkey BIST 100 98692.03 –1146.27 –1.15 8.1
U.K. FTSE 100 7330.78 24.52 0.34 9.0
U.K. FTSE 250 20115.10 –53.23 –0.26 14.9
Asia-Pacific
Australia S&P/ASX 200 6689.50 –55.92 –0.83 18.5
China Shanghai Composite2939.32 –14.86 –0.50 17.9
Hong Kong Hang Seng 26667.71 –119.05 –0.44 3.2
India S&P BSE Sensex 40051.87 220.03 0.55 11.0
Japan Nikkei Stock Avg 22843.12 –131.01 –0.57 14.1
Singapore Straits Times 3207.92 10.89 0.34 4.5
South Korea Kospi 2080.27 –12.42 –0.59 1.9
Taiwan TAIEX 11380.28 46.41 0.41 17.0
Thailand SET 1601.83 10.62 0.67 2.4
Sources: FactSet; Dow Jones Market Data


Major U.S. Stock-Market Indexes


Latest 52-Week % chg
High Low Close Net chg % chg High Low % chg YTD 3-yr. ann.
Dow Jones
Industrial Average 27204.36 26999.64 27186.69 115.27 0.43 27359.1621792.20 8.2 16.5 14.4
Transportation Avg 10765.03 10538.63 10639.20 -190.57 -1.76 11098.99 8637.15 4.4 16.0 9.9
Utility Average 862.15 853.17 860.10 5.07 0.59 880.50 692.00 17.2 20.6 9.1
Total Stock Market 31199.13 30955.28 31166.46 84.57 0.27 31166.4624126.04 11.6 21.2 12.4
Barron's 400 695.85 690.19 694.85 -0.54 -0.08 720.53 571.68 1.7 14.0 9.3

Nasdaq Stock Market
Nasdaq Composite 8315.50 8241.70 8303.98 27.12 0.33 8330.21 6192.92 13.7 25.1 17.0
Nasdaq 100 8096.33 8017.92 8083.11 35.60 0.44 8110.67 5899.35 16.0 27.7 18.9

S&P
500 Index 3050.10 3025.96 3046.77 9.88 0.33 3046.77 2351.10 12.4 21.5 12.7
MidCap 400 1973.15 1959.75 1969.94 -5.30 -0.27 1986.80 1567.40 7.9 18.5 9.5
SmallCap 600 979.24 968.61 975.91 -4.45 -0.45 992.06 793.86 2.7 15.5 10.7

Other Indexes
Russell 2000 1575.61 1562.05 1572.85 -4.23 -0.27 1614.98 1266.93 4.1 16.6 9.8
NYSE Composite 13248.65 13152.96 13244.01 34.37 0.26 13244.0110769.83 8.5 16.4 8.1
Value Line 529.45 524.62 527.52 -1.93 -0.36 552.12 446.06 -0.2 11.7 4.3
NYSE Arca Biotech 4485.73 4437.08 4462.24 -5.51 -0.12 5261.79 3890.37 -1.8 5.7 14.6
NYSE Arca Pharma 611.31 604.46 611.14 8.26 1.37 612.45 535.91 6.5 7.4 8.5
KBW Bank 105.48 104.24 104.81 -0.96 -0.91 105.77 80.78 6.0 22.2 12.0
PHLX § Gold/Silver 93.28 91.04 93.26 0.80 0.86 101.76 61.84 45.1 32.0 3.2
PHLX § Oil Service 69.13 65.56 65.80 -2.99 -4.34 124.56 59.66 -45.0 -18.4 -24.6
PHLX § Semiconductor 1670.96 1649.68 1661.46 -1.00 -0.06 1677.57 1069.39 38.2 43.8 26.6
Cboe Volatility 13.77 12.27 12.33 -0.87 -6.59 36.07 12.01 -41.9 -51.5 -8.7
Nasdaq PHLX Sources: FactSet; Dow Jones Market Data

Late Trading
Most-active and biggest movers among NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE Amer.
and Nasdaq issues from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET as reported by electronic
trading services, securities dealers and regional exchanges. Minimum
share price of $2 and minimum after-hours volume of 50,000 shares.
Most-active issues in late trading
Volume After Hours
Company Symbol (000) Last Net chg % chg High Low
VanEck Vectors Gold Miner GDX 12,607.2 27.37 -0.08 -0.29 27.48 27.30
Facebook Cl A FB 7,670.8 197.22 8.97 4.76 200.00 187.80
SPDR S&P 500 SPY 6,383.6 304.60 0.46 0.15 305.13 304.08
Apple AAPL 4,747.2 247.73 4.47 1.84 252.50 243.10
General Electric GE 4,125.0 10.04 -0.07 -0.69 10.12 10.03
Disney DIS 2,331.8 129.97 0.37 0.29 130.04 129.60
iShares iBoxx $ HY Cp Bd HYG 2,178.1 87.11 ... unch. 87.15 87.11
Snap SNAP 2,098.0 14.85 -0.01 -0.07 14.89 14.75
Percentage gainers...
Universal Display OLED 237.2 200.10 26.45 15.23 202.00 170.20
Sprouts Farmers Market SFM 140.1 20.34 1.59 8.48 21.69 18.75
SunPower SPWR 282.9 9.10 0.70 8.33 9.16 8.40
Cirrus Logic CRUS 88.4 62.50 4.01 6.86 64.35 58.25
Gogo Inc. GOGO 201.2 6.56 0.40 6.49 6.56 6.16
...And losers
Merit Medical Systems MMSI 125.0 19.48 -9.63 -33.08 29.11 18.50
Western Digital WDC 1,323.1 55.45 -6.71 -10.79 62.80 54.70
AK Steel AKS 326.5 2.43 -0.24 -8.99 2.68 2.43
Etsy ETSY 1,341.5 48.25 -4.55 -8.62 56.50 45.00
Twilio Cl A TWLO 2,033.5 99.20 -8.50 -7.89 109.90 86.27

Trading Diary
Volume, Advancers, Decliners
NYSE NYSE Amer.
Total volume* 837,101,667 11,560,211
Adv. volume* 421,384,407 5,707,837
Decl. volume* 402,515,228 5,809,561
Issues traded 3,035 276
Advances 1,547 150
Declines 1,371 118
Unchanged 117 8
New highs 152 2
New lows 40 8
Closing Arms† 1.09 1.89
Block trades* 5,719 92
Nasdaq NYSE Arca
Total volume* 1,912,222,218243,454,838
Adv. volume* 959,105,925153,317,727
Decl. volume* 930,726,909 89,092,682
Issues traded 3,249 1,607
Advances 1,552 1,024
Declines 1,571 559
Unchanged 126 24
New highs 98 190
New lows 74 22
Closing Arms† 0.96 1.09
Block trades* 8,300 1,278
* Primary market NYSE, NYSE American NYSE Arca only.
†(TRIN) A comparison of the number of advancing and declining
issues with the volume of shares rising and falling. An
Arms of less than 1 indicates buying demand; above 1
indicates selling pressure.

Percentage Gainers... Percentage Losers


Volume % chg fromLatest Session 52-Week
Company Symbol (000) 65-day avg Close % chg High Low
General Electric GE 215,835 221.7 10.11 11.47 11.29 6.40
Advanced Micro Devices AMD 78,069 33.8 33.13 0.30 35.55 16.03
iShares MSCI Emg MarketsEEM 60,881 -3.9 42.92 0.44 44.84 38.04
PG&E PCG 56,109 308.7 6.14 22.07 49.42 3.55
VanEck Vectors Gold Miner GDX 54,888 -18.1 27.45 0.88 30.96 18.26
Nokia ADR NOK 53,772 109.8 3.65 2.82 6.65 3.50
Finl Select Sector SPDR XLF 51,091 -7.2 28.84 -0.07 29.00 22.05
SPDR S&P 500 SPY 49,446 -33.2 304.14 0.31 304.55 233.76
Bank of America BAC 45,230 -22.3 31.62 -1.40 32.23 22.66
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCAU 42,699 900.0 14.98 5.27 17.46 12.11
* Volumes of 100,000 shares or more are rounded to the nearest thousand

Volume% chg from Latest Session 52-Week
Company Symbol (000) 65-day avg Close % chg High Low
MutualFirst Financial MFSF 583 8692 39.56 20.24 39.71 24.28
Cyclerion Therapeutics CYCN 6,727 6625 2.75 -79.52 22.85 2.66
Evans Bancorp EVBN 343 5609 37.68 1.78 44.00 30.61
Anixter Intl AXE 3,887 2205 83.42 16.83 84.10 50.05
InterXion Holding INXN 10,913 1878 89.20 -0.25 102.66 50.05
Flagstar Bancorp FBC 4,928 1789 36.23 -3.80 40.00 25.30
WisdomTr US Total Div Fd DTD 340 1717 100.94 0.25 100.95 79.49

Mayville Engineering MEC (^875) 1703 7.87 -33.08 17.40 7.70
Mastech Digital MHH 106 1499 7.20 4.80 8.37 4.51
Regalwood Gl Energy Cl A RWGE 534 1443 10.32 -0.10 10.65 9.76



  • Common stocks priced at $2 a share or more with an average volume over 65 trading days of at least
    5,000 shares=Has traded fewer than 65 days
    Nasdaq Composite Index
    8303.98
    s27.12, or 0.33%
    High, low, open and close for each
    trading day of the past three months.
    Last Year ago
    Trailing P/E ratio
    P/E estimate

    Dividend yield
    All-time high:
    24.75 23.27
    21.87 19.15
    1.01 1.05
    8330.21, 07/26/19
    7400
    7550
    7700
    7850
    8000
    8150
    8300
    July Aug. Sept. Oct.
    65-day moving average
    EQUITIES
    CREDIT MARKETS
    Corporate Borrowing Rates and Yields
    Yield (%) 52-Week Total Return (%)
    Bond total return index Close Last Week ago High Low 52-wk 3-yr
    Treasury , Ryan ALM 1598.835 1.787 1.740 3.154 1.484 12.421 2.741
    10-yr Treasury , Ryan ALM 1910.288 1.801 1.761 3.232 1.456 15.230 2.486
    DJ Corporate n.a. n.a. 2.885 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
    Aggregate , Barclays Capital2115.870 2.330 2.310 3.660 2.060 10.666 3.137
    High Yield 100 , Merrill Lynch3122.965 5.196 5.191 7.825 5.100 8.258 5.501
    Fixed-Rate MBS , Barclays 2131.390 2.590 2.580 3.810 2.200 8.441 2.458
    Muni Master , Merrill 561.217 1.720 1.709 2.908 1.459 8.617 3.144
    EMBI Global , J.P. Morgan 863.374 5.235 5.195 7.372 5.115 13.215 4.313
    Sources: J.P. Morgan; Ryan ALM; S&P Dow Jones Indices; Barclays Capital; Merrill Lynch
    Latest Session 52-Week
    Company Symbol Close Net chg % chg High Low % chg
    IVERIC bio ISEE 3.56 1.41 65.58 3.60 0.91 57.5
    Big 5 Sporting Goods BGFV 3.49 1.08 44.81 4.78 1.57 -0.6
    OneSpan OSPN 19.43 3.60 22.74 21.61 11.41 32.4
    PG&E PCG 6.14 1.11 22.07 49.42 3.55 -86.9
    MutualFirst Financial MFSF 39.56 6.66 20.24 39.71 24.28 11.4
    Strata Skin Sciences SSKN 2.75 0.45 19.57 3.43 1.65 -0.7
    Inphi IPHI 70.95 11.51 19.36 72.31 29.56 121.7
    VSE VSEC 39.49 5.71 16.90 39.50 24.06 25.9
    Anixter Intl AXE 83.42 12.02 16.83 84.10 50.05 27.0
    Unisys Corp UIS 9.89 1.40 16.49 19.10 6.39 -46.3
    Tenable Holdings TENB 26.00 3.60 16.07 36.26 20.00 -8.7
    Crocs CROX 38.53 5.21 15.62 39.13 17.53 87.6
    Green Dot Cl A GDOT 29.65 3.89 15.10 93.00 22.45 -60.9
    Mattel MAT 12.02 1.46 13.78 17.27 9.06 -11.5
    A10 Networks ATEN 7.34 0.88 13.62 8.29 5.72 26.3
    Most Active Stocks

    Latest Session 52-Week
    Company Symbol Close Net chg % chg High Low % chg
    Cyclerion Therapeutics CYCN 2.75 -10.68 -79.52 22.85 2.66 ...
    Quad/Graphics QUAD 4.85 -6.42 -56.97 18.18 4.84 -68.6
    Tupperware Brands TUP 10.16 -5.38 -34.62 38.90 10.15 -71.1
    Mayville Engineering MEC 7.87 -3.89 -33.08 17.40 7.70 ...
    Enphase Energy ENPH 18.76 -6.43 -25.53 35.42 4.21 313.2
    Lydall LDL 19.21 -5.54 -22.38 33.47 17.90 -35.7
    AMAG Pharmaceuticals AMAG 10.35 -2.98 -22.36 22.30 6.81 -51.9
    Sonim Technologies SONM 2.51 -0.69 -21.56 18.26 2.50 ...
    Container Store Group TCS 3.97 -1.08 -21.39 9.50 3.94 -32.8
    Endologix ELGX 2.30 -0.62 -21.23 14.10 2.28 -81.1
    Wins Finance Holdings WINS 11.14 -2.91 -20.71 68.00 7.26 -69.5
    Adtalem Global Education ATGE 29.70 -6.84 -18.72 58.80 27.58 -41.3
    Camber Energy CEI 3.07 -0.66 -17.69 6640.63 2.95 -99.9
    Iterum Therapeutics ITRM 2.89 -0.61 -17.43 9.30 2.64 -52.6
    California Resources CRC 6.05 -1.26 -17.24 35.20 6.02 -80.7
    Volume Movers
    Ranked by change from 65-day average

    Commodities
    Pricing trends on some raw materials, or commodities
    Wednesday 52-Week YTD
    Close Net chg % Chg High Low % Chg % chg
    DJ Commodity 623.40 -1.03 -0.16 639.65 572.87 1.69 8.82
    TR/CC CRB Index 178.31 -0.06 -0.04 192.58 167.89 -6.63 5.01
    Crude oil, $ per barrel 55.06 -0.48 -0.86 66.30 42.53 -15.69 21.25
    Natural gas, $/MMBtu 2.691 0.052 1.97 4.837 2.070 -17.48 -8.47
    Gold, $ per troy oz. 1493.20 5.80 0.39 1550.30 1199.20 23.17 16.81
    CURRENCIES & COMMODITIES
    Currencies
    U.S.-dollar foreign-exchange rates in late New York trading
    US$ vs,
    Wed YTD chg
    Country/currency in US$ per US$ (%)
    Americas
    Argentina
    peso .0168 59.6322 58.4
    Brazil
    real .2505 3.9914 2.8
    Canada
    dollar .7599 1.3160 –3.5
    Chile
    peso .001352 739.40 6.5
    Colombia
    peso .000295 3390.40 4.4
    Ecuador
    US dollar 11 unch
    Mexico
    peso .0524 19.0815 –2.9
    Uruguay
    peso .02666 37.5100 15.8
    Asia-Pacific
    Australian
    dollar .6902 1.4489 2.2
    China
    yuan .1417 7.0554 2.6
    Hong Kong
    dollar .1276 7.8401 0.1
    India
    rupee .01411 70.848 1.8
    Indonesia
    rupiah .0000713 14027 –2.5
    Japan
    yen .009187 108.85 –0.7
    Kazakhstan
    tenge .002574 388.57 1.1
    Macau
    pataca .1238 8.0767 0.1
    Malaysia
    ringgit .2392 4.1801 1.2
    New Zealand
    dollar .6388 1.5654 5.2
    Pakistan
    rupee .00643 155.625 11.3
    Philippines
    peso .0197 50.890 –3.1
    Singapore
    dollar .7345 1.3614 –0.1
    South Korea
    won .00085811165.41 4.6
    Sri Lanka
    rupee .0055075181.57 –0.7
    Taiwan
    dollar .03290 30.391 –0.6
    Thailand
    baht .03309 30.220 –6.5
    US$ vs,
    Wed YTD chg
    Country/currency in US$ per US$ (%)
    Vietnam dong .00004310 23201 0.03
    Europe
    Czech Rep.
    koruna .04370 22.885 2.1
    Denmark
    krone .1492 6.7004 2.9
    Euro area
    euro 1.1151 .8968 2.9
    Hungary
    forint .003386 295.32 5.5
    Iceland
    krona .008074 123.85 6.6
    Norway
    krone .1089 9.1815 6.2
    Poland
    zloty .2619 3.8185 2.1
    Russia
    ruble .01570 63.714 –8.0
    Sweden
    krona .1035 9.6577 9.1
    Switzerland
    franc 1.0108 .9893 0.8
    Turkey
    lira .1754 5.7020 7.8
    Ukraine
    hryvnia .0400 24.9697 –9.9
    UK
    pound 1.2898 .7753 –1.1
    Middle East/Africa
    Bahrain
    dinar 2.6525 .3770 0.01
    Egypt
    pound .0620 16.1381 –9.9
    Israel
    shekel .2834 3.5284 –5.6
    Kuwait
    dinar 3.2921 .3038 0.2
    Oman
    sul rial 2.5974 .3850 unch
    Qatar
    rial .2757 3.627 –0.2
    Saudi Arabia
    riyal .2666 3.7504 –0.03
    South Africa
    rand .0667 15.0028 4.5
    CloseNet Chg% ChgYTD % Chg
    WSJ Dollar Index 90.56 –0.20–0.22 1.00
    Sources: Tullett Prebon, Dow Jones Market Data
    Dow Jones Industrial Average
    27186.69
    s115.27, or 0.43%
    High, low, open and close for each
    trading day of the past three months.
    LastYear ago
    Trailing P/E ratio
    P/E estimate
    Dividend yield
    All-time high
    19.99 21.36
    17.99 15.90
    2.27 2.21
    27359.16, 07/15/19
    24000
    24600
    25200
    25800
    26400
    27000
    27600
    July Aug. Sept. Oct.
    Current divisor 0.14744568353097
    Bars measure the point change from session's open
    tt
    Session high
    Session low
    Session open
    Close Open
    Close
    DOWN UP
    65-day moving average
    S&P 500 Index
    3046.77
    s9.88, or 0.33%
    High, low, open and close for each
    trading day of the past three months.
    Last Year ago
    Trailing P/E ratio

    P/E estimate
    Dividend yield

    All-time high
    23.68 21.71
    18.25 16.41
    1.91 1.95
    3046.77, 10/30/19
    2750
    2800
    2850
    2900
    2950
    3000
    3050
    July Aug. Sept. Oct.
    65-day moving average
    *Weekly P/E data based on as-reported earnings from Birinyi Associates Inc.;†Based on Nasdaq-100 Index
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