USA Today - 03.10.2019

6B z THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019 z USA TODAY MONEY

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MARKET PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR
Sector Close Chg. 4wk^1 YTD^1

COMMODITIES

Commodities Close Prev. Chg. % Chg. % YTD

TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

ETF, ranked by volume Ticker Close Chg. % Chg %YTD

FOREIGN CURRENCIES

Currency per dollar Close Prev. 6 mo. ago Yr. ago

FOREIGN MARKETS

Country Close Prev. Change %Chg. %YTD

Technology 78.28 -1.50 -2.0% +26.3%
Utilities 63.73 -0.86 ...% +20.4%
Consumer discret. 117.54 -2.15 -2.3% +18.7%
Consumer staples 60.03 -1.23 -2.6% +18.2%
Industrials 74.34 -1.43 -1.8% +15.4%
Financials 26.85 -0.56 -0.2% +12.7%
Telecom 56.19 -0.69 -2.5% +12.0%
Materials 55.81 -1.02 -2.0% +10.5%
Health care 87.95 -1.30 -2.4% +1.7%
Energy 56.41 -1.42 -2.7% -1.6%

SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY 2 88.06 - 5.18 - 1.8% +15.3%

iPath Sh Term Fut VXX 2 6.45 +1.66 +6.7% - 43.7%

SPDR Financial XLF 2 6.85 - 0.56 - 2.0% +12.7%

VanE Vect Gld Miners GDX 2 7.41 +0.49 +1.8% +30.0%

Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ 1 84.05 - 3.22 - 1.7% +19.3%

iShares EAFE ETF EFA 6 3.25 - 1.32 - 2.0% +7.6%

iShs Emerg Mkts EEM 4 0.27 - 0.31 - 0.8% +3.1%

SPDR S&P O&G ExpPdtn XOP 2 0.95 - 0.60 - 2.8% - 21.0%

iShs iBoxx HY CpBd HYG 8 6.11 - 0.51 - 0.6% +6.2%

ProShs UltraPro QQQ TQQQ 5 7.06 - 3.08 - 5.1% +54.0%

Cattle (lb.) 1 .06 1 .05 +0.01 +1.4% - 15.0%

Corn (bushel) 3 .88 3 .93 - 0.05 - 1.2% +3.4%

Gold (troy oz.) 1 ,501.00 1 ,482.00 +19.00 +1.3% +17.4%

Hogs, lean (lb.). 62. 63 - 0.01 - 0.6% +2.0%

Natural Gas (Btu.) 2 .25 2 .28 - 0.03 - 1.6% - 23.6%

Oil, heating (gal.) 1 .87 1 .90 - 0.03 - 1.3% +11.1%

Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 5 2.64 5 3.62 - 0.98 - 1.8% +15.9%

Silver (troy oz.) 1 7.59 1 7.20 +0.39 +2.3% +14.0%

Soybeans (bushel) 9 .14 9 .20 - 0.06 - 0.6% +3.5%

Wheat (bushel) 4 .89 4 .99 - 0.10 - 2.0% - 2.8%

British pound. 8127. 8129. 7625. 7705

Canadian dollar 1 .3316 1 .3215 1 .3347 1.

Chinese yuan 7 .1482 7 .1485 6 .7234 6.

Euro. 9125. 9144. 8930. 8662

Japanese yen 10 7.22 10 7.73 1 11.37 1 13.

Mexican peso 19.7975 19.8191 19.2116 18.

Frankfurt 11,925.25 12,263.83 -338.58 -2.8% +12.9%

Hong Kong 26 ,042.69 26 ,092.27 - 49.58 - 0.2% +0.9%

Japan (Nikkei) 2 1,778.61 2 1,885.24 - 106.63 - 0.5% +8.8%

London 7,122.54 7,360.32 -237.78 -3.2% +5.9%

Mexico City ... ...% +3.3%

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

SOURCE Morningstar, Dow Jones Indexes, The Associated Press

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS
Company (ticker) Price $ Chg. % Chg. YTD
Lennar Corp A (LEN) 57.82 +2.10 +3.8 +47.
Paychex (PAYX) 83.35 +1.46 +1.8 +27.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 132.00 +2.01 +1.5 +2.
Charter Communic (CHTR) 410.75 +5.15 +1.3 +44.
Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN) 111.19 +1.27 +1.2 +12.

S&P 500’S BIGGEST LOSERS

Company (ticker) Price $ Chg. % Chg. YTD

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) 1 7.33 - 1.10 - 6.0 - 47.

Kohls Corp (KSS) 4 6.18 - 2.82 - 5.8 - 30.

Capri Holdings Ltd (CPRI) 2 9.61 - 1.83 - 5.8 - 21.

Macy’s Inc (M) 1 4.65 - .90 - 5.8 - 50.

American Airlines Gp (AAL) 25.37 -1.43 -5.3 -21.

MARKET NOTEBOOK

Issues NYSE NASDAQ

Advancing 567

Declining 2,

Unchanged 68

Total 2,

781

2 ,17 3

148

3 ,1 0 2

Issues at^14

New 52 Week High 15

New 52 Week Low 85

174

Share Volume

Advancing 486,088,

Declining 3,150,532,

Unchanged 80,542,

6 9 3 , 9 6 7, 0 2 0

1,592,975,

63,380,

Total 3,717,163,572 2,350,323,

-494.

Closing: 26,078.

Change: -1.9%

YTD % Chg: +11.8%

S&P 500 • STANDARD & POOR’S

-52.

Closing: 2,887.

Change: -1.8%

YTD % Chg: +15.2%

NASDAQ COMPOSITE

-123.

Closing: 7,785.

Change: -1.6%

YTD % Chg: +17.3%

RUSSELL 2000

-13.

Closing: 1,479.

Change: -.9%

YTD % Chg: +9.7%

News from across the USA

ALABAMABirmingham: A woman
previously charged with voter fraud
has been appointed to a county elec-
tions board by Gov. Kay Ivey.

ALASKAFairbanks: The state De-
partment of Education has launched
an online tool aimed at providing
families the ability to assess data
from public schools.

ARIZONAPhoenix: A baby javelina is
recovering after a jaunt on a freeway.
The Arizona Department of Public
Safety says the young javelina was
one of two that brought traffic on
State Route 51 to a standstill Monday.

ARKANSASLittle Rock: United
States Steel Corp. is buying a minor-
ity stake in Arkansas-based Big River
Steel for $700 million.

CALIFORNIASan Francisco: The
mayor has told department heads
they cannot investigate the possible
ties of city contractors to the National
Rifle Association, prompting the gun-
rights group to declare victory in its
ongoing fight with the liberal city.

COLORADODenver: A local man has
agreed to settle with federal officials
after convincing investors to give him
tens of millions of dollars in a cattle
and marijuana Ponzi scheme.

DELAWAREDover: Highmark Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Delaware says
it’ll decrease its rates on the Afford-
able Care Act marketplace by nearly
20% – the first time rates have fallen
after years of steady increases.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashing-
ton: Court records say Whole Foods
customers helped detain a man ac-
cused of filming under the skirt of a
13-year-old girl in a checkout line.

FLORIDAMiami: Eco-adventure park
Jungle Island is hosting a Chinese
lantern festival for the rest of the
year. A news release says Luminosa
is opening to the public Saturday.

GEORGIAAtlanta: A federal judge on
Tuesday temporarily blocked the
state’s restrictive new abortion law
from taking effect.

HAWAIIHonolulu: A park devel-
opment project has been delayed
after the discovery of a possible arti-
fact on the grounds. Mayor Kirk Cald-
well halted the project at Waimanalo
Bay Beach Park on Tuesday while
officials wait for further information.

IDAHOBoise: Federal officials plan to
round up nearly all the wild horses in
the Saylor Creek Herd Management
Area so the population can be main-
tained at about 50 horses.

ILLINOISChicago: The city will spend
$2.7 million to ensure more residents
are included in the 2020 census.

INDIANAIndianapolis: The Indian-
apolis Zoo reached a deal last month
with the owner of the former GM
stamping plant site to acquire dozens
of acres. In a move that shocked offi-
cials, Ambrose Property Group an-
nounced Friday that it plans to sell
the site after more than a year of
preparations and hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars of infrastructure
upgradesby the city, which is now
threatening to use eminent domain.

IOWADes Moines: The state will end
its 2019 fiscal year with a surplus of
over $289 million in its general fund,
but Republicans are urging restraint.

KANSASTopeka: Gov. Laura Kelly is
discounting Republican calls to re-
scind a policy requiring out-of-state
online businesses to collect sales
taxes and remit the tax to the state.

KENTUCKYFrankfort: Gov. Matt

Bevin wants kids to bring the Holy

Scripture to class Thursday for

“Bring Your Bible to School Day,”

sponsored by Focus on the Family, a

national Christian organization that

has frequently come under fire.

LOUISIANAShreveport: A planning

committee in Caddo Parish has

recommended setting aside up to

$500,000 to move a Confederate

monument.

MAINEPortland: The University of

Maine System says it’s going to

cover the full cost of tuition and

fees for more than 1,200 members of

the state’s graduating high school

classes next year.

MARYLANDBaltimore: Property

records show former Mayor Cather-

ine Pugh, who resigned in May, has

sold one of her homes for less than

half its assessed value.

MASSACHUSETTSBoston: A federal

judge has cleared Harvard Univer-

sity of discriminating against Asian

American applicants in a ruling

seen as a major victory for sup-

porters of affirmative action.

MICHIGANDetroit: Police are look-

ing into who demolished a house a

state lawmaker and her nonprofit

planned to rehab for a needy family.

MINNESOTADuluth: Some mid-

wives are warning that the state’s

unregulated midwifery practices

pose a danger to mothers and ba-

bies as home births rise.

MISSISSIPPIJackson: The U.S.

Justice Department says a sheriff

fired an employee because he had to

be gone on military duty for extend-

ed periods.

MISSOURISt. Louis: An inmate was

executed Tuesday for killing a man

in 1996 in a string of violence, de-

spite concerns that the prisoner’s

rare medical condition would cause

a gruesome lethal injection.

MONTANAHelena: A judge is con-

sidering the U.S. government’s re-

quest to throw out a lawsuit by two

women who say they were illegally

questioned by border agents for 40

minutes for speaking Spanish in a

convenience store.

NEBRASKABellevue: An Air Force

colonel says he and other officials

are paying close attention to com-

plaints about living conditionsat

off-base, privatized housing for

personnel at Offutt Air Force Base.

NEVADACarson City: State policy-

makers have announced plans to

explore potential legislation that

would follow California in allowing

state university athletes to make

money from endorsement deals.

NEW HAMPSHIREConcord: Gov.

Chris Sununu has made another

pick for the state’s poet laureate, a

few months after he abandoned his

last choice following growing criti-

cism of the man’s work and how he

was selected. Alexandria Peary, of

Londonderry, is the new nominee.

NEW JERSEYTrenton: A federal

judge has agreed to block the state’s

recent political donor disclosure law

in response to a lawsuit brought by

a think tank founded by the Koch

brothers.

NEW MEXICOAlbuquerque: A

small lizard found among the dunes

in one of the nation’s richest oil

basins is at the center of a legal

complaint filed Tuesday. Environ-

mentalists want the U.S. govern-

ment to add the dunes sagebrush

lizard to the endangered species list.

NEW YORKWoodstock: The Wood-

stock Film Festival this year will

feature an appearance by actor Matt

Dillon. The 20-year-old annual fes-

tival runs Wednesday through Sun-

day in the Hudson Valley.

NORTH CAROLINAMount Holly: A

truck assembly company has an-

nounced it will lay off 900 employ-

ees between two Freightliner plants

in the state in the coming weeks.

NORTH DAKOTABismarck: The

proposed presidential library for

Theodore Roosevelt now has a CEO,

Edward F. O’Keefe. The North Dako-

ta native is writing a book on Roo-

sevelt, who spent more than three

years in the state in the 1880s.

OHIONelsonville: The federal gov-

ernment says it received no bids

during a competitive lease sale for

coal underneath about 430 acres of

Wayne National Forest.

OKLAHOMAOklahoma City: A judge

made a $107 million miscalculation

when he ordered Johnson & Johnson

to pay $572 million to help clean up

the state’s opioid crisis, attorneys for

the company argue in a court filing.

OREGONSalem: Authorities suspect

the bizarre deaths and mutilations of

five bulls were caused by humans,

but they have no leads. Colby Mar-

shall, vice president of the ranch that

owned the bulls, says he suspects a

cult is behind the killings.

PENNSYLVANIAPottsville: Two

famed companies from the Keystone

State are teaming up on a limited-

edition beer called Yuengling

Hershey’s Chocolate Porter.

RHODE ISLANDNorth Providence:

The town has built a $27 million pub-

lic safety complex using its share

from a settlement with Google.

SOUTH CAROLINAColumbia: A for-

mer member of the board that over-

sees state highways will spend seven

months in prison for trying to hire a

prostitute just hours after he received

probation for trying to destroy evi-

dence in an FBI probe. John Hardee,

72, was sentenced Wednesday after a

psychiatrist hired by his lawyer sug-

gested a mild form of dementia might

have led him to text an undercover

deputy offering $40 for a sex act.

SOUTH DAKOTASioux Falls: A group

of truckers plans a “slow roll” protest

Thursday, looping around Sioux Falls

and continuing on to Pierre.

TENNESSEENashville: The Ten-

nessee Department of Agriculture

says a disease that kills sassafras

trees has been detected in Dickson

and Montgomery counties.

TEXASDallas: The U.S. government

has awarded three contracts worth

more than $812.6 million for con-

struction of about 65 miles of new

border wall along the Rio Grande.

UTAHProvo: Gov. Gary Herbert has

rescinded an emergency drought

order nearly a year after it took effect.

VERMONTBarre: The state Agency

of Transportation has launched a

new tool, the Transit App, to help bus

riders track the location of buses and

their arrival times as well as search

bus routes and stops.

VIRGINIAWest Point: A high school

teacher fired for refusing to use a

transgender student’s pronouns has

sued. The Washington Post reports

Peter Vlaming’s suit says he “sincere-

ly believes that referring to a female

as a male by using an objectively

male pronoun is telling a lie.”

WASHINGTONMount Vernon: State

land officials have approved a land

transfer to help conservation groups

protect recreation areas on Blanchard

Mountain.

WEST VIRGINIAMorgantown: The

U.S. Department of Energy awarded

$5 million to the Water Research

Institute at West Virginia University

for its rare earth recovery project.

WISCONSINMadison: Brendan Das-

sey, convicted of rape and murder

when he was a teenager in a story

documented in the 2015 Netflix series

“Making a Murderer,” asked the gov-

ernor for a pardon or commutation of

his life prison sentence Wednesday.

WYOMINGJackson: State wildlife

officials have introduced a detailed

plan for review to scale back elk and

bison feeding days by 50%.

From USA TODAY Network and

wire reports

HIGHLIGHT: CONNECTICUT

Investigators inspect the wreckage Wednesday in Windsor Locks, Conn.AP

Windsor Locks:A World War II-era B-17 bomber carrying 13 people crashed and

burned at the Hartford airport in an aborted takeoff attempt Wednesday, and a

state official said at least five people were killed. The four-engine, propeller-

driven plane struggled to get into the air and slammed into a maintenance shed

at Bradley International Airport as the pilots circled back for a landing, officials

and witnesses said. The vintage bomber – also known as a Flying Fortress, one of

the most celebrated Allied planes of World War II – was used to take history buffs

on short flights, during which they could get up and walk around.