4A ❚ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019❚ USA TODAY NEWS
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MARKETS.USATODAY.COMMARKET PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR
Sector Close Chg. 4wk^1 YTD^1
COMMODITIES
Commodities Close Prev. Chg. % Chg. % Y TDTOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
ETF, ranked by volume Ticker Close Chg. % Chg %Y TDFOREIGN CURRENCIES
Currency per dollar Close Prev. 6 mo. ago Yr. agoFOREIGN MARKETS
Countr y Close Prev. Change %Chg. %Y TDTechnology 79.07 -0.40 -3.7% +27.6%
Consumer discret. 117.38 +0.03 -4.6% +18.6%
Consumer staples 60.15 -0.66 +0.2% +18.5%
Utilities 61.67 -0.10 +3.0% +16.5%
Industrials 74.56 -0.44 -5.0% +15.8%
Telecom 56.66 -0.49 -2.2% +12.9%
Materials 56.40 -0.67 -5.1% +11.6%
Financials 26.48 -0.36 -6.4% +11.2%
Health care 90.64 -0.78 -1.6% +4.8%
Energy 57.79 -0.49 -8.6% +0.8%
VanE Vect Gld Miners GDX 28.85 +0.92 +3.3% +36.8%
SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY 290.09 -2.24 -0.8% +16.1%
iShs Emerg Mkts EEM 39.78 +0.08 +0.2% +1.8%
SPDR Financial XLF 26.48 -0.36 -1.3% +11.2%
iShares Brazil EWZ 40.89 +0.14 +0.3% +7.0%
iPath Sh Term Fut VXX 26.60 +0.62 +2.4% -43.4%
US Oil Fund LP USO 11.63 -0.03 -0.3% +20.4%
iShares Gold Trust IAU 14.42 +0.10 +0.7% +17.3%
iShares EAFE ETF EFA 62.42 -0.21 -0.3% +6.2%
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ 186.97 -1.46 -0.8% +21.2%Cattle (lb.) 1.02 1.00 +0.02 +1.6% -18.4%
Corn (bushel) 3.60 3.65 -0.05 -1.5% -4.1%
Gold (troy oz.) 1,504.60 1,500.40 +4.20 +0.3% +17.7%
Hogs, lean (lb.) .65 .64 +0.01 +1.5% +6.6%
Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.22 2.21 +0.01 +0.4% -24.6%
Oil, heating (gal.) 1.85 1.83 +0.02 +1.2% +10.0%
Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 56.18 56.21 -0.03 -0.1% +23.7%
Silver (troy oz.) 17.12 16.91 +0.21 +1.2% +10.9%
Soybeans (bushel) 8.56 8.54 +0.02 +0.2% -3.0%
Wheat (bushel) 4.60 4.66 -0.06 -1.2% -8.6%British pound .8221 .8242 .7657.
Canadian dollar 1.3316 1.3330 1.3158 1.
Chinese yuan 7.0607 7.0507 6.7207 6.
Euro .9011 .9024 .8811.
Japanese yen 106.32 106.62 110.84 110.
Mexican peso 19.7400 19.8328 19.1979 19.Frankfurt 11,651.18 11,715.37 -64.19 -0.6% +10.3%
Hong Kong 26,231.54 26,291.84 -60.30 -0.2% +1.6%
Japan (Nikkei) 20,677.22 20,563.16 +114.06 +0.6% +3.3%
L o n d o n 7,12 5. 0 0 7,18 9. 6 5 - 6 4. 6 5 - 0. 9 % + 5. 9 %
Mexico City 39,700.05 39,556.32 +143.73 +0.4% -4.7%DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
SOURCE Morningstar, Dow Jones Indexes, The Associated PressS&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS
Company (ticker) Price $ Chg. % Chg. Y TD
Home Depot (HD) 217.09 +9.14 +4.4 +26.
Raytheon Co (RTN) 185.44 +6.25 +3.5 +20.
Lowes Cos (LOW) 97.87 +2.82 +3.0 +6.
Medtronic Inc (MDT) 106.91 +2.73 +2.6 +17.
Masco Corp (MAS) 39.64 +.82 +2.1 +35.
S&P 500’S BIGGEST LOSERS
Company (ticker) Price $ Chg. % Chg. Y TD
Kohls Corp (KSS) 44.88 -3.32 -6.9 -32.
Dow Inc (DOW) 43.16 -2.44 -5.4 -23.
Macy’s Inc (M) 15.36 -.77 -4.8 -48.
ConAgra Brands Inc (CAG) 28.68 -1.36 -4.5 +34.
McCormick & Co (MKC) 161.23 -7.33 -4.3 +15.MARKET NOTEBOOK
Issues NYSE NASDAQ
Advancing 1,
Declining 1,
Unchanged 86
Tot a l 2 , 8 0 01,
1,
179
3,
Issues at^70
New 52 Week High 124
New 52 Week Low 5671Share Volume
Advancing 880,452,
Declining 2,090,089,
Unchanged 22,080,604,846,
1,064,100,
22,000,Total 2,992,622,172 1,690,946,-173.
Closing: 25,962.
Change: -.7%
YTD % Chg: +11.3%S&P 500 • STANDARD & POOR’S-23.
Closing: 2,900.
Change: -.8%
YTD % Chg: +15.7%NASDAQ COMPOSITE-54.
Closing: 7,948.
Change: -.7%
YTD % Chg: +19.8%RUSSELL 2000-10.
Closing: 1,498.
Change: -.7%
YTD % Chg: +11.1%News from across the USAALABAMA Africatown: There’s a
new recreational program for young
people in this community formed by
freed slaves after the Civil War. Orga-
nizers say the Africatown Swim-to-
Scuba Diving Program launched Sat-
urday at a YMCA in Mobile.
ALASKA Anchorage: A 50-year-old
letter in a bottle has connected a man
with the Russian Navy. KTUU reports
Tyler Ivanoff found the handwritten
Russian letter while gathering fire-
wood near Shishmaref. Officials say
Russian reporters located the writer,
Capt. Anatoliy Botsanenko.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The city’s police
officers must undergo training on
dealing with people with mental
health issues under the latest reform
rolled out to improve accountability
and trust, the agency’s chief says.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: This spring’s
heavy rainfall and flooding in the
state left 1.3 million acres unplanted.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: State fire
officials say acreage burned so far
this year is down 90% compared to
the average over the past five years.
COLORADO Denver: A proposed
federal rule could end food assistance
for about 33,000 people in the state,
including 11,000 children. Officials
say it would make it difficult for fam-
ilies to build a financial cushion and
end reliance on assistance programs.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: After com-
ing close this year, state lawmakers
have yet to decide when to make
another attempt at legalizing and
taxing recreational marijuana.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Young stu-
dents at Odyssey Charter School will
come back from summer to find bath-
room stalls painted with inspirational
messages, rocket ships, flowers, rain-
bows and more. School counselor
Abby Robinson says she wanted the
murals to uplift spirits.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washing-
ton: Ex-Georgetown Advisory Neigh-
borhood Commissioner Bill Starrels is
accused of threatening to shoot up a
Middle Eastern restaurant and “the
Muslims standing outside.” WTOP-
FM reports he pleaded not guilty to
attempted threats to do bodily harm.
FLORIDA Fort Myers: The governor
says when he visited the Western
Wall in Israel in May, he followed
tradition by sticking a slip of paper
with a written prayer in between its
crevices. Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed
Monday that his prayer said, “Good
Lord, spare us hurricanes this year.”
GEORGIA Macon: Fans of Duane
Allman in this town where he lived
and died say they didn’t expect the
late musician’s old guitar to sell for
$1.25 million at a recent auction. The
gold-topped guitar is the one Allman
played in the hit song “Layla” with
Eric Clapton, The Telegraph reports.
Until recently, it had been on display
at the Allman Brothers Band Museum
at the Big House in Macon.
HAWAII Hilo: Southwest Airlines has
announced plans to offer new flights
between major Hawaiian islands.
IDAHO Boise: A city councilwoman
has proposed placing restrictions on
rental application fees after residents
have complained of high cost.
ILLINOIS Springfield: Gov. J.B. Pritz-
ker says the state will not use federal
family planning funds as long as the
Trump administration prohibits
women’s health clinics from referring
patients for abortions.
INDIANA Garrett: John Bowersox, a
Hoosier who became one of Holly-
wood’s top silent movie actors, will
be honored with a historical marker.IOWA Sioux City: Some fields are
getting sprayed to get rid of very
hungry caterpillars – painted lady
butterflies, or thistle caterpillars –
that have ravaged soybean crops.KANSAS Wichita: Towns along the
new Flint Hills Trail park are work-
ing to draw visitors as a way to im-
prove the rural economy. The Wich-
ita Eagle reports towns including
Osawatomie, Ottawa and Council
Grove are planning music festivals,
opening breweries and bike shops,
and offering Airbnbs to trail visitors.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Minors en-
tering the Kentucky State Fair at
night now must have a parent or
guardian 21 or older with them after
a disturbance over the weekend.LOUISIANA New Orleans: A doc-
tor’s office associated with Chil-
dren’s Hospital New Orleans will
provide telehealth services to some
of the city’s charter schools.MAINE Bar Harbor: This coastal
town wants the cruise ship industry
to fund local air quality monitoring.MARYLAND Annapolis: Attorneys
for the city are asking a federal
judge to dismiss a lawsuit that con-
tends the city has discriminated
against people in public housing.MASSACHUSETTS Mansfield: Cath-
erine Fitzgerald, 18, is among three
finalists for the 2019 Oticon Focus
on People Award. The Sun Chronicle
reports Fitzgerald developed a guide
to help local police assist people like
her with hearing loss.MICHIGAN Suttons Bay: A beer
company is ensuring a school dis-
trict starts the new year with no
student lunch debt. A foundation
affiliated with Mitten Brewing paid
$2,700 to erase unpaid meals and
snacks in the Suttons Bay district,
near Traverse City.MINNESOTA St. Paul: A court defeat
in a case over the way Minnesota
taxed trust accounts in other states
could end up costing about
$130 million this budget cycle.MISSISSIPPI Meridian: A recording
studio is now open at a museum
called The Mississippi Arts + Enter-
tainment Experience.MISSOURI Jefferson City: The Mis-
souri Public Defender’s office plans
to experiment with sending text
messages to defendants reminding
them of their court dates.MONTANA Missoula: Missoula
County is seeking a $200,000 grant
to start a farm staffed by inmates.NEVADA Las Vegas: Fearing they
could be overwhelmed with visitors,
officials in the remote county that’s
home to the Area 51 military base
have drafted an emergency declara-
tion and a plan to team resources
ahead of events next month tied to
the “Storm Area 51” internet drive.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:The
state is getting a $5 million federal
grant to analyze efforts to reduce
children’s blood-lead levels and
identify human health impacts from
flooding, among other projects.
NEW JERSEY Secaucus:A man fell
out of a New Jersey Transit train car
Monday night when the doors
opened on the wrong side of the
tracks, an official confirms.NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Organizers
say they’re bringing back a reen-
actment of a 17th-century conquis-
tador reclaiming the city after a
Native American revolt. The Cabal-
leros de Vargas says it will hold an
event at this year’s Fiesta de Santa
Fe that will include Hispanics and
Native Americans, the Santa Fe New
Mexican reports.NEW YORK New York: The state has
a new law banning floating digital
billboards in navigable waters.NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: An
omnibus wildlife regulation bill sent
to Gov. Roy Cooper would create
new fees and raise others, some for
the first time in decades, for activ-
ities related to hunting and fishing.NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Reg-
ulators say the volume of natural
gas flared in the state in June
reached an unprecedented level due
to shutdowns of several natural gas
processing facilities and pipelines.OHIO Akron: Officials say the I Prom-
ise School that basketball superstar
LeBron James helped create in his
hometown eventually will expand to
serve middle schoolers but won’t add
first and second grades as expected.OKLAHOMA Tulsa: A police officer
has been suspended following his
arrest on a gun charge. Tulsa County
court records show Jeffrey Shane
Statum was charged Friday with car-
rying a weapon where alcohol is sold.OREGON Portland: Health officials
say 23 measles cases have been con-
firmed, the most reported in the state
in a single year since 1991.PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Loved
ones propped photos of more than a
dozen young people lost to the opioid
crisis against the outside of the fed-
eral courthouse Monday as a judge
heard arguments on whether the city
could become the nation’s first to
open a supervised injection center.RHODE ISLAND Providence: Federal
fishing managers are restricting the
fishery for commercially important
illex squid for the rest of the year.SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: News
outlets report the school district de-
cided to open Okatie Elementary as
scheduled Monday. The district says
a sensor at the school shows the air is
safe, despite an ongoing blaze less
than a mile away at a site known
locally as Trash Mountain.SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: The
percentage of inmates serving time
for drug crimes in the state has in-
creased significantly over five years.TENNESSEE Memphis: The Plough
Foundation says it will grant its re-
maining assets to local nonprofits as
the charity works to close down oper-
ations within the next four years.TEXAS Waco: A restaurant called
George’s that features a mural hon-
oring famous men with the same
name has been changed to avoid a
dispute with the city. The Waco Tri-
bune-Herald reports owner Sammy
Citrano discovered an alphabet letter
on the mural is a Waco trademark.UTAH Provo: Brigham Young Univer-
sity will no longer hold a homecom-
ing parade, citing low participation.VERMONT Springfield: Officials say a
Meals on Wheels driver rescued an
elderly woman from a burning home.VIRGINIA Alexandria: A teen volun-
teering at Alexandria National Ceme-
tery three years ago noticed a run-
down plot nearby. Griffin Burchard
says the cemetery named for aboli-
tionist Frederick Douglass was cov-
ered in leaves and had signs of flood-
ing. He soon got his Boy Scout troop
to help restore the site. They unveiled
a new historic marker Thursday.WASHINGTON Seattle: To honor the
National Parks System’s 103rd birth-
day, it and the state parks system are
giving free admission Sunday.WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling: The
state’s new Roman Catholic bishop,
the Most Rev. Mark Brennan, is set to
be installed Thursday.WISCONSIN Madison: Republican
legislators are introducing legislation
designed to combat elder abuse.WYOMING Cheyenne: A legislative
committee has rejected a proposal
that would let people be prosecuted
for trespassing even if they didn’t
know they were on private land.
From USA TODAY Network and
wire reportsHIGHLIGHT: NEBRASKA
Ed Shada stands inside Blair Hall at the former Dana College campus. APBlair:A banker who leads a nonprofit wants to transform an old college campus
into a place where former foster care youths could live and learn trades. The
former Dana College site would become a holistic site where those who’ve aged
out of state systems could live, learn and work. Many of the buildings would
retain their original uses, such as dorms, the library and classrooms. Ed Shada
told the Omaha World-Herald he came up with the idea while working on an
annual event devoted to getting homeless people connected to the services they
need. He’s president of Angels Share, which is working to rehab the buildings.