USA Today - 13.11.2019

6B z WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 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 86.45 +0.29 +4.9% +39.5%
Industrials 81.79 -0.01 +5.8% +27.0%
Financials 29.80 +0.04 +6.1% +25.1%
Consumer discret. 121.01 -0.08 -0.5% +22.2%
Consumer staples 60.87 +0.20 +1.0% +19.9%
Materials 60.39 +0.31 +5.3% +19.5%
Telecom 59.72 +0.17 +1.9% +19.0%
Utilities 61.52 +0.15 -2.8% +16.3%
Health care 95.31 +0.57 +4.1% +10.2%
Energy 60.04 -0.31 +3.3% +4.7%

iShs Emerg Mkts EEM 43.09 -0.28 -0.6% +10.3%

VanE Vect Gld Miners GDX 26.59 +0.35 +1.3% +26.1%

SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPY 309.00 +0.65 +0.2% +23.6%

SPDR Financial XLF 29.80 +0.04 +0.1% +25.1%

iShares Brazil EWZ 42.79 -0.83 -1.9% +12.0%

iPath Sh Term Fut VXX 18.35 -0.22 -1.2% -60.9%

iShs China Large Cap FXI 41.71 -0.37 -0.9% +6.7%

Alps Alerian MLP AMLP 8.20 -0.04 -0.5% -6.1%

SPDR S&P O&G ExpPdtn XOP 22.25 -0.08 -0.4% -16.1%

iShare Australia EWA 22.86 -0.04 -0.2% +18.8%

Cattle (lb.) 1.20 1.20 unch. -0.1% -4.1%

Corn (bushel) 3.78 3.73 +0.05 +1.2% +0.7%

Gold (troy oz.) 1,452.10 1,455.50 -3.40 -0.2% +13.6%

Hogs, lean (lb.) .65 .63 +0.02 +2.2% +6.2%

Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.62 2.64 -0.02 -0.6% -10.9%

Oil, heating (gal.) 1.90 1.91 -0.01 -0.9% +12.5%

Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 56.80 56.86 -0.06 -0.1% +25.1%

Silver (troy oz.) 16.68 16.76 -0.08 -0.5% +8.1%

Soybeans (bushel) 9.06 9.05 +0.01 +0.1% +2.6%

Wheat (bushel) 5.17 5.06 +0.11 +2.2% +2.7%

British pound .7777 .7780 .7687.

Canadian dollar 1.3226 1.3224 1.3422 1.

Chinese yuan 7.0079 7.0105 6.8241 6.

Euro .9081 .9063 .8904.

Japanese yen 108.94 109.04 109.90 113.

Mexican peso 19.3280 19.1099 19.0689 20.

Frankfurt 13,283.51 13,198.37 +85.14 +0.7% +25.8%

Hong Kong 27,065.28 26,926.55 +138.73 +0.5% +4.8%

Japan (Nikkei) 23,520.01 23,331.84 +188.17 +0.8% +17.5%

London 7,365.44 7,328.54 +36.90 +0.5% +9.5%

Mexico City 43,100.77 43,595.61 -494.83 -1.1% +3.5%

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

SOURCE Morningstar, Dow Jones Indexes, The Associated Press

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS
Company (ticker) Price $ Chg. % Chg. YTD
DXC Technology Co (DXC) 35.25 +5.85 +19.9 -33.
Rockwell Automation (ROK) 198.01 +18.81 +10.5 +31.
Tyson Foods (TSN) 88.88 +6.15 +7.4 +66.
Fortinet Inc (FTNT) 99.99 +4.04 +4.2 +42.
Autodesk Inc (ADSK) 158.06 +5.14 +3.4 +22.

S&P 500’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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

Advance Auto Parts (AAP) 156.14 -12.68 -7.5 -.

Viacom Inc B (VIAB) 22.56 -.90 -3.8 -12.

Albemarle Corp (ALB) 65.31 -2.42 -3.6 -15.

CBS Corp B (CBS) 37.76 -1.42 -3.6 -13.

American Airlines Gp (AAL) 29.52 -1.07 -3.5 -8.

MARKET NOTEBOOK

Issues NYSE NASDAQ

Advancing 1,

Declining 1,

Unchanged 96

Total 2,

1,

1,

153

3,

Issues at^146

New 52 Week High 112

New 52 Week Low 63

101

Share Volume

Advancing 1,285,111,

Declining 1,966,424,

Unchanged 73,557,

1,072,662,

826,869,

21,230,

Total 3,325,093,099 1,920,761,

(unch.)

Closing: 2 7,691.

Change: ...%

YTD % Chg: +18.7%

S&P 500 • STANDARD & POOR’S

+4.

Closing: 3,091.

Change: +.2%

YTD % Chg: +23.3%

NASDAQ COMPOSITE

+21.

Closing: 8,486.

Change: +.3%

YTD % Chg: +27.9%

RUSSELL 2000

+.

Closing: 1,595.

Change: +.0%

YTD % Chg: +18.3%

News from across the USA

ALABAMAMontgomery: The state’s
tourism agency has been honored for
its work promoting civil rights travel
in 14 states. The office was presented
with an award recognizing its mar-
keting for the U.S. Civil Rights Trail at
an industry trade show in London.

ALASKAAnchorage: Warm temper-
atures and an abundance of food are
keeping bears out of their dens. KTVA
reports the Department of Fish and
Game warns people to be aware of
bears that haven’t begun hibernating.

ARIZONAPhoenix: The Arizona Sikh
Community has donated 550 trees to
low-income neighborhoods. Local
Sikh leaders gathered Sunday with
Mayor Kate Gallego and other offi-
cials for a tree dedication ceremony.

ARKANSASPine Bluff: Mold con-
tamination is so high at an election
office in Jefferson County that offi-
cials are considering moving.

CALIFORNIASan Francisco: The
head of Bay Area Rapid Transit has
apologized to a black rider who was
detained and cited by police for eat-
ing on a train platform after an outcry
from people who assailed the selec-
tive enforcement as racist.

COLORADODenver: A state law ban-
ning the sale and transfer of large-
capacity gun magazines has not
stopped the practice. An investiga-
tion by 9Wants to Know found ex-
amples of gun stores ignoring the law
altogether or finding a loophole.

CONNECTICUTWaterford: Environ-
mental groups planto remove a 1970s
dam that has blocked alewife herring
from returning from the ocean to
freshwater spawning grounds.

DELAWAREWilmington: The Central
YMCA downtown will end its housing
program for the homeless next
spring, cutting 41 guaranteed beds.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashing-
ton: Authorities say a man was walk-
ing his 4-month-old pit bull when he
was robbed of the puppy at gunpoint.

FLORIDAInverness: Controversy
over a county commission blocking a
library system from having a digital
subscription to the New York Times
has spilled over into tourism. The
Citrus County Chronicle reports peo-
ple are canceling trips to the county.

GEORGIAAtlanta:Enrollment at the
state’s public colleges and universi-
ties is rising again, led by its largest
schools. The University System of
Georgia reports total enrollment rose
1.5% in fall 2019 from fall 2018.

HAWAIIHonolulu: A public health
study by University of Hawaii re-
searchers found Native Hawaiians
have 14 fewer years of healthy life
than other ethnic groups in the state.

IDAHOBoise: Federal officials have
released a final plan for five open-pit
phosphate mines and reclamation
work proposed by J.R. Simplot Co.

ILLINOISChicago: The U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency is giving
Legal Aid Chicago $30,000 to educate
farmworkers about and to do re-
search on pesticides.

INDIANAIndianapolis: The state is
bringing an exhibition exploring the
opioid crisis to the Indiana State
Museum early next year. The Indiana
Business Journal reports more than
1,700 people in the state died from
drug overdoses in 2017.

IOWAFort Madison: A monument
marking a battlefield where 23 sol-
diers died has been installed.

KANSASWichita: A cold front that

froze much of the state set at least

six recordlows early Tuesday.

KENTUCKYLand Between the

Lakes National Recreation Area:

The war on feral hogs at Land Be-

tween the Lakes has escalated, with

plans announced this week to shoot

them on sight from helicopters.

LOUISIANABaton Rouge: The

state’s social services agency says

893 children in foster care were

adopted over the past year. The

Department of Children and Family

Services says that’s the second-

highest number of adoptions from

foster care in a year in state history.

MAINEBucksport: A company that

intends to create a salmon farm at a

former paper mill site is altering the

plan to avoid a 19th-century farm

that was identified during an ar-

chaeological survey.

MARYLANDWestover: Officials

gathered over the weekend for a

ribbon-cutting ceremony for Somer-

set County Technical High School.

The building is eco-friendly and

energy efficient, including a “vege-

tated roof ” in some areas to provide

insulation.

MASSACHUSETTSBoston: Medical

marijuana products are set to be-

come exempt from the state’s four-

month vaping materials ban.

MICHIGANEast Lansing: A new

Michigan State University exhibit is

built around a 20th-century guide-

book that a generation of black

motorists used during the segre-

gation era. The exhibit for “The

Negro Motorists’ Green Book” runs

until the end of November.

MINNESOTASt. Cloud: The city

broke the record Monday for the

date’s coldest high temperature –

just 16 degrees.

MISSISSIPPIOxford: The University

of Mississippi says a lecture by

conservative journalist Elisha

Krauss is back on after initially

being canceled.

MISSOURISt. Louis: A 12-year-old

girl has died from injuries suffered

last month when a St. Louis County

patrol vehicle struck her.

MONTANAKalispell: Park officials

have closed public comment on a

road management plan. The Flat-

head Beacon reports Glacier Nation-

al Park officials will begin weighing

comments to try to mitigate con-

gestion on Going-to-the-Sun Road.

NEBRASKALincoln: The University

of Nebraska-Lincoln is planning

construction of a reflection area for

its Veterans’ Tribute project.

NEVADAReno: Federal land man-

agers have withdrawn more than

500 square miles of public land

from a swath of eastern Nevada

where oil and gas drilling leases

went to auction this week after a

judge blocked the Trump admini-

stration’s attempt to ease protection

of sage grouse habitat.

NEW HAMPSHIREPortsmouth: A

bridge has been replaced and reded-

icated to George Laderbush, a World

War II submarine crew member who

died when the vessel sank in 1944.

NEW JERSEYToms River: Police

say a convertible traveling at high

speed went airborne and crashed

into the second floor of a building,

killing both of the car’s occupants.

NEW MEXICOSanta Clara Pueblo:

Federal officials say the pueblo will

see an increase in federal disaster

aid as it continues to recover from

flooding several years ago. A signifi-

cant portion of Santa Clara Pueblo’s

watershed was wiped out by wild-

fire in 2011 and subsequent flooding.

NEW YORKAlbany: The state’s

court system says it plans to expand

gender options on jury documents

in an effort to be more inclusive.

NORTH CAROLINARaleigh: Educa-

tion officials had to warn parents

not to use Google to search for Four

Oaks Middle School and South

Johnston High School over the

weekend because the results in-

cluded explicit images.

NORTH DAKOTAGrand Forks: A

break-in at a sorority house at the

University of North Dakota has

some students on edge. Police are

looking for a man who broke into

the Gamma Phi Beta house early

Monday and took pictures of a

woman who was sleeping.

OHIOColumbus: Tree farmers are

joining forces with the state to send a

little holiday cheer to troops. The

Department of Agriculture and the

Ohio Christmas Tree Association are

partnering on an effort that will ship

more than 100 Christmas trees to

military members stationed overseas.

OKLAHOMAOklahoma City: A group

working to reduce the state’s prison

population is launching a new initia-

tive petition that could lead to the

release of hundreds more inmates.

OREGONPortland: A Portland State

University study found tiny pieces of

plastic in the vast majority of razor

clams and oysters sampled along the

state’s coast. The Oregonian/Oregon-

Live reports up to 700,000 of the

microscopic fibers are shed by yoga

pants, fleeces and other active out-

erwear made of synthetic textiles.

PENNSYLVANIAHarrisburg: The

family of an inmate who died injail

two years ago claims guards and

medical professionals ignored and

ridiculed his distress but documented

his agony. A federal lawsuit filed by

the mother of Shawn Kitchen blames

Clinton County, jail officials and med-

ical staff for mishandling what began

as a urinary tract infection and led to

a fatal kidney infection.

RHODE ISLANDProvidence: Brown

University has announced plans to

double the number of veterans it

enrolls by changing admissions pol-

icies, increasing financial support

and bolstering recruitment.

SOUTH CAROLINAClemson: Clem-

son University and WYFF 4 Green-

ville are partnering to create an on-

campus satellite news bureau.

SOUTH DAKOTASioux Falls: Visiting

and camping in stateparks will be a

little more costly after legislators gave

a proposed fee increase the final OK.

TENNESSEELynchburg:The distill-

ery that produces Jack Daniel’s whis-

key is once again teaming up with a

military support group to help service

members and their families get home

for the holidays through the “Opera-

tion Ride Home” campaign.

UTAHSalt Lake City: City officials

have bought more than 100 new hy-

brid sedans for the police depart-

ment, but some warn they’re too

small for use as patrol cars.

VERMONTMontpelier: The state

auditor says numerous questionable

choices were made in the administra-

tion of a remote worker program

aimed at paying new residents to

move to the Green Mountain state.

VIRGINIARichmond: Confederate

monuments could soon start coming

down after Democrats won control of

the General Assembly. Members of

the new legislative majority say they

plan to revive proposals to make it

easier to remove such statues.

WASHINGTONSeattle: A new federal

lawsuit aims to kill plans for building

one of the world’s biggest methanol

refineries along the Columbia River.

WEST VIRGINIACharleston: West

Virginians are being told to be on the

lookout for spotted lanternflies.

WISCONSINMadison: Gov. Tony

Evers has signed an executive order

designed to promote diversity and

inclusiveness in state government.

WYOMINGCheyenne: An interim

legislative committee has rejected a

proposal to raise stateproperty taxes.

From USA TODAY Network and

wire reports

HIGHLIGHT: TEXAS

Volunteers set up a new temporary memorial in Ponder Park.USA TODAY NETWORK

El Paso: The makeshift memorial formed after an Aug. 3 mass shooting was

completely removed Tuesday in anticipation of the reopening of the Cielo Vista

Walmart. City officials say some materials will be preserved for historical pur-

poses. Walmart is building a permanent memorial for the 22 killed in the shoot-

ing in the south end of the store. Some materials have been moved to a smaller

memorial in Ponder Park. Staff from the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Museum

of History and the Public Art Program, along with Zaragoza Rotary volunteers,

began selecting items from the memorial Tuesday to take to the park site.