Market Snapshot

Dow	17079.57	-42.44	(-0.25%)
Nasdaq	4557.69	-11.93	(-0.26%)
SP 500	1996.74	-3.38	(-0.17%)
10-yr Note	+5/32	2.336

NYSE	Adv 1269	Dec 1750	Vol 479.0 mln
Nasdaq	Adv 910	Dec 1784	Vol 1.19 bln

Industry Watch

Strong: Utilities

Weak: Consumer Discretionary, Financials, Industrials

Moving the Market

Global equities slump after reports quote Ukraine's President Poroshenko as saying Russia has invaded an area in the southeastern part of the country: Original reports were corrected, changing the wording to "entered" rather than "invaded"

Geopolitical concerns send Germany's 10-yr Bund yield to new record low of 0.87%

Q2 GDP revised up to 4.2% from 4.0%: real final sales revised up to 2.8% from 2.3%

S&P 500 enters after climbing 4.2% over the past three weeks

Frequent updates that focus on broad U.S. and overseas market activity, key economic releases and stock futures trading that begin prior to U.S. market open and end with a final comment after the close.

Stocks Register Slim Losses Amid Anemic Volume

28-Aug-14 16:15 ET

Dow -42.44 at 17079.57, Nasdaq -11.93 at 4557.69, S&P -3.38 at 1996.74

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market ended the Thursday session on a modestly lower note, but a late-morning rebound lifted the indices off their lows. The S&P 500 shed 0.2% with seven ...

Commodities close mostly higher

28-Aug-14 15:40 ET

Dow -32.90 at 17089.11, Nasdaq -8.38 at 4561.24, S&P -1.97 at 1998.15

[BRIEFING.COM] Copper futures ended today's session at its LoD, ended 5 cents lower at $3.13/lbGold and silver consolidated in afternoon activity.Dec gold closed $7 higher at $1283.50/oz, while Sept silver ...

Several Data Points on Tomorrow's Schedule

28-Aug-14 15:00 ET

Dow -42.77 at 17079.24, Nasdaq -9.21 at 4560.41, S&P -3.03 at 1997.09

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 holds a three-point loss with one hour remaining in the trading day. There hasn't been much change among the ten sectors as two influential ...

Quiet Afternoon Continues

28-Aug-14 14:30 ET

Dow -36.15 at 17085.86, Nasdaq -7.68 at 4561.94, S&P -2.32 at 1997.80

[BRIEFING.COM] Not much change in the major averages as they continue holding slim gains. Equity indices have spent the first three hours of action in a steady climb off their ...

Treasuries Slip From Highs

28-Aug-14 14:00 ET

Dow -29.24 at 17092.77, Nasdaq -7.47 at 4562.15, S&P -1.79 at 1998.33

[BRIEFING.COM] Subdued afternoon action continues with the S&P 500 (-0.1%) drifting not far below its flat line. Even though the benchmark index has erased the bulk of its ...