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Market Snapshot

Dow	17265.99	+109.14	(0.64%)
Nasdaq	4593.43	+31.24	(0.68%)
SP 500	2011.36	+9.79	(0.49%)
10-yr Note	-1/32	2.627

NYSE	Adv 1862	Dec 1209	Vol 663.0 mln
Nasdaq	Adv 1743	Dec 1101	Vol 1.63 bln

Industry Watch

Strong: Financials, Health Care, Materials, Technology, Telecom Services

Weak: Consumer Staples, Energy, Industrials, Utilities

Moving the Market

Dollar Index surrenders early advance

August Housing Starts (956,000; Briefing.com consensus 1.045 million) and Building Permits (998,000; Briefing.com consensus 1.054 million) miss expectations

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.

Nasdaq Composite Leads Stocks Higher

18-Sep-14 16:10 ET

Dow +109.14 at 17265.99, Nasdaq +31.24 at 4593.43, S&P +9.79 at 2011.36

[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market finished the Thursday session on a higher note with the S&P 500 climbing 0.5%. The benchmark index registered an early high within the first 90 minutes ...

Closing Commodities: Natural Gas Settles 2.5% Lower on Stockpiles; Crude Oil Falls 1.3%

18-Sep-14 15:25 ET

Dow +104.94 at 17261.79, Nasdaq +26.03 at 4588.22, S&P +8.95 at 2010.52

[BRIEFING.COM] Precious metals fell in electronic trade yesterday following the FOMC statement which conveyed no changes to the Fed's current policy course. As expected, the FOMC reduced the monthly pace ...

S&P 500 Eyeing Weekly Gain

18-Sep-14 14:55 ET

Dow +91.86 at 17248.71, Nasdaq +24.30 at 4586.49, S&P +7.42 at 2008.99

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 trades higher by 0.4% with one hour remaining in the session. If the S&P 500 holds its current gain into the close, the index will enter ...

Discretionary Shares Mixed

18-Sep-14 14:30 ET

Dow +95.50 at 17252.35, Nasdaq +27.16 at 4589.35, S&P +7.87 at 2009.44

[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 trades higher by 0.4% as the quiet afternoon continues. Not much has changed among the ten sectors as financials (+1.0%) remain in the ...

Waiting on Scotland

18-Sep-14 14:00 ET

Dow +90.89 at 17247.74, Nasdaq +25.81 at 4588.00, S&P +7.38 at 2008.95

[BRIEFING.COM] Equity indices remain near their best levels of the session with the S&P 500 trading higher by 0.4%. Although the third week of September is nearing ...