Market Report for 4.26.11

Economic Data

FOMC Meeting Begins

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales

Store Sales - W/W change	Prev 0.3 %	Act 0.4 %
Store Sales - Y/Y	3.0 %	3.2 %

Redbook

Store Sales Y/Y change

Prev 5.1 %

Act 5.3 %

Consumer Confidence

Consumer Confidence - Level

Prev 63.4

Rev 63.8

Est 65.0

Range 63.0  to 65.0

Act 65.4

Fewer people think that jobs are hard to get. There is increased optimism about income prospects and inflationary expectations eased.

Price Data

Indices+0.93% CRB -0.30% VIX -2.29%

RJ+1.30% EW+1.15% ES+0.94% YM+0.90% NQ+0.64%

Weekly Dow Chart

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-rally-on-earnings-dow-up-115-points-2011-04-26?dist=afterbell

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WALL_STREET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-26-16-11-11

Financials+0.38%

US +0.62% TY+0.32% FV+0.22%  TU+0.05% ED+0.01%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-26/treasuries-advance-as-u-s-auctions-2-year-notes-amid-speculation-on-fed.html

Energies+0.33%

RB+0.91% HO+0.78% ZK+0.38% CL-0.20% NG-0.20%

http://www.platts.com/BlogDetails/oilblog

Currencies+0.21%

AD+0.58% SF+0.45% EC+0.41% MP+0.32% JY+0.29%  CD+0.22% BP-0.16% USD-0.28%

Softs-0.57%

KC+2.45% CC+0.10% OJ-0.18% SB-0.52% LB-1.97% CT-3.32%

http://dtn.agfax.com/index.cfm?show=801&cat=8&id=07020F7F&sort=4

Grains-0.88%

C+0.49% BO-0.27%  SM-0.36% S-0.49% RR-0.90% RS-1.68% W-1.79% O-2.07%

http://www.cmegroup.com/education/market-commentary/ag/2011/04/recap-corn_543.html

Metals-1.33%

HG+0.38% GC-0.44% PA-0.89%PL-1.18%  SI-4.71%

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11093962/1/silver-prices-retreat-as-gold-treads-water.html