Market Wrap

Dow Industrials 16580.84 +45.47 +0.27% S&P 500 1883.95 +5.62 +0.30% Nasdaq Comp. 4114.56 +11.01 +0.27% Russell 2000 1126.86 +6.02 +0.54%

NYSE Comp. 10622.11 +38.46 +0.36% Nasdaq 100 3582.02 +8.03 +0.22% Dow Transports 7672.30 +55.01 +0.72% Dow Utilities 553.58 +0.46 +0.08%

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Internals were positive, with volume just slightly better. Advances/declines were 2 to 1 on the NYSE and 4 to 3 on the Nasdaq, with up/down volume 3 to 2 on the NYSE and 7 to 4 on the Nasdaq. New highs/lows were 108/38 on the NYSE and 46/74 on the Nasdaq.

Leaders — Paper (+1.69%), Software (+1.02%), Transport (+0.98%), Broker Dealers (+0.90%), Chemicals (+0.79%), Telecoms (+0.79%), Biotechs (+0.68%), Semis (+0.52%)
Laggards — Comp. Hardware (-1.04%), Gold/Silver (-0.66%), Natural Gas (-0.20%), Commodities (-0.12%), Disk Drives (-0.10%), Utilities (-0.06%), Oil (+0.05%), Retailers (+0.13%)

An extensive visual representation of the day’s winners and losers can be found at Finviz.com.

Treasury Yields — 6 Month: 0.04 %,  2 Year: 0.41 %,  5 Year: 1.68 %,  10 Year: 2.65 %,  30 Year: 3.46 %

Energy Prices — Crude oil: $99.80/barrel,  Gasoline: $3.00/gallon,  Natural Gas: $4.80/mmBTU

US Dollar Index — 79.488

Precious Metals — Gold: $1291.20/ounce,  Silver: $19.19/ounce,  Platinum: $1420.00/ounce

BMB Note:  

Lest we forget, taper means the Fed is still throwing good money after bad, just less than before. #wimps #wrongdirection

— Michael Kahn, CMT (@mnkahn) April 30, 2014

Pretty much everything that has been "booming" since the financial crisis is a crock full of nonsense. Few people see it yet.

— Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) April 30, 2014