Ugly Day In Many Ways

The S&P 500 closed down 2.3% today. This was the biggest drop in five months. The Morgan Stanley Cylical Index fell 3.91% to 1,117.76.

There was a big split today between large- and small-cap stocks. The Russell 2000 fell 3.78%, while the S&P 100 dropped 2.06%. There was a 51 basis point difference between the Dow and S&P 500 today. The Dow was down 1.79%.

Gold was absolutely demolished today. This charts shows you how bad the damage was:

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Posted by on April 15th, 2013 at 5:12 pm


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