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The U.S. stock market ended the quarter with a mixed session. The Dow and S&P posted moderate gains, while the Nasdaq fell slightly, in part due to a 1.69% loss in Apple
AAPL. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 66 points to close at 13,212. The widely watched blue-chip average traded in a range between 13,148 and 13,224.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF
SPY gained 0.41% on the session and closed at $140.81. Volume was light with around 130 million SPY shares trading hands compared to a 3-month daily average of 142 million.
The PowerShares QQQ Trust ETF
QQQ, which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100, fell 0.19% to $67.55. The QQQ ended the quarter with a huge gain of 21%.
Crude oil was slightly higher on the session. NYMEX crude futures, the U.S. benchmark, rose 0.30% to $103.09. ICE Brent contracts added 0.47% to $122.96. In ETF trading, the United States Oil Fund ETF
fell 0.15% and closed at $39.23.
Precious metals also rose on the trading session. COMEX gold futures added 0.91% to $1,670 while silver futures gained 0.76% to $32.235. The heavily traded SPDR Gold Trust ETF
GLD climbed 0.53% to $162.14.
Treasuries sold off sharply on the day. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
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fell 1.70% to $112.20. The yield on the 10-Year Note rose 5.2 basis points to 2.21%.
The U.S. Dollar was slightly lower on Friday. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish ETF
UUP, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of foreign currencies, lost 0.14% to $21.91. The closely watched EUR/USD pair is currently trading at $1.3333.
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