Of the 30 stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average, 21 closed higher, 9 closed lower, and none was unchanged.

Boeing led decliners in the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a loss of 1.86% followed by losses in Verizon Communications of 0.85% in Bank of America of 0.65%, in Disney of 0.53%, and in Johnson & Johnson of 0.47%.

Alcoa led the gainers in the Dow with a rise of 2.4% followed by gains in Wal-Mart of 1.8%, in Exxon Mobil of 1%, and in AIG of 0.97%.

Of the stocks in S&P 500 index, 302 stocks increased, 192 declined, and 6 were unchanged. Of the stocks in the index, 18 stocks fell more than 3% and 14 gained more than 3%.

State Street led the decliners in the S&P 500 index with a loss of 10.3% followed by losses in Forest Labs of 9.95% in Manitowoc of 9%, and in Northrop Grumman of 6.8%.

Compuware led gainers in the S&P 500 index with a rise of 11% followed by Charles Schwab of 8.8%, in Cognizant Technologies of 8.5%, and in Regions Financials of 7.8%.

South American Markets Indexes

Colombia led the gainers in South American trading with a rise of 1.40% followed by increases in Chile of 0.99%, in Argentina of 0.90%, in Brazil of 0.75%, and in Mexico of 0.6%. Venezuela fell 0.18% and Chile gained Peru added 0.38%.

Asian Markets

In Tokyo Nikkei 225 Index closed higher 73.07 or 0.57% to 12,990.58, in Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased 90.13 or 0.38% closed to 23,901.33. In Australia ASX 200 index higher 58.00 or 1.09% to close 5,400.40. In Malaysia KL Composite index increased 10.77 or 0.87% closed to 1,244.20.

In South Korea Kospi Index decreased 4.54 or 0.26% to close at 1,742.17 and Indonesia JSE Index edged increased 21.78 or 0.96% to 2,294.26. Sensex index in India increased 346.02 or 2.19% to 16,153.66. Market of Thailand was closed today.

Commodities, Metals, and Currencies

Crude oil increased $2.10 to close at $113.86 a barrel for a front month contract, natural gas increased 18 cent to $10.24 per mBtu, and gasoline futures increased 5.52 cents to close at 287.00 cents per gallon.

Gold increased $3.30 in New York trading to close at $932.00 per ounce, silver closed up $0.06 cents to $17.85 per ounce, and copper for front month delivery decreased 3.75 cents to $3.86 per pound.

Wheat futures were unchanged in Chicago trading and closed at $9.105 per bushel. Sugar increased 30.00 cent to $13.31 per pound. Soybean future closed up 7.75 cents to $13.97 a bushel.

Dollar edged higher but traded near a record low against euro to $1.5787 and edged higher against yen to 101.62.

Yields on U.S. bonds increased to 3.58% with 10 years of maturities and increased 4.42% with 30-year of maturities.