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November 21st, 2019
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| Market Mirror |
Wednesday, the Dow fell 112.93 points (0.40%) to 27,821.09, the NASDAQ closed 43.93 points (0.51%) lower at 8,526.73, and the S&P 500 decreased 11.72 points (0.38%) to 3,108.46. The Russell 2000 was down 6.72 points (0.42%) at 1,591.57, and the Wilshire 5000 lost 103.15 points (0.32%) to finish at 31,655.95.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note increased 25/32, bringing its yield down to 1.747%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond climbed 31/32, decreasing its yield to 2.209%.
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ON THIS DATE: In 1783, the first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. The pilots, Francois Pilatre de Rosier and Francois Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes, flew for 25 minutes and 5½ miles over Paris. In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1877, Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph. In 1916, Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea. In 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve as a member of the U.S. Senate. In 1934, Ella Fitzgerald won Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. In 1934, the New York Yankees purchased the contract of Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. In 1962, President John Kennedy terminated the quarantine measures against Cuba. In 1976, “Rocky,” starring Sylvester Stallone as the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuted in New York City. In 1980, 350 million people around the world tune in to television’s popular primetime drama “Dallas” to find out who shot J.R. Ewing. In 1993, the House of Representatives voted against making the District of Columbia the 51st state.
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