Market Watch 4/26/2010

Stock Market Closing Prices – 4/26/10

Dow ( DJIA ) Close - 11205.03 +0.75
Nasdaq Stock Market Close - 2522.95 -7.20
S&P 500 Close – 1212.05 -5.23

Commodities Closing Prices – 4/26/10
Gold Close - 1153.50 +0.00
Oil Close – 84.07 -0.13
Natural Gas – 4.25

Stocks ended up 0.75 points Monday as a strong earning report from Caterpillar, Whirlpool and Texas Instruments.

The weakest sector in the market was financial stocks, which were generally lower as debate over financial reform raged in Congress. Goldman Sachs was down 3.14 to $152.03.

Citigroup (C ) shares fell 5.1% to $4.61 after the Treasury Department said today that it will start selling its 7.7 billion shares of the banking giant "in an orderly fashion."

Tuesday will be a big day.

There are earnings reports due from Honda Motor (HMC), Ford Motor (F), 3M (MMM), DuPont (DD), BP (BP) and United Parcel Service (UPS).

There's Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein's appearance before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations.

Futures trading suggests stocks will open down slightly.

Stock Market April 27, 2010

Consumer Confidence - 10am EST

Top Goldman Sachs executives testify on Capitol Hill. 10 a.m.
FOMC hold a two-day meeting beginning Tuesday.