{"id":542421,"date":"2010-04-23T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T20:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/closing-bell-april-23-2010-4"},"modified":"2010-04-23T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T20:05:37","slug":"closing-bell-heres-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-take-off-for-the-weekend-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/542421","title":{"rendered":"Closing Bell: Here&#8217;s What You Need To Know Before You Take Off For The Weekend (F)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bb33e047f8b9a197c860000-250-188\/new-york-city-skyline.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"New York City skyline\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Markets<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * DJIA: Up 69.83, or 0.63%, to 11,204.12<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * NASDAQ: Up 11.08, or 0.44%, to 2530.15<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * S&amp;P 500: Up 8.57, or 0.71%, to 1217.24<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commodities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Oil: Up $1.42, or 1.70%, to $85.12.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Gold: Up 13.40, or 1.17%, to $1156.30.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Silver: Up 0.23, or 1.25%, to $16.27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now here&#8217;s what you need to know as you leave work today<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In the latest sign that the economy is rebounding, New York&#8217;s economy has returned to growth for the first time since 2007<\/strong>. The growth is, however, expected to be &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/preview.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-04-23\/nyc-economy-grows-for-first-time-in-nearly-2-years.html\">slow and fragile<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FDIC chief Sheila Bair has backed the banking sector, saying that conditions are improving and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/36738977\">bank defaults should peak by year end<\/a><\/strong>. Bair also lent her voice to the chorus pushing for Sen. Dodd&#8217;s financial reform bill to pass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to push her NATO counterparts to supply <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100423\/FOREIGN\/704239897\/1040\">more troop training resources to Afghanistan<\/a> as the coalition prepares for a 2011 departure from the country<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The G-20 were unable to come to a consensus of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/g20-wont-endorse-bank-tax-friday\/article1544721\/\">bank tax plan<\/a> during their 2 day Washington D.C. meetings<\/strong>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/map-bank-tax-2010-4\">U.S., Britain, France, and Germany<\/a> were partially thwarted by Canadian opposition to the proposal.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ford has recalled <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703709804575202190479060322.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us\">33,256 cars<\/a> due to safety concerns<\/strong>. This is the second recall the manufacturer has had to make this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/closing-bell-april-23-2010-4#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/xXuxGxGCwFM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Markets: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * DJIA: Up 69.83, or 0.63%, to 11,204.12&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * NASDAQ: Up 11.08, or 0.44%, to 2530.15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * S&amp;P 500: Up 8.57, or 0.71%, to 1217.24 Commodities: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Oil: Up $1.42, or 1.70%, to $85.12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Gold: Up 13.40, or 1.17%, to $1156.30.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Silver: Up 0.23, or 1.25%, to $16.27. 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