Message-ID: <28362911.1075861810265.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:12:40 -0800 (PST) From: msnmoneyupdate_031473@ms-moneycentral.customer-email.com To: houston <.ward@enron.com> Subject: Market sinks into red Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "MSN Money Update" @ENRON X-To: Ward, Kim S (Houston) X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \KWARD (Non-Privileged)\Ward, Kim S (Houston)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Ward-K X-FileName: KWARD (Non-Privileged).pst =========================================================== *********************************************************** NEW! Would you like to receive this message in HTML instead of plain text? *********************************************************** Try the enhanced version of our market report mail. Get the latest report, index data and headlines. Sign in and select "HTML" http://moneycentral.msn.com/Comcenter/options.asp?returnURL=/Comcenter/email.asp =========================================================== The following data is best viewed in a Fixed Width font such as Courier. Leading Indexes(as of 11/21/2001 11:00 hours ET) http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/market/leading.asp Quotes supplied by Standard & Poor's Comstock and delayed at least 20 minutes. Data Source: http://www.spcomstock.com Name LEVEL CHANGE %Change -------- -------- ------- ------- Dow Jones Industrial Average 9,814.75 -86.63 -0.87% S & P 500 Index 1,133.17 -9.49 -0.83% Nasdaq Composite Index 1,857.18 -23.33 -1.24% Amex Composite Index 809.41 -1.62 -0.20% Russell 2000 Index 450.21 -3.69 -0.81% To personalize this e-mail with your own investments, sign up to add your portfolio. http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/alerts/ppemail.asp ** MSN Money Community ** Discuss the hot topic of the day on the message boards, Chat with CNBC personalities and investing experts, or post a question for one of our other financial experts. http://money.msn.com/community/highlights.asp ---------------------------------------------- Market Summary (as of 11/21/2001 11:00 hours ET) http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/common/summary.asp Market sinks into red Provided by MSN Money Go ahead, take off early.

That seems to be Wall Street's attitude today, even though the Thanksgiving holiday is a day away. In what promises to be a quiet session, the major indexes started the day down, despite a better-than-expected jobless claims report. That, and an uptick in consumer-sentiment numbers, lifted stocks -- but only briefly.

There is a bit of business to be taken care of, however, before we turn to gorging on turkey and sweet potatoes: First, weekly jobless claims fell for the fourth straight week, Reuters reports.

In the week ended Nov. 17, new jobless claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 15,000 to 427,000. A Reuters' survey had forecast 461,000 jobless claims.

The second bit of business: Consumer sentiment rose in November, Reuters reports, as hopes for an economic recovery next year overshadowed worries about lost jobs and recession. The University of Michigan's index rose for a second straight month to 83.9 in November from 82.7 in October. That was higher than consensus forecasts. Full day's coverage: http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/common/summary.asp ============================================================== Today's update brought to you by MSN Money -- The best place to invest. http://moneycentral.msn.com If you would like to unsubscribe from the MSN Money Market Summary Email go to http://money.msn.com/investor/invsub/alerts/ppemail.asp or reply to this message and type "Unsubscribe" in the subject line of the message. Thank you. ============================================================== This email was sent to: kim.ward@enron.com