{"id":30819,"date":"2012-07-17T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-lower-as-bernanke-offers-no-hints-on-further-monetary-easing\/30811\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T10:30:00","slug":"stocks-lower-as-bernanke-offers-no-hints-on-further-monetary-easing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-lower-as-bernanke-offers-no-hints-on-further-monetary-easing\/30819\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks Lower as Bernanke Offers No Hints on Further Monetary Easing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad include code--><!--mfunc include_once('\/mnt\/Target01\/327806\/www.thestockmarketwatch.com\/web\/content\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/ad-injection\/adshow.php') --><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>Stocks have slipped in early trading today after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/federal-reserve-system-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Reserve<\/a> Chairman Ben Bernanke offered no hints on further monetary easing from the central bank.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-30819\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke said that economic uncertainty is increasing primarily due to the euro zone debt crisis and the looming \u201cFiscal Cliff\u201d in the U.S. However, the Fed Chairman did not offer any clues on further monetary easing.<\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad code--><!--mfunc adshow_display_ad_file_v2(array('ad_random_1.txt'), array(100), array('align' => 'float right', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - in News 300 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5684630733\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>At last check, the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Dow Jones Today\">Dow Jones<\/a> was trading 0.11% lower at 12,713.32, the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> was trading 0.10% lower at 1,352.32, and the Nasdaq was trading 0.17% lower at 2,891.93.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer Cyclical sector is leading the losses in the S&amp;P 500 in early trading today. At last check, the sector was down 0.54%. Transportation sector is currently trading 0.53% lower. Technology sector is down 0.38% in early trading. Consumer Non-Cyclical sector has been the best performer in the S&amp;P 500 in early trading. At last check, the sector was up 0.26% higher.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major gainers and losers in early trading today are Yahoo! Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=YHOO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: YHOO<\/a>), which is currently trading 0.24% lower at $15.61, Gilead Sciences Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=GILD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: GILD<\/a>), which is currently trading 0.52% higher at $52.21, State Street Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nyse\/today.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"NYSE Today\">NYSE<\/a>: STT), which is currently trading 5.14% lower at $41.87, Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), which is currently trading 9.12% higher at $33.87, and VIVUS Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=VVUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: VVUS<\/a>), which is currently trading 7.54% lower at $26.54.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, a Labor Department report showed that consumer prices were flat in June as expected. Core consumer prices rose 0.2% in June. Meanwhile, a report from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/federal-reserve-system-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Reserve<\/a> showed that industrial production rose 0.4% in June, while capacity utilization was 78.8%. 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