Broker Dealer Stocks Round Up - Mid Day - Lower: GS, MS, AMTD

Published on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:55 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, January 31st (TradersHuddle.com) - The overall market is trading lower with the S&P 500 losing 0.31%. Stocks of Broker / Dealers are are also trading lower, with NYSE Broker/Dealer index trading at 91.323, which represents -0.52% from its previous close. 3 out of 10 components of the index are trading higher.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is the index current top performer, trading at $110.13 representing 0.36%. versus the previous trading session. Shares of Goldman Sachs, the premier global investment banking and securities firm, have defined support at $90.04 and resistance at $112.20.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is also among the top performers, trading at $18.21 representing 0.05% from its previous close. Morgan Stanley, the operator of a global securities business has calculated support and resistance levels at $17.64 and $18.88 respectively. The other top performer is Nomura (NYSE:NMR), which is trading at $3.62 representing 0% from the previous trading session.

The index worst performers include TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD) that is trading at $16.06 or -1.65% from the previous close. Shares of TD Ameritrade, the provider of online brokerage services for independent individual investors have defined support at $15.78 and resistance at $17.43. Also among the worst performers is E*TRADE (NASDAQ:ETFC), which is trading at $8.17 representing -1.21% from the previous trading session.