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With important debt sales by Italy and Spain later this week and the beginning of earnings season in the U.S. after the close, the major stock indexes never moved very far from unchanged levels during trading today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher by 32.77 points. Its 0.27-percent move was the largest of the day among the majors. The S&P 500 rose by 2.89 points, or 0.23 percent. The Nasdaq Composite eked out a gain of 0.09 percent when it settled 2.34 points higher. Volume on the major U.S. exchanges totaled 5.98 billion shares. Average volume is 6.61 billion shares.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who met in Berlin today, said they want EU states to complete their negotiations on a planned new treaty quickly so it can be signed on March 1. They also warned Greece that it will get no more bailout funds until it agrees with its creditor banks on a bond swap and a deal to avert a potential default.

After the close in New York, Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest aluminum producer in the U.S., reported results for the quarter that ended on December 31. It had a loss of $191 million, or 18 cents a share. During the fourth quarter of 2010 Alcoa had a profit of $258 million, or 24 cents a share. Excluding restructuring costs the loss was 3 cents a share, which matched the consensus estimate.

It was the first loss for the company since the second quarter of 2009. Aluminum prices had fallen back then on the heels of the late-2008 financial crisis that severely hurt the global economy. Aluminum prices fell in 2011 as well, with the average price in the fourth quarter 11 percent below the same period in 2010.

Here is how the company summed up 2011 in its earnings press release: “Alcoa turned in solid performance in a volatile year by responding quickly to changing market conditions and relentlessly managing cash. We stayed focused on growth and took aggressive action to cut costs, improve our competitiveness, and strengthen our balance sheet,” said Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld.

For the current year, Alcoa expects global aluminum demand to grow 7 percent and the company is forecasting a global deficit in primary aluminum supply. Shares of the stock rose by 0.27, or 2.89 percent, to 9.43 during regular trading today. The stock edged higher by a few cents in after-market trading.

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