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Major indexes were trading up fractionally in the morning session.
Positive earnings from Caterpillar, Verizon and AT&T helped to boost investor sentiment. GE, on the flip side, traded down almost -6% after missing earnings.
Gold futures traded slightly lower this morning; crude oil futures were trading up fractionally.
Eli Lilly (LLY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Posts Profit In Q4; Adj. EPS Rises, Beats Consensus On Higher Sales, Other Income, Lower Tax Rate; Guides Q1 Below Estimates (full story).
AT&T (T | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q4 Profit Rises, Ex. Items; Top Estimates On Strong Top-line Growth (full story).
Lockheed Martin (LMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q4 Profit Jumps 54% On Upside In Revenue And Margin, Revenues Up 3%, Guides FY06 EPS Above Consensus (full story).
Dow Chemical (DOW | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q4 Profit Rises 7% On Higher Prices (full story).
Pricing Pressure Mars Nokia's (NOK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Earnings (full story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
|
Dow |
+93.49 |
10803.23 |
|
NASDAQ |
+18.05 |
2278.70 |
|
S&P 500 |
+10.05 |
1274.73 |
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
|
Volume |
1,220,227,000 |
1,093,324,000 |
|
Advances |
1857 |
1815 |
|
Declines |
1213 |
1031 |
|
Up Volume |
692 |
605 |
|
Down Volume |
391 |
377 |
|
New Hi's |
192 |
165 |
|
New Lo's |
27 |
21 |
|
Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
| Nasdaq Combined Finance (OFINX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Networking (NWX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Semiconductor (SOX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Natural Gas (XNG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| S&P Insurance Index (IUX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Oil Service (OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Jobless Claims Rise Much Less Than Expected (full story).
Durable Goods Orders Continue To Increase In December (full story).
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com