Nasdaq leads the major indices trading up 0.35%. Crude oil futures trade higher by
2.3% to
$60.72.
Stocks on the
Move
Amazon.com Q3 Profit Falls, Yet Tops Estimate,
Revenues Up 24%, Lifts FY06 Revenue Target (full
story). AMZN shares jump over 11%.
Microsoft To Offer Low-cost Upgrades To Windows
Vista (full
story). MSFT shares trade fractionally higher.
PepsiAmericas Q3 EPS Drops Owing To Pricing
Pressures, Raw Material Costs (full
story). PAS shares drop over 7%.
RadioShack Slides To Loss In Q3 On Higher
Expenses, Lower Sales And Comp. (full
story). RSH shares drop nearly 8%
Elan Q3 Loss Widens, Revenues Decline On
Maxipime Supply Shortages (full
story). ELN shares fall nearly 2%.
LifeCell Q3 EPS More Than Doubles, Yet Misses
Estimates By A Penny; Lowers FY06 Guidance (full
story). LIFC shares get slammed by over 23%.
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking
News section.
Market Snapshot
|
Dow |
-25.54 |
12,102.34 |
|
NASDAQ |
+7.89 |
2,352.73 |
|
S&P 500
|
+1.77 |
1,379.15 |
|
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ |
|
Volume |
1,225,266,000 |
846,947,000 |
|
Advances |
1984 |
1683 |
|
Declines |
1102 |
1142 |
|
Up Volume |
675 |
479 |
|
Down Volume |
409 |
297 |
|
New Hi's |
274 |
107 |
|
New Lo's |
12 |
21 |
Strongest/Weakest Sectors
|
Strongest
Sectors |
Weakest
Sectors |
|
PHLX Oil Services Sector (OSX) |
Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors
Index (HMO) |
| PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) |
Morgan Stanley Healthcare
Provider Index (RXH) |
| Amex Disk Drive Index (DDX) |
Amex Airline Index (XAL) |
Economic
News
Crude
Inventories Down 3.3 Mln. Barrels, Gasoline Inventories Down 2.8 Mln. Barrels,
Distillate Stocks Down 1.4 Mln. Barrels
Sept. Existing
Home Sales Down 1.9% To 6.18 Mln. Units; Existing Home Prices Down 2.2% From
Year Ago $220K; Housing Inventories Down 2.4% To 7.3 Month Supply
Darren Wong
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