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Dow and Nasdaq trading higher by 0.25%, while the Nasdaq is flat. Crude oil futures trade higher by 3.6% to $60.90.

Stocks on the Move

Sears Holdings (SHLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Profit More Than Triples On One-time Items, Lower Expenses; Top Line Drops, Comps. Down 3% (full story).  SHLD shares fall by 4.5% in morning trading.

Clear Channel (CCU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Agrees To $26.7 Bln Takeover; Plans To Sell Some Radio Stations, Television Group (full story).  CCU shares rise by nearly 4%.

Merck (MRK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Wins One More Vioxx Case In Federal Court (full story).  MRK shares rise by 0.8%.

Wal-Mart (WMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Extends $4 Generic Prescription Program To 11 Additional States (full story).  WMT shares trade fractionally higher.

Dell Inc. (DELL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Is Postponing The Release Of Its Q3 Earnings Report (full story).  DELL shares drop 3.7%.

PetSmart (PETM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Earnings Rise Slightly; Q4 EPS To Meet Or Miss Consensus (full story).  PETM shares drop nearly 6%.

Applied Materials (AMAT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q4 Profit Climbs 82%, Non-GAAP EPS Tops Consensus; Shares Fall (full story).  AMAT shares drop over 4%.

For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.

Market Snapshot

Dow

+35.14

12,288.85

NASDAQ

-1.25

2,441.50

S&P 500

+3.67 1,400.24

NYSE

NASDAQ

Volume

1,164,914,000

880,893,000

Advances

1739

1246

Declines

1358

1625

Up Volume

598

377

Down Volume

426

425

New Hi's

281

163

New Lo's

11

20

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Amex Securities Broker Dealer Index (XBD)

PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX)
Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors Index (RXP) Deutsche Bank Index (DXE)
GSTI Hardware Index (GHA) PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index (XAU)

Economic News

Initial Claims 308K vs 310K consensus

Core CPI +0.1% vs +0.2% consensus

CPI -0.5% vs -0.3% consensus

Capacity Utilization 82.2% vs 82.0% consensus

Industrial Production +0.2% vs +0.3% consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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