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 | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) 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 | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Agrees To $26.7 Bln
Takeover; Plans To Sell Some Radio Stations, Television Group (full
story). CCU shares rise by nearly 4%.
Merck (MRK | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Wins One More Vioxx Case In
Federal Court (full
story). MRK shares rise by 0.8%.
Wal-Mart (WMT | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Extends $4 Generic
Prescription Program To 11 Additional States (full
story). WMT shares trade fractionally higher.
Dell Inc. (DELL | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Is Postponing The Release
Of Its Q3 Earnings Report (full
story). DELL shares drop 3.7%.
PetSmart (PETM | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Q3 Earnings Rise Slightly;
Q4 EPS To Meet Or Miss Consensus (full
story). PETM shares drop nearly 6%.
Applied Materials (AMAT | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) 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
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