Indexes Close Mixed, Dollar Gains, Coca Cola Advances

US indexes closed mixed today with the DJIA ending the session up +9.44 to 12289.76, the Nasdaq gave back -10.52 to 2448.94 and the S&P 500 lost -3.32 to 1358.44. The Dollar had its biggest 2-day gain since 2005 after Bernake's stated economic risks have decreased.

Coca Cola (KO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained $2.22 or 3.96% closing at $58.04/share after Deutsche Bank upgraded the shares, leading the Averages higher on the session.

Lehman Brothers (LEH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) continues its precipitous decline giving back another 6.72% or $1.98 to $27.50 on a Wachovia downgrade.

Omnicare (OCR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) - The nursing home pharmacy provider gained 4.77% or $1.15 to $25.27 after being upgraded to outperform by Oppenheimer.

United Rentals (URI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) rocketed up 13.28% or $2.59 to $22.09/share on a share buyback announcement.

Gold plummeted $26.90 to $871.20 and oil gave back $2.57 to $131.78 on the dollar's rebound.