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Major markets close the day in the green; Bernanke's first speech and an increase in oil inventories lead to an overall positive feel in the markets.

Crude oil futures dropped today, closing down over 3% on news that inventories have risen.

BlackRock (BLK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating stock rose almost 9% after announcing a merger deal with Merrill; BLK closed up over 4%..

Stocks On The Move

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Might See Upside On Costs Control (full story).

Clear Channel Communications (CCU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Hires Randall Mays As President (full story).

Merrill Lynch (MER | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating To Merge Investment Management Unit With BlackRock (full story).

Progress Energy (PGN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Net Income Down, But Ongoing EPS Are Up (full story).

Caremark Rx (CMX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises As Mail Pharmacy Business Grow (full story).

EnCana (ECA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 EPS Soars On 65% Revenue Growth (full story).

Higher Revenue And Gross Margin Push Up Jones Apparel (JNY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit, EPS Tops Estimates (full story).

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

Dow

+30.50

11,058.89

Nasdaq

+14.26

2,276.43

S&P 500

+4.46

1,279.99

NYSE

NASDAQ

Volume

2,284,945,000

1,780,147,000

Advances

2016

1825

Declines

1240

1202

Up Volume

1201

1156

Down Volume

815

485

New Hi's

146

130

New Lo's

17

26

 

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Morg Stanley Health Provider (RXH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Amex Gold Bugs (HUI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
Airline (XAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Gold and Silver (XAU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
Securities Broker Dealer (XBD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Oil Service (OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)

Economic News

Crude Oil Inventories Rise (full story).

Industrial Production Unexpectedly Falls In January (full story).

New York Manufacturing Conditions Continue To Improve (full story).

John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com

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