Home Prices Gain, Stocks Slip, Sears Suffers Suit

Profit takers took control of a lack luster stock market today. Positive news of climbing home prices was inexplicitly counteracted by falling consumer confidence figures. Retailer Sear Roebuck suffered a record $6 million dollar judgment as a result of an Americans with Disabilities bias suit. Stocks danced near breakeven prior to the final hour selling which pushed the indexes solidly into the negative territory. The DJIA fell -47.16 to 9742.20, the tech heavy Nasdaq slipped -6.70 to 2124.04 and the broad based S&P 500 gave back -2.37 to 1060.61.

Astrotech ( ASTC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating): soared an amazing 156.64% or $1.89 to $3.09/share after announcing it may sell the company that specializes in satellite launch prep services.

Walgreen ( WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating): Climbed 9.24% or $3.16 to $37.35/share upon beating analysts fourth quarter estimates.

MBIA Inc ( MBI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating): Fell 4.74% or 39 cents to $7.83/share after having its credit rating cut to "BB-" by Standard & Poor's.

Lamar Advertising ( LAMR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating): The billboard king advanced 6.64% or $1.69 to $27.16/share after being upgraded to "overweight" by Barclays.

Oil gave back 13 cents to $66.68, gold fell another 30 cents to $994.40 and the VIX index added 1.25% to 25.19.

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Market Snapshot

Dow

-47.16

9742.20

NASDAQ

-6.70

2124.04

S&P 500

-2.37

1060.61

Economic
News

Case-Shiller Housing Price Index (Jul): Consensus: -14.20%, Prior: -15.44%

Consumer Confidence (Sep): Consensus: 57.0, Prior: 54.1

ADP Employment (Sep): Consensus: -200K, Prior: -298K

GDP - Final (Q2): Consensus: -1.2%, Prior: -1.0%

Chicago PMI (Sep): Consensus: 52.0, Prior: 50.0

Crude Inventories(09/25): Consensus: NA, Prior: 2.85M

Personal Income (Aug): Consensus: 0.1%, Prior: 0.0%

Personal Spending (Aug): Consensus: 1.1%, Prior: 0.2%

Initial Claims (09/26): Consensus: 535K, Prior: 530K

Continuing Claims (09/19): Consensus: 6178K, Prior: 6138K

Construction Spending (Aug): Consensus: -0.2%, Prior: -0.2%

ISM Index (Sep): Consensus: 54.0, Prior: 52.9

Pending Home Sales (Aug): Consensus: 1.0%, Prior: 3.2%

Auto Sales (Sep): Consensus: NA, Prior: NA

Truck Sales (Sep): Consensus: NA, Prior: NA

Average Workweek (Sep): Consensus: 33.1, Prior: 33.1

Hourly Earnings (Sep): Consensus: 0.2%, Prior: 0.3%

Nonfarm Payrolls (Sep): Consensus: -180K, Prior: -216K

Unemployment Rate (Sep): Consensus: 9.8%, Prior: 9.7%

Factory Orders (Aug): Consensus: 0.5%, Prior: 1.3%

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Name	Symbol	PR
Air Transport Services	ATSG	10
Benchmark Electronics	BHE	10
Caribou Coffee Company Inc	CBOU	10
Cepheid	CPHD	10
Commercial Vehicle Group Inc	CVGI	10
Dana Holding Corporation	DAN	10
Fushi Copperweld, Inc.	FSIN	10
Gtx	GTXI	10
Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc	ISTA	10
iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund	IYT	10

Home Prices Gain, Stocks Slip, Sears Suffers Suit

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