Market participants welcome new political landscape.
Crude oil futures close higher by 1.7% to $59.94.
Stocks on the
Move
UnitedHealth (UNH | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Sees Significantly
Greater Charges From Option Probe (full
story). UNH shares fall by over 3%.
PG&E (PCG | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Q3 Profit Up On Higher Revenues,
Recovery Of Costs; Boosts FY06 Outlook (full
story). PCG shares close higher by 1%.
Human Genome Sciences (HGSI | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Q3 Loss
Widens, Adj. Loss Narrows As Revenues Rise, Provides Positive Phase 1b HGS-ETR1
Results (full
story). HGSI shares drop over 8%.
Career Education (CECO | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Q3 Profit Down On
Lower Revenues, Higher Costs; Stock Up In After Hours As Top Line Beats View (full
story). CECO shares soar by over 11%
A.G. Edwards Upgrades Dean Foods (DF | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) To Buy
From Hold With $46 Price Target. DF shares rises nearly 5%.
Higher Revenues, Subscriber Growth Narrows Sirius
Satellite Radio (SIRI | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Q3 Loss; Reiterates FY06 Forecast (full
story). SIRI shares finish higher by nearly 1%..
Federated Department Stores (FD | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) Swings To A
Loss In Q3, Revenue Up 6% (full
story). FD shares fall by 1%.
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking
News section.
Market Snapshot
|
Dow |
+19.77 |
12,176.54 |
|
NASDAQ |
+9.06 |
2,384.94 |
|
S&P 500
|
+2.88 |
1,385.72 |
|
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ |
|
Volume |
2,851,280,000 |
8,038,065,000 |
|
Advances |
1966 |
1738 |
|
Declines |
1265 |
1276 |
|
Up Volume |
1367 |
1286 |
|
Down Volume |
1214 |
623 |
|
New Hi's |
244 |
140 |
|
New Lo's |
20 |
43 |
Strongest/Weakest Sectors
|
Strongest
Sectors |
Weakest
Sectors |
|
Deutsche Bank Energy (DXE) |
Morgan Stanley Health Care Payors
(HMO) |
| PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX) |
Amex Pharmaceutical Index (DRG) |
| Amex Oil Index (XOI) |
Amex Airline Index (XAL) |
Economic
News
Venezuela's Chavez
- Doesn't Want Oil Prices Below $50/Barrel
Crude Inventories
Up 0.4 Mln. Barrels
Gas Inventories Down 0.6 Mln. Barrels
Distillate Stocks Down 2.7 Mln.
Barrels
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