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Markets close the day mixed; Dow and Nas post fractional changes, while the S&P rose 0.4%.

Crude oil futures closed lower today, as the Energy Department released yet another increased inventory.

The Energy Department released numbers showing an increase in crude inventory for the fifth straight week.

Shares of Dupont traded over 3% higher after the company raised revenue expectations this morning.

Stocks On The Move

Microsoft (MSFT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Files Lawsuits Against Online Sellers To Thwart Software Piracy

DuPont (DD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Lifts Q1, FY06 EPS Target Above Consensus; Restructuring In Coatings Businesses To Cut 1,500 Jobs, Save $165 Mln Annually (full story).

Wal-Mart (WMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Raises Its Stake In CARHCO To 51% (full story).

Goodrich Petroleum (GDP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 EPS Drops Despite Higher Revenues (full story).

Ross Stores (RST | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises In Line With Street Views On Higher-than-expected Top-line Growth (full story).

Sears Holdings (SHLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Jumps (full story).

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

Dow

+59.87

11,211.21

NASDAQ

+16.30

2,312.20

S&P 500

+5.65

1,303.14

NYSE

NASDAQ

Volume

2,198,708,000

2,088,571,000

Advances

2119

1853

Declines

1154

1167

Up Volume

1404

1505

Down Volume

555

391

New Hi's

252

180

New Lo's

28

35

 

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

GSTI Multimedia (GIP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Pharmaceutical (DRG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
Disk Drive (DDX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Morgan Stanley Hlth Products (RXP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)
Networking Index (NWX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Oil Service (OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating)

Economic News

Crude Oil Inventories Up 4.8 Mln. Barrels; Gasoline Inventories Down 900,000 Barrels

John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com

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