Stocks staged a broad-based sell-off on Thursday as the Dow, S &P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite retreated from their respective 200-day moving averages.
Dow was off 206.48. The S&P 500 was off by 25.69. And the Nasdaq lost 44.82 on the day.
Here are 7 stocks you need to know for Thursday:
News Corporation (NWS | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reported profits that had tripled for the third quarter. Increased ad sales for "American Idol" and the Super Bowl earlier this year were credited for the gains.
Marsh & McLennan (MMC | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reported earnings today of $0.46 per share excluding costs, beating analyst estimates.
Before the open on Thursday, NASDAQ (NDAQ | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) is expected to report EPS of $0.49.
Toyota Motors (TM | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reports earnings Thursday before the open following news that the company will raise the prices on some U.S. models.
El Paso Corporation (EP | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reports earnings Thursday before the open. Analysts expect $0.30 per share.
Disney (DIS | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) rallied nearly 3% on Wednesday as traders bid the stock higher at the open in response to the company's better than expected Q2 earnings.
Shares of UBS (UBS | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) fell more than 5% in trading today on news that a Federal tax evasion probe on the company had been launched.
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