Stocks ended Wednesday mixed, with the Dow industrials modestly higher and the Nasdaq modestly lower.
The Dow gained 15.96 The Nasdaq Composite lost 15.51. And the S&P 500 shed 2.60 on the day.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday.
A new line of iPods are among the announcements rumored to be forthcoming from Apple's ( AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) "Let's Rock" media event in San Francisco next week.
Coca Cola ( KO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced a $2.4 billion dollar deal to acquire the #1 juice maker in China, Huiyan Juice.
Toll Brothers ( TOL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Thursday morning before the bell. Analysts are expecting a loss of 0.36 per share.
Regulatory approval to resume providing municipal bond insurance encouraged traders to bid shares of Ambac Financial Group Inc. ( ABK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) higher by more than 20%.
Up big for the second day in a row, Home Depot ( HD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) gained more than 4% on Wednesday.
But the biggest gainer in the Dow industrials was General Motors ( GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), which was up more than 5%.
Take-Two Interactive ( TTWO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) reports earnings Thursday after the market closes. Analysts are expecting EPS of $0.54.
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