TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday

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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