Nasdaq leads the major indices trading up 0.35%. Crude oil futures trade higher by 2.3% to $60.72.
Amazon.com Q3 Profit Falls, Yet Tops Estimate, Revenues Up 24%, Lifts FY06 Revenue Target (full story). AMZN shares jump over 11%.
Microsoft To Offer Low-cost Upgrades To Windows Vista (full story). MSFT shares trade fractionally higher.
PepsiAmericas Q3 EPS Drops Owing To Pricing Pressures, Raw Material Costs (full story). PAS shares drop over 7%.
RadioShack Slides To Loss In Q3 On Higher Expenses, Lower Sales And Comp. (full story). RSH shares drop nearly 8%
Elan Q3 Loss Widens, Revenues Decline On Maxipime Supply Shortages (full story). ELN shares fall nearly 2%.
LifeCell Q3 EPS More Than Doubles, Yet Misses Estimates By A Penny; Lowers FY06 Guidance (full story). LIFC shares get slammed by over 23%.
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
|
Dow |
-25.54 |
12,102.34 |
|
NASDAQ |
+7.89 |
2,352.73 |
|
S&P 500 |
+1.77 | 1,379.15 |
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
|
Volume |
1,225,266,000 |
846,947,000 |
|
Advances |
1984 |
1683 |
|
Declines |
1102 |
1142 |
|
Up Volume |
675 |
479 |
|
Down Volume |
409 |
297 |
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New Hi's |
274 |
107 |
|
New Lo's |
12 |
21 |
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Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
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PHLX Oil Services Sector (OSX) |
Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors Index (HMO) |
| PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) | Morgan Stanley Healthcare Provider Index (RXH) |
| Amex Disk Drive Index (DDX) | Amex Airline Index (XAL) |
Crude Inventories Down 3.3 Mln. Barrels, Gasoline Inventories Down 2.8 Mln. Barrels, Distillate Stocks Down 1.4 Mln. Barrels
Sept. Existing Home Sales Down 1.9% To 6.18 Mln. Units; Existing Home Prices Down 2.2% From Year Ago $220K; Housing Inventories Down 2.4% To 7.3 Month Supply
Darren Wong
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