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Stocks Rise As Crude Falls To 17-Month Lows

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Dow rises 0.4%, while the S&P and Nasdaq rise 0.25%. Crude oil futures drop by $2.50 per barrel to close at $56.26.

Stocks on the Move

Sears Holdings (SHLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Profit More Than Triples On One-time Items, Lower Expenses; Top Line Drops, Comps. Down 3% (full story).  SHLD shares drop 5.5%.

Clear Channel (CCU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Agrees To $26.7 Bln Takeover; Plans To Sell Some Radio Stations, Television Group (full story).  CCU shares rise by 3.5%.

Apple Computer (AAPL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Has Taken Out The Highs Of The Year (full story).  AAPL shares close higher by nearly 2%.

MTS Systems Corp. (MTSC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Beats Q4 Consensus Estimates (full story).  MTSC shares jump over 5%.

Big Lots (BIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Posts Profit In Q3; Lifts Q4, FY06 View (full story).  BIG shares rise by 4.3%.

Williams-Sonoma (WSM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Net Income Declines; Cuts Q4, FY06 Outlook (full story).  WSM shares fall by nearly 10%.

Men's Wearhouse Q3 Earnings Rise 32%, Beat Estimates, Boosts (full story).  MW shares fall by 7.7%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow

+54.11

12,305.82

NASDAQ

+6.31

2,449.06

S&P 500

+3.19 1,399.76

NYSE

NASDAQ

Volume

2,713,075,000

2,021,207,000

Advances

1755

1496

Declines

1521

1526

Up Volume

1564

1067

Down Volume

938

847

New Hi's

347

220

New Lo's

15

38

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Nasdaq Telecommunications Index (IXTC)

Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI)
GSTI Multimedia Networking Index (GIP) PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX)
GSTI Hardware Index (GHA) PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index (XAU)

Economic News

Initial Claims 308K vs 310K consensus

Core CPI +0.1% vs +0.2% consensus

CPI -0.5% vs -0.3% consensus

Capacity Utilization 82.2% vs 82.0% consensus

Industrial Production +0.2% vs +0.3% consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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