Stocks end the day with mixed trading; Tech sector helps pull Nasdaq into the green.
Crude oil futures closed down fractionally.
Walgreens' (WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) stock rose 1.1% after beating earnings this morning.
Lucent (LU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) closed up 1% on talks of continuing negotiations to buy Alcatel (ALA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating).
Walgreen (WAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q2 EPS Up 6% Notwithstanding Weak Flu Season (full story).
BMC (BMC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating To Acquire Identify Software For $150 Mln In Cash; Expects Deal To Close In Q107 (full story).
Equity One (EQY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Signs JV To Sell 30 Texas Properties Valued At $402 Mln; Expects To Pay Dividend Of $1.50/share On Deal Closure (full story).
Goldman (GS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Consortium Considers Takeover Bid For ABP Shares (full story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
|
Dow |
-29.86 |
11,250.11 |
|
NASDAQ |
+2.76 |
2,315.58 |
|
S&P 500 |
-1.34 |
1,301.61 |
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
|
Volume |
1,932,225,000 |
2,839,377,000 |
|
Advances |
1408 |
1461 |
|
Declines |
1843 |
1601 |
|
Up Volume |
885 |
1116 |
|
Down Volume |
848 |
592 |
|
New Hi's |
133 |
226 |
|
New Lo's |
35 |
23 |
Sectors
|
Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
| Amex Gold Bugs (HUI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Pharmaceutical (DRG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Gold and Silver (XAU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Dow Jones Equity (DJR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Combined Telecom (IXTCX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Morgan Stanley Hlth Products (RXP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Dollar Dips Briefly Below Mid-116 Yen In Thin Trading Ahead Of FOMC (full story).
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com
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