Indices Close Friday In The Red


Markets close the day in red;
all major indices were down for the day.

Crude oil futures closed slightly lower for the day.

General Motors
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traded down 2.5% after Delphi
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announced intentions to cut contracts with GM.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

Freddie Mac
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Estimates FY05 Net Earnings Of Approx. $2.5 Bln (full
story
).

Mattel
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Wins Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed By LeapFrog (full
story
).

Layne Christensen
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Reveals Withdrawal Of Steel Partners’ Director Nominations; To Trim Board Size;
To Combine Water And Infrastructure Businesses (full
story
).

Plains Exploration &
Production

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VP, CFO Stephen Thorington Plans To Retire In May (full
story
).

Delphi
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To Seek Cancellation Of Union Deals; To Reduce Workforce By 25% (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
section.

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Dow

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-40.90

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11,109.80

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NASDAQ

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-1.03

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2,339.79

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S&P 500

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-5.38

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1,294.87

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Volume

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2,175,465,000

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1,847,807,000

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Advances

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1609

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1667

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Declines

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1620

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1382

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Up Volume

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679

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610

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Down Volume

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1004

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871

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New Hi’s

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150

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213

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New Lo’s

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38

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Strongest
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Weakest
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Dow Jones Equity
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Disk Drive
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Kbw Bank
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GSTI Semiconductor
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Morgan Stanley Healthcare
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Utilities
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
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Chicago Area Business Sees Faster Than Expected Growth (full
story
).



Factory Orders Rebound By Much Less Than Expected In February (full
story
).



Personal Spending Shows Modest Increase In February (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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