Stocks Stage Comeback, Close Flat

  • November 30, 2006
  • Darren Wong

Crude oil futures trade higher by 1.1% to $63.13.

Stocks on the Move

Target
(
TGT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Posts 5.9% Increase In Nov. Comp., Sales Up 11.7%; Sees
Dec. Comp. In 3.5-5.5% Range (full
story).  TGT shares rise by 0.4%.

CVS
(
CVS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) November
Revenues Up 23.3%; Same Store Sales Climb 8.4% (full
story).  CVS shares close higher by 1%.

Kohl’s
(
KSS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
November Sales Up 12.4%, Comp Increases 3.7% (full
story).  KSS shares fall by 1.6%.

Gap
(
GPS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) November
Same-store Sales Down 8% (full
story).  GPS shares fall by 1.7%.

J.C. Penny
(
JCP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Backs Q4 Earnings Outlook, Sees Dec. Comps. In Low Single Digits (full
story).  JCP shares fall by 2.7%.

Wal-Mart
(
WMT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Nov.
Comps. Slip 0.1%; Total Sales Rise 11.9%; Sees Dec. Comps. Growth Of 0 -1% (full
story).  WMT shares fall by 1.7%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


-4.80
12,221.93

Nasdaq
-0.46
2,431.77

S&P 500


+1.17
1,400.65

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume
3,279,112,000
1,997,861,000

Advances
2149
1629

Declines
1129
1399

Up Volume
1842
1157

Down Volume
936
619

New Highs
367
140

New Lows
18
37

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index (XAU)
Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index (XBD)

Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI)
S&P Chemicals
Index (CEX)

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors Index (HMO)
Amex Airline Index (XAL)

Economic News

Help-Wanted Index 30 vs 30 consensus

Chicago PMI 49.9 vs 54.5 consensus

Initial Claims 357K vs 316K consensus

Personal Income +0.4% vs +0.5%
consensus

Personal Spending +0.2% vs +0.1% consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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