Stocks Surge on Wall Street

Stocks surged on Tuesday, shrugging off crude oil prices
hitting a record high. Comments by Ben Bernanke gave little clue
as to the Fed’s September 18 decision on interest rates but good
news from General Motors
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and McDonald’s
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help raise investor confidence.

Crude oil prices rose to $78.23 per barrel, despite talk of a
possible increase in production by OPEC. The price of gold also
jumped, closing at $721.10.

Drug makers ImClone
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and Bristol-Meyers

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announced positive trial results for their new lung
cancer drug (full
story
).

Bear Stearns
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upgraded Western Digital
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to Outperform from Peer Perform today (full
story
).

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Stocks in Motion

Mesa Air
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Agrees with United Airlines
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to Fleet Restructuring (read
more
).

Duke Energy
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Raises Ongoing EPS Growth Outlook for
Next 5 Years (read
more
).

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

180.54 13308.39

NASDAQ

38.36 2597.47

S&P 500

19.79 1471.49

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

1,305,210,210 1,768,468,440

Up Volume

1,099,721,870 1,458,431,082

Down Volume

197,602,340 282,749,201

Advances

2,414 2,065

Declines

880 926

New Highs

50 48

New Lows

57 84


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Gold Mining Media
Agencies
Toys Home
Construction
Restaurant and Bars
Recreational Products





Economic
News

None today.