Stocks Slide on Weak Housing Data

Stocks are trading lower to start the week, after M&A news failed
to offset negative data from the housing market. Existing Homes
Sales fell for the fifth consecutive month.

Gateway
(
GTW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
agreed to be acquired by Acer,
with the Taiwan based company paying approximately $710 million (full
story
). Also, U.S. Steel
(
X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
agreed to acquire
Stelco
for about $1.1 billion (read
more
).

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Stocks in Motion

Teva Pharma
(
TEVA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Wins FDA Approval For Generic Accupril Tablets
(full
story
)

Eaton


(
ETN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Completes $111 Mln Sale Of Mirror Controls Unit To Private Equity Firm (read
more
).

Cooper Industries
(
CBE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Acquires LED And Lighting Controls
Businesses (full
story
).

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

-43.89 13334.98

NASDAQ

-14.56 2562.13

S&P 500

-8.79 1470.58

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

418,905,940 522,160,912

Up Volume

108,562,760 190,218,584

Down Volume

305,943,780 325,557,922

Advances

855 958

Declines

2,322 1,848

New Highs

21 33

New Lows

9 30


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Aluminum
Residential Construction

Jewelry Stores

Semiconductor-Memory Chips
Computers
Wholesale

Conglomerates



Economic
News

July Existing Homes Sales:
Consensus 5.75M Actual 5.70M

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