Traders Wary Ahead of CPI Report

Stocks ended mixed ahead of tomorrow’s CPI report. 
Automotive stocks led the S&P today after DaimlerChrysler
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announced it was selling an 80% stake in its Chrysler unit to a
private equity firm.  Ford
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and General Motors
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shares each added 4% in today’s session.

June crude futures finish
slightly higher at $62.46 a barrel. 

June gold futures end lower by 0.3% to $670.10 an ounce.

Around Europe, Germany’s DAX Index
lost 0.4% to close at 7,459.61, France’s CAC 40 Index lost 0.4% to
6,026.42, and Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 0.5% to 6,555.50.

Today’s

PowerRatings Heat Map
is starting to have a bearish bias after last Friday’s
rally.  Sectors that look particularly weak are
Transportation, Metals and Mining, and Diversified Services.


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Stocks in
Motion

Private Equity Firm Cerberus to Pay $7.4 Billion for
DaimlerChrysler’s

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Chrysler Unit.  DCX shares added 2.7%.

Nokia
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Raises Device Market Share Forecast For Q2
(full
story
).  NOK shares rose 3.6%.

Mylan
Laboratories

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Signs Definitive Agreement With Merck KGaA To Acquire
Merck Generics For US$6.7 Billion Cash (full
story
).  MYL shares dropped 12.2%.

Cardinal
Health

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To Buy Viasys
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For About $1.5 Bln; Backs
FY07, FY08 Outlook (full
story
).  CAH shares rose by 0.2 %, while VAS shares jumped 36%.

Source Interlink
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To Buy Primedia’s
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Enthusiast Media Division For About $1.2 Bln (full
story
).  SORC shares dropped 14.3%, while PRM shares added 13.25%. 

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

Market Snapshot

Dow

+20.56 13,346.78

NASDAQ

-15.78 2,546.44

S&P 500

-2.70 1,503.15

 

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

2,639,578,000 1,919,932,000

Advances

1148 970

Declines

2077 2084

Up Volume

1040 660

Down Volume

1392 1166

New Highs

233 151

New Lows

27 87


   



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Economic
News

No economic reports
released today.

Darren Wong

Associate Editor

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com