TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday

Stocks finished a short, Christmas Eve session modestly higher across the board.

The Dow gained 48.99. The Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 3.36. And the S&P 500 added 4.99.

Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Friday.

A number of stocks will be added to the S&P 500 Index, according to Standard and Poor’s. They include Owens-Illinois Inc.
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, which is replacing Wachovia and Scana Corporation
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, which will take the place of Merrill Lynch in the index.

Among the stocks moving higher on a shortened, Christmas Eve trading day are Google
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up more than 2% late in the session, and Advanced Micro Devices
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, which was up more than 1% after midday.

Despite AMD’s positive Christmas eve, J.P. Morgan analysts are suggesting that it is Intel
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that is gaining ground wit both Hewlett-Packard
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and Dell
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