Broad Based Selloff on Wall Street

Stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday with the Dow losing nearly 150
points. Troubling forecasts from retailers Home Depot and
Sears along with soaring crude prices brought in broad
based selling.

Crude oil futures for August delivery rose 0.9%
to $72.81 per barrel.  Gold
futures for August delivery rose fractionally to $664.40 an ounce.


Around Europe, Germany’s DAX index dropped 1.4% to 7,964.76,
France’s CAC 40 index lost 1.4% to 6,019.22, and Britain’s FTSE
100 fell 1.2% to 6,630.90.

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Stocks in
Motion

CBOT
(
BOT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Shareholders Approve Merger With CME
(
CME |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
(full
story
). BOT shares lost 1.5%, while CME shares fell 1.7%.

Alcoa
(
AA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Q2 Profit Falls; Extends Alcan Offer (full
story
). AA shares fell 1.5%.

Home Depot
(
HD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Cuts FY07 EPS Target; Launches Tender Offer For 250
Mln Common Shares (full
story
). HD shares made fractional gains.

Sears Holdings
(
SHLD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2-to Date Comps. Decline; Sees Lower
Profit In Q2; Board Approves Repurchase Of Additional $1 Billion Shares (full
story
). SHLD shares fell 10%.

D.R. Horton Expects Loss In Q3; Net Orders Drop 40% (full
story
). DHI shares lost 3.2%.

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

-148.27 13,501.70

NASDAQ

-30.86 2,639.16

S&P 500

-21.73 1,510.12

 

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

3,112,911,000 2,140,631,000

Advances

776 819

Declines

2463 2230

Up Volume

507 622

Down Volume

2328 1380

New Highs

116 143

New Lows

93 126


Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

CBOE Oil Index (OIX) S&P Retail Index (RLX)
Deutsche Banke
Energy Index (DXE)
Airline Index (XAL)
Nasdaq Computer Index (IXCOX) CBOE DJ REIT

Index (DJR)


 


Economic
News

Wholesale Inventories +0.5% vs
+0.4% consensus, prior +0.3%

Darren Wong

Associate Editor

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com