Bulls In Control As Stocks Close Up For Fifth Consecutive Day
Markets show resilience
coming back to close in green for fifth consecutive day; major indices
fractionally higher.
href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move
Dell
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Q2 Earnings Drop 51%; Reveals SEC Probe (full
story). DELL shares fall by nearly 3% in today’s session.
FDA Asks Eli Lilly
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story). LLY shares down nearly 2%.
Altria Group
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is trading at 52-week highs after federal judge found the company guilty of
lying about smoking risks, but did not not impose monetary penalties (full
story). MO shares rise by nearly 4%.
Ann Taylor
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Q2 Profit Rises Six-fold On Strong Full-price Sales, Margin Expansion; Raises
FY06 EPS View; Authorizes $125 Mln Buy-back (full
story). ANN shares fall slightly by 0.5%.
Microsoft
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Reveals Preliminary Results Of Its Modified “Dutch Auction” Tender Offer;
Increases Ongoing Share Buyback Plan By About $16.2Bln (full
story). MSFT shares trade up by over 4%.
Merck
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Loses One More Vioxx Case, Asked To Pay $51 Mln; Previous Victory Overturned;
Stock Plunges (full
story). MRK shares close higher by nearly 2%.
Crude oil futures are trading higher by 0.5% to
$70.43.
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Dow
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+42.83
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11,377.79
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NASDAQ
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+6.35
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2,163.96
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S&P 500
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+4.58
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1,302.06
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Volume
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1,976,818,000
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1,665,323,000
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Advances
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1843
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1575
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Declines
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1391
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1396
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Up Volume
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1049
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867
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Down Volume
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700
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614
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New Hi’s
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89
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69
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New Lo’s
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28
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73
Sectors
Strongest Sectors
Oil Index (XOI)
Utilities Index (UTY)
Natural Gas Index (XNG)
Weakest Sectors
Airline Index (XAL)
S&P Retail Index (RLX)
Morgan Stanley Health Provider Index (RXH)
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