Dow Closes At 6-Year High


The major markets post
gains for the day as positive earnings best continued oil and interest rate
worries; Dow closes at 6-year high.

General Motors
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closed up 8% on a Merrill upgrade.

RF Micro Devices
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closed up 14% after announcing positive quarterly results.

Crude oil futures were trading fractionally lower
after EIA announces a slight decrease in crude reserves.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

Monster Worldwide
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Q1 Profit Rises On 28% Top Line Growth; Guides Q2, FY06 (full
story
).

Baker Hughes
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Q1 EPS From Cont. Ops Surges, Tops Street View On Higher Revenues; Forecasts Q2
Adj. EPS From Cont. Ops Above Consensus (full
story
).

Sprint Nextel
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Q1 Profit Declines On Merger-related Cost (full
story
).

Colgate-Palmolive
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Q1 Profit Rises 8% On Revenue And Volume Growth, Adj. EPS Exceeds Consensus (full
story
).

ConocoPhillips
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Q1 Profit Rises On Higher Oil Prices (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
section.

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Dow

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+71.64

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11,354.89

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NASDAQ

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+3.34

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2,333.64

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S&P 500

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+3.69

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1,305.43

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Volume

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2,415,438,000

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2,083,894,000

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Advances

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1755

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1505

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Declines

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1502

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1558

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Up Volume

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1218

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1071

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Down Volume

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957

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844

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New Hi’s

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194

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189

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New Lo’s

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149

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News




Crude Oil Inventories Tick Down Again (full
story
).


New Home Sales Rise Sharply In March (full
story
).


Durable Goods Orders Rise Much More Than Expected (full
story
).



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John Patrick Lee


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