Dow Continues To Hit New Highs

Major markets rebound from weakness in morning
session; S&P and Dow close fractionally higher for the day.

Stocks on the Move

Oracle
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matched earnings Monday afternoon, but disappointed
on sales of new software licenses. ORCL traded lower by about 5%.

Morgan Stanley
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Q4 Profit Drops On Prior Year Gain, Net
Revenues Up 24%; Plans To Spin-off Discover; Approves Up To $6 Bln Share
Buyback; Declares Dividend. MS closed up 1.6% for the day. (full
story
)

Circuit City
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Drops To Loss In Q3 On Price Cuts, Trims FY07
Guidance. CC closed down over 16%. (full
story
)

Delta Air Lines Rejects US Airways
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Merger Offer;
Files Standalone Plan Of Reorganization. LCC closed up 3%. (full
story
)

UnitedHealth
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To Confirm FY06 Outlook; Gives FY07 View;
Expects To Record Stock Option Charges In FY06. UNH rose nearly 4% during trading
today. (full
story
)

Verizon Communications
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Appoints Denny Strigl President,
Chief Operating Officer. VZ traded up fractionally today. (full
story
)

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+30.05

12,471.32

Nasdaq

-6.02

2,429.55

S&P 500


+3.07

1,425.55

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


2,611,548,000

1,935,162,000

Advances


1720

1346

Declines


1570

1708

Up Volume


1328

712

Down Volume


1027

1115

New Highs


145

75

New Lows


21

47

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Morgan Stanley Healthcare (HMO)


GSTI Semiconductor (GSM)

Amex Oil (XOI)

Amex Networking (NWX)

Deutsche Bank Energy (DXE)

Dow Jones Equity (DJR)

Economic News

The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 2% in November, the biggest increase
since 1974.

Housing starts beat expectations, rebounding off of 6-year lows from October.

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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