Dow Drops 186 Points

U.S. stocks moved sharply lower to end the week. Concerns over global
interest rates, rising crude, and hedge-fund trouble linked to subprime
mortgages troubled investors. The Dow gave up 186 points in
today’s session.

Crude oil futures for July delivery rose 0.7%
to $69.14 per barrel after a strike by Nigerian oil workers
started yesterday. Gold futures for August delivery added 0.7% to
$659.00 an ounce.


Around Europe, Germany’s DAX index fell 0.2% to close at 7,949.63,
France’s CAC 40 fell 0.1% to 6,023.25, and Britain’s FTSE 100
dropped 0.4% to 6,567.40.

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Stocks in
Motion

Investment firm Blackstone
(
BX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Shares
Surge in Wall Street Debut (full
story
).  BX shares soared by 14%.

Limited Brands
(
LTD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
To Cut Workforce By 10%, Raise $1.25 Bln In
Debt; Increases Share Repurchase Program To $1 Bln (full
story
). LTD shares rose 1%. 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
(
CME |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Urges CBOT
(
BOT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Shareholders To Vote For Merger (full story). CME shares moved
lower by 1.25%, while BOT shares fell 1.2%.

Jabil Circuit
(
JBL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q3 Earnings Fall; Beat Estimate, Ex-items;
Guides Q4 In Line (full
story
). JBL shares jumped 9%.

Cognos
(
COGN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q1 Profit Rises On Cognos 8 BI, Financial
Applications; EPS Matches View; Guides Q2 Below View (full
story
). COGN shares lost 1.2%.

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Market Snapshot

Dow

-186.15 13,359.69

NASDAQ

-28.00 2,588.96

S&P 500

-19.53 1,502.66

 

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

3,777,450,000 2,316,042,000

Advances

802 908

Declines

2456 2109

Up Volume

558 486

Down Volume

2162 1356

New Highs

97 106

New Lows

95 89


Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

S&P Chemicals Index (CEX) Amex Natural Gas Index (XNG)

GSTI Services Index (GIN)
PHLX/KBW Bank Sector Index (BKX)
CBOE DJ REIT Index (DJR) Networking Index (NWX)


 


Economic
News

No economic reports were released
today.

Darren Wong

Associate Editor

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com