Dow Reaches Another Historic High

With technology
stocks helping to lead the way higher, the U.S. stock markets are turning in a
strong performance during trading on Wednesday.
The major averages
are all adding to the gains that were posted in the previous session.

Today’s highest NASDAQ 100 gainers are Sun
Microsystems

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and Yahoo!
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, which gained 7.7%
and 9% respectively.  Both companies reported yesterday after the close.

The price of oil staged a significant
turnaround over the course of the trading session on Wednesday, with crude for
March delivery closing up $0.33 at $55.37 a barrel after falling to a low of
$53.66 a barrel in morning trading.

After moving lower in morning trading, the
price of gold turned higher over the course of the trading session on Wednesday.
Gold for February delivery closed up $2.30 at $648.20 an ounce after hitting a
low of $638.90 an ounce.


Stocks on the Move

Yahoo!
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Q4 Profit Plummets 61% On Charges, Revenues Up,
Guides Q1, FY07, To Launch New Ad System (full
story
).  YHOO shares jump 7.7%.

Sun Microsystems
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Swings To A Profit In Q2, EPS Tops
Consensus, Revenue Up 7% (full
story
).  SUNW shares soar by 9%.

Cingular Wireless
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Q4 Net Income Surges On Higher Net Subscriber
Additions (full
story
).  T shares rise over 4%.

Norfolk Southern
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Q4 Profit Rises; EPS Misses View (full
story
).  NSC shares fall by nearly 6%.

Weak Margins, Charges Hurt AMD
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In Q4 (full
story
).  AMD shares lose 8.5%.

ConocoPhillips
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Q4 Profit Down 13%, Revenue Fell 19%, EPS
Misses Consensus; Expects Q1 E&P Segment Production To Be Lower Than Q4 (full
story
).  COP shares trade higher by 1%.

Allegheny Technologies
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Q4 Profit Up 41% On Strong
Performances In Metals, Flat-Rolled Products Divisions (full
story
).  ATI shares rise by 5.8%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+87.97

12,621.77

NASDAQ

+34.87

2,466.28

S&P 500


+12.14

1,440.13

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


2,723,598,000

2,183,139,000


Advances


2214

1997

Declines


1060

1024

Up Volume


1812

1706

Down Volume


712

374

New Highs


291

142


New Lows


17

41


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Index (XAL)

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Index (ECM)

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors Index (HMO)

Amex Disk Drive Index (DDX)

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers Index (RXH)


Economic News

The E.I.A. reports that crude oil inventories had a build of 789K barrels

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com



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