Dow Sits Under 11,000 As Markets End The Week Flat
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq both close up with fractional
gains; DOW misses the 11,000 mark, down fractionally.
Crude oil closed down fractionally for the day at
$63.90 a barrel.
Gold rallies to close at highest level since January
1981. Gold rose $16 an ounce over this week.
The SEC launches a formal probe, investigating
IBM‘s earnings reports and expenses for
stock options. IBM closed down .4%.
AIG to spend more
than $1billion to settle accounting investigations. AIG closed down 3%.
href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move
HCA
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Q4 EPS Above Estimates, Lifts FY05 EPS Outlook; Reiterates FY06 (full
story).
Tyson
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Foods Plans To Close Two Facilities In Iowa, To Invest Above $30 Mln In Expanded
Bacon Production (full
story).
Learning Tree
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Posts Breakeven Per Share For Q4; Revenues Decline 2% (full
story).
GM
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The Road To North American Recovery (full
story).
Tyco
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Split Into Three Companies; Cuts Q1 Outlook (full
story).
Lucent
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Cuts FY06 Revenue Forecast On Lower Sales In U.S. And China; Names Frank
D’Amelio As COO (full
story).
Pfizer
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To Acquire Worldwide Rights Of Diabetes Insulin Exubera From Sanofi-Aventis For
$1.3 Bln (full
story).
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Dow
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-2.49
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10,959.87
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NASDAQ
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+0.35
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2.317.04
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S&P 500
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+1.55
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1,287.61
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Volume
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2,151,405,000
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1,729,182,000
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Advances
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1770
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1616
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Declines
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1511
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1379
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Up Volume
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832
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837
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Down Volume
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1118
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837
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New Hi’s
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123
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123
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New Lo’s
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19
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News
December Retail Sales Rise On Higher
Auto Sales (full
story).
Producer Prices Rise Much More Than
Expected (full
story).
Business Inventories Rise More Than
Expected In November (full
story).
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