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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Sees
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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Takes
The Road To North American Recovery (full
story
).

Tyco
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To
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
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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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