Dow Sitting Above 11,000


Markets stage an afternoon
rally to close the day mixed; S&P and Dow up fractionally and Nas down.

Crude oil futures closed down over 2% after the Energy
Department released inventory numbers, which showed another increase in
petroleum reserves.

Lexar Media jumped
21% on news that the company is being bought by Micron
Tech
.

The NYSE Group, Inc.
began trading today under the symbol NYX.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

Six Flags
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Q4 Loss Widens As Cost Swells; Reaffirms FY06 Outlook (full
story
).

Children’s Place Retail
Stores

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To Have Susan Riley As Next CFO (full
story
).

McDonald’s
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Feb. Global Comps. Rise 4.7% (full
story
).

Allstate
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ALL |
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Agrees To Divest Variable Annuity Unit To Prudential
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(full
story
).

Micron Technology
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MU |
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To Buy Lexar Media
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In All Stock Deal (full
story
).

Dynegy
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Q4 Swings To Profit On Asset Sale Gain; Guides FY06 (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
section.

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Dow

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+25.05

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11,005.74

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NASDAQ

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-0.92

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2,267.46

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S&P 500

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+2.56

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1,278.44

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Volume

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2,388,668,000

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2,082,734,000

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Advances

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1598

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1537

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Declines

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1624

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1456

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Up Volume

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1123

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1104

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Down Volume

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1008

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810

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New Hi’s

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65

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70

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New Lo’s

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61

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60

 

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Oil Inventories Rise Again (full
story
).



St. Louis Fed Pres. Sees Home Prices Remaining At High Level (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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