Dow Soars,
Up Triple Digits

Stocks rallied Wednesday on a
raft of good earnings reports.
Altria
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beat by 0.05 and narrowed
its earnings forecast. Yahoo
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beat by 0.04. Motorola
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beat by 0.02. General Dynamics
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beat by 0.09; net
income was $374 million.

The Fed’s Beige Book was also bullish,
saying that the economy continues to grow .

After the bell, Amgen
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beat by
0.03 and reaffirmed FY 2005 $3.10 – $3.20.  eBay
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was
in-line at 0.20.  VeriSign
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was in-line at 0.27.
Intersil

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beat by 0.04, ex-items. Electronics for Imaging
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beat by 0.04. Tractor Supply
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beat by 0.02.

Crude oil inventories rose 5.6 million
barrels; gasoline inventories rose 2.9 million barrels; distillate inventories
fell 1.9 million barrels.

Home Depot
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saw a 10 million share
block trade at 1:45 PM.

Intel
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missed by a penny at
0.32 and gave a disappointing revenue outlook.

Trader Talk: is this the bottom?

The CBOT (BOT) priced 3.2 million shares
at $54, above the range. The stock opened at 87 and closed at $80.32.


Strong sectors
were:   Airlines
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+0.96%      
Retail
 
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  +2.80%     Oil Services
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+2.72%   



Weak sectors
were:
       
Gold

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-1.81%      


Dow

+128.87
10,414.13


Nasdaq

+35.24 2091.24


S&P 500

+17.62 1195.76

More stocks on the move:

Eastman Kodak
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posted a $1.03
billion loss due to tax charges related to its restructuring    .

Ryland
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beat by 0.18 and gave
upside guidance. Bank of America downgraded the stock to neutral.

Brice Wightman

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