Dow Stages Biggest Rally Since April ’05


Major markets all in
the green despite rising price of oil.

Crude oil futures closed at a new all-time high.

Merrill Lynch
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boosted investor sentiment after posting quarterly that beat revenue
expectations, but fell short on earnings.  MER closed up 1%.

Minutes Of Fed Meeting Suggest End Of Rate Hikes May
Be Near (full
story
).

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

Fifth Third Bancorp
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Power Rating

Q1 EPS Declines Yr-over-yr, Beats Street Estimate (full
story
).

Unisys
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Power Rating

Narrows Q1 Loss On One-time Gains (full
story
).

Pepsi Bottling Group
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Falls 13% On Charges, Adj. EPS Rises On 10% Revenue Growth, Reaffirms
FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Segment Results Boost
UnitedHealth

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Power Rating

Q1 Profit By 21%; Raises FY06 EPS Forecast (full
story
).

D.R. Horton
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Power Rating

Q2 Profit Up 20% On Higher Home Sales; Reiterates FY06 EPS Guidance (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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+194.50

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11,268.28

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NASDAQ

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+44.85

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2,356.01

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S&P 500

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+22.20

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1,307.53

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Volume

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2,509,139,000

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2,203,075,000

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Advances

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2586

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2178

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Declines

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698

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867

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Up Volume

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2056

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1757

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Down Volume

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205

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259

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New Hi’s

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268

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202

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New Lo’s

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138

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Strongest
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Weakest
Sectors

Combined Telecom
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S&P Insurance
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Thestreet.com Internet
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Institutional
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Dow Jones Internet
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Morgan Stanley High Tech
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Wholesale Prices Rise In Line With Estimates In March (full
story
).



Housing Starts Fall More Than Expected In March (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


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