Fed Raises Rates 25bp


Stocks turn to the green as
investors wait for Bernanke’s expected interest rate hike to come later today.

Crude oil futures were trading higher, up over 2.5%.

General Motors
(
GM |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

was trading up over 1% after announcing plans to lay off several hundred workers
in North America to increase profitability.

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

Lexar Media
(
LEXR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Sees Q1 Revenue In $100-$130 Mln Range, Below Street Views; Expects Net Loss
Between $22 Mln And $30 Mln; Stock Slips 5.6% In Pre-market (full
story
).

Tiffany
(
TIF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Reports Lower Q4 EPS Despite Higher Revenues; Guides Q1 EPS Below Consensus,
Reiterates FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Lennar
(
LEN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q1 EPS From Cont. Ops Up 35%, Tops Consensus; Reaffirms FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

CIGNA
(
CI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

To Reconfirm FY06 Targets (full
story
).

Level 3
(
LVLT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Raises Q1, FY06 Adjusted OIBDA Outlook (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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+20.18

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11,270.29

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NASDAQ

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+9.20

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1,324.78

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S&P 500

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+3.40

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1,305.01

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Volume

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1,058,245,000

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1,001,327,000

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Advances

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1754

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1567

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Declines

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1389

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1344

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Up Volume

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547

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639

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Down Volume

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431

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317

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New Hi’s

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132

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174

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New Lo’s

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39

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Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Oil Service
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OSX |
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Airline
(
XAL |
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News |
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Deutsche Bank Energy
(
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Gold and Silver
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Dow Jones Equity
(
DJR |
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PowerRating)
Pharmaceutical
(
DRG |
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News |
PowerRating)
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News




Consumer Confidence Improves More Than Expected In
March (full
story
).



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John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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