Indexes Close Down On Poor Earnings



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Major indexes all close down for the day; slide was
led by Nasdaq tech stocks, reacting from Intel and Yahoo’s negative earnings. 

Nasdaq closed down 1% and was the index most affected
by the poor earnings reports.

Yahoo
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closed down over 12% on a poor earnings report.

Intel
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closed down 11.5% on poor earnings. 

IBM
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exceeded earnings and posted profits that rose 13% in Q4.  IBM closed up
almost 1%.

Crude oil nearly reached $75 a barrel early today, but
fell back and closed at 65.75.

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

Southwest Airlines
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Q4 Profit Rises On 20.1% Revenue Growth And Hedging, EPS Misses
Estimates (full
story
).

Bank Of New York
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Q4 EPS Rises On Higher Revenues (full
story
).

JPMorgan
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Q4 Profit Climbs 62% On Investment Banking Gains (full
story
).

SunTrust
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Banks Q4 Profit Rises In Line With Street Views On 10% Rise In Net Interest
Income (full
story
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Charles Schwab
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Q4 EPS Surges On 11% Higher Revenues (full
story
).

EBay’s
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Q4 May Piggy-ride A Solid Holiday Web-shopping Wave (full
story
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Dow

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-41.46

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10854.86

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NASDAQ

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-23.05

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2279.64

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S&P 500

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-5.00

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1277.93

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Volume

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2,182,739,000

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2,275,434,000

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Advances

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1485

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1427

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Declines

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1819

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1604

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Up Volume

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809

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825

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Down Volume

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1200

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1297

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New Hi’s

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97

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115

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New Lo’s

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34

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