Major Markets Close Green
Markets advanced through the
day, boosted by earnings from Goldman Sachs.
Crude oil futures traded lower for the day, closing
down 0.5%.
Goldman Sachs
closed 6% higher after beating earnings.
The Securities Broker Index
Sector
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Goldman Sachs beat earnings expectations.
Proctor&Gamble
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fell as much as 3% after lowering sales expectations.
href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move
General Electric
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Power Rating
Agrees To Acquire Zenon (full
story).
Sherwin-Williams
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Power Rating
Boosts Q1 EPS, Sales Outlook On Better-than-expected Sales (full
story).
Mirant
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PowerRating)
Power Rating
Posts FY05 Loss Of $1.3 Bln (full
story).
Goldman
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Power Rating
Keeps Its Midas Touch With Another Blowout Quarterly Performance (full
story).
Comverse Technology
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PowerRating)
Power Rating
Creates Special Committee To Review Sock Option Grants; Q4 Revenue Tops Estimate
(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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+75.24
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11,151.26
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NASDAQ
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+28.75
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2,295.78
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S&P 500
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+13.32
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1,297.45
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Volume
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2,104,089,000
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1,904,615,000
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Advances
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2386
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1928
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Declines
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888
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1106
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Up Volume
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1524
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1306
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Down Volume
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362
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433
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New Hi’s
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179
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143
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New Lo’s
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42
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43
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Strongest
Sectors
Weakest
Sectors
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News
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Retail sales for February were lower than expected,
down 1.3%.
The Commerce Department reported that the U.S. current
account deficit widened by 21.3% to a record $224.9 billion in the fourth
quarter.
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com
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