Market Melt-Up, Plus, Big IPO Thursday
Stocks were higher Wednesday,
with the Dow making its second straight day of triple digit gains.
It all started this morning when the EIA said that
crude inventories rose 4 million barrels; distillate stocks fell 2.4 million
barrels. Crude oil closed below $53.
Money
rotated out of oil into tech as the Nasdaq broke
above its 200-day moving average on very strong internals.Â
New home sales for September rose +3.5% to 1.206 million, better than expected;
apparently the hurricanes had no impact.
Orders for durable goods rose in September for the third time in four months,
+0.2%; ex transportation +1.7%.
Dreamworks Animation will be priced tonight and is expected above the
$23-25 price range; talk is $27-28. The stock will trade on the NYSE under the
symbol DWA. The issue is 13x oversubscribed.
Proctor & Gamble
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Boeing
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Trader talk: is this the start of the Q4 rally?
| Dow | +113.55 | 10002.03 |
| S&P 500 | +14.38 | 1125.47 |
| Nasdaq | +41.20 | 1969.99 |
Strong sectors were: Airlines
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XAL.X |
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Brokers
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+3.56%.
Weak sectors were:Â Oil
Services
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OSX.X |
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XAU.X |
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The dollar was +0.22 at
85.48
Gold was -1.00 at 424.30
Crude Oil was -2.67 at 52.50
1.06 billion on the Nasdaq.
Market breadth was positive.
| NYSE | Issues | |
| Advancing | 2285 | Up Vol 1270 |
| Declining | 1017 | Down Vol 457 |
| Ratio | 2.24 | 2.77 |
| Nasdaq |
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| Advancing | 2143 | Up Vol 1721 |
| Declining | 927 | Down Vol 350 |
| Ratio | 2.31 | 4.91 |
Stocks in the News
Amerada Hess
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estimate.
Centex
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Sina
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UTStarcom
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Adobe
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Brice Wightman