Markets Sitting Pretty Heading Into Week’s End


Major markets close
the day in green, boosted by a new round of earnings reports.

Wal-Mart
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rose 6.8% after meeting expectations, but guided lower.  WMT closed down
fractionally.

Costco
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rose 8% after beating expecations.  COST closed up nearly 3%.

Crude oil futures closed at $69.94, down over $2 for
the day.

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

Goodyear
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Up 9% On One-time Gains, Stronger North American Sales (full
story
).

Target
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Power Rating

April Comps. Up 10.4%, Net Sales Rises 17.3%; Q1 Comps. Up 5.1% (full
story
).

International Paper
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Power Rating

Swings To Loss In Q1 On Restructuring Costs; Expects Q2 To Be Somewhat
Seasonally Stronger Than Q1(full
story
).

Wal-Mart
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Power Rating

April Comp. Rise 6.8%, Net Sales Up 16%; Sees 2 – 4% Upside In May (full
story
).

Children’s Place Retail
Stores

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Power Rating

Sees Q1 EPS Above Estimates, Lifts FY06 EPS, April Comps. Rise 22% (full
story
).

Kohl’s
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Power Rating

Posts Double-digit Growth In April Same Store Sales (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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+38.58

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11,438.86

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NASDAQ

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+19.93

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2,323.90

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S&P 500

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+4.39

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1,312.24

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Volume

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2,383,533,000

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2,041,977,000

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Advances

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1995

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1310

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Declines

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1207

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1175

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Up Volume

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1299

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1310

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Down Volume

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821

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567

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New Hi’s

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231

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221

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New Lo’s

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95

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

GSTI Multimedia
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GSTI Hardware
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Combined Computer
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Dow 10
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Nasdaq Combined Finance
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Utility Sector
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Jobless Claims Show Unexpected Increase (full
story
).



Productivity Growth Exceeds Economist Estimates (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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