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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Q1 Profit Up 9% On One-time Gains, Stronger North American Sales (full
story).
Target
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April Comps. Up 10.4%, Net Sales Rises 17.3%; Q1 Comps. Up 5.1% (full
story).
International Paper
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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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April Comp. Rise 6.8%, Net Sales Up 16%; Sees 2 – 4% Upside In May (full
story).
Children’s Place Retail
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Sees Q1 EPS Above Estimates, Lifts FY06 EPS, April Comps. Rise 22% (full
story).
Kohl’s
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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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26
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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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