Markets Slide Fourth Straight Day


Markets close in red
for the fourth straight day; inflationary fears continue to drag the major
indices down.

DuPont
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closed down 2% after a downgrade at Deutsche Bank.  DD’s downgrade came
with a slew of other chemical company downgrades, including
Dow Chemical
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,
Chemtura
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,
Westlake Chemical

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and Valspar
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.

Crude oil futures closed down over 2% after the Energy
Department announced a rise in crude inventories.

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

EMC
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Reaffirms Q2 EPS Forecast; Says Full-year Revenue Will Be Towards The Low End Of
Prior Expected $11.1 – $11.3Bln Range (full
story
).

L-3 Communications
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CEO Frank Lanza Passes Away; Stock Upbeat On Speculation (full
story
).

Vail Resorts
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Q3 Profit Rises 16% On Higher Ticket Prices, Skier Visits; EPS Before Items Tops
Estimate; Lifts FY06 Profit Outlook (full
story
).

Fairchild Semiconductor
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Backs Q2 Revenue Outlook (full
story
).

Palatin Technologies
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To Defend Arbitration Filed By Competitive Technologies
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(full
story
).

ValueClick
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Power Rating

Appoints Tom Vadnais President; COO Jeffrey Pullen Quits (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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-71.24

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10,930.90

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NASDAQ

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-10.99

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2,151.80

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S&P 500

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-7.72

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1,256.13

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Volume

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2,549,051,000

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1,912,899,000

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Advances

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1486

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1415

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Declines

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1755

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1591

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Up Volume

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890

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533

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Down Volume

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1371

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1189

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New Hi’s

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29

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71

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New Lo’s

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97

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91

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News




Crude Inventories Rise In Most Recent Week (full
story
).



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A new round of foreign economic reports that came out
today. 
Check them out
here.




John Patrick Lee


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