Nasdaq Closes At New 5-Yr High


Markets end the day in the
green, boosted by Apple’s gains and a rise in crude inventories; Nas at new 5-yr
high.

DaimlerChrysler
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announced plans to sell a quarter of its 30% stake in European Aeronautic
Defence & Space Co for 2 billion euros.  DCX closed up 1.5%.

Apple
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closed up over 9% on news that the company is releasing a program allowing Mac
computers with Intel processors to run Windows XP.

Crude oil futures closed higher for the day, despite a
rise in crude inventories.

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

Autodesk
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Power Rating

Backs FY07 Targets; Expects 15% Annual Sales Growth From FY08 (full
story
).

Seeds And Traits Sales Boost
Monsanto’s

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Power Rating

Q2 Profit; Ongoing EPS Tops Estimates; Confirms FY06 Outlook (full
story
).

IRIS
Intl
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Expects Leucadia Acquisition To Have $0.06/share Impact On 2006 Earnings; Sees
2006 EPS At $0.45 (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
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Dow

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+35.14

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11,238.99

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NASDAQ

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+14.39

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2,359.75

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S&P 500

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+5.60

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1,311.53

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Volume

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2,316,057,000

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1,975,083,000

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Advances

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1984

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1606

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Declines

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1269

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1400

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Up Volume

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1393

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1228

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Down Volume

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680

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586

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New Hi’s

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246

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186

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New Lo’s

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52

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Service Sector Growth Accelerates In March (full
story
).


Oil Inventories Rise, Gasoline Inventories Fall (full
story
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