Nasdaq Hits 5-Year High


Markets close the day in
green as the Nasdaq hits a fresh 5-year high; M&A’s and Q1 optimism drove the
action.

Crude oil futures traded down fractionally for the
day.

Citigroup
(
C |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

has been given the go-ahead on acquiring First American Bank, after New York
Federal Reserve Chief William Rutledge lifts a year-old ban on the large move. 
C closed up over 1.5%.

Computer Sciences
(
CSC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was up as much as 5.5% during trading today, closing up over 4%.

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

Lafarge
(
LR |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Boosts Offer Price For Remaining 47% Stake In North American Unit; Extends Offer
To April 28 (full
story
).

Centennial Communications
(
CYCL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Slips To Loss In Q3, Revenues Up 5% (full
story
).

CSC
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CSC |
Quote |
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PowerRating)

Power Rating

Exploring Sale Plans; To Cut 5,000 Jobs By FY08 (full
story
).

Layne Christensen
(
LAYN |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q4 EPS More Than Doubles On Performance Of Geoconstruction, Energy Divisions (full
story
).

Southwest Airlines’
(
LUV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

March Traffic Rises 11.4%, Load Factor Up 1.8 Points (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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+58.83

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11,203.77

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NASDAQ

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+8.62

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2,345.36

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S&P 500

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+8.11

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1,305.92

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Volume

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2,097,539,000

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2,009,078,000

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Advances

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1943

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1480

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Declines

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1312

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1543

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Up Volume

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1231

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851

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Down Volume

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608

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973

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New Hi’s

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203

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161

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New Lo’s

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48

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U.K. Mar. Construction PMI Climbs To 54.7 From 51.9 In
Feb (full
story
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