New All-Time High For The Dow

Major indices close fractionally higher with the
Nasdaq leading up 0.5%.  Crude oil futures closed higher by 1.2% to
$58.57.

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Stocks on the
Move

Microsoft Confirms Windows Vista On Track To Be
Delivered To Volume License Business Customers In November (full
story
).  MSFT shares finish the day higher by 0.6%.

Home Depot Downgraded By Raymond James To
Outperform From Strong Buy.  HD shares drop over 2.5%. 

Strong Segmental Revenues Boost GE’s Q3 Profit
Up; EPS From Cont. Ops. Matches Consensus; Tightens FY06 EPS Forecast Range (full
story
).  GE shares fall nearly 1%.

Aetna To Lay Off 650 Workers To Cut Costs ; To
Incur Q4 Charge Of $20Mln (full
story
).  AET shares fall 2.3%.

Prudential Financial Ups Chesapeake Energy Corp.
To Overweight From Neutral Weight With $38 Price Target (full
story
).  CHK shares close up by 0.4%.

McDonald’s Completes Chipotle Divesture
(full
story
).  MCD shares are trading lower by 0.3%, while CMG shares fall by
over 0.75%.

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News
section.



Market Snapshot

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Dow

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+12.81

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11,960.51

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NASDAQ

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+11.11

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2,357.29

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S&P 500

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+2.78
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1,365.61
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Volume

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2,364,037,000

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1,908,825,000

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Advances

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1854

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1832

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Declines

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1386

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1172

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Up Volume

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1228

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1297

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Down Volume

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853

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486

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New Hi’s

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308

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220

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New Lo’s

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10
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Strongest/Weakest Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

PHLX Gold and Silver
Sector (XAU)

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors (HMO)
Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI) Amex Airline Index (XAL)
Disk Drive Index (DDX) Nasdaq Transportation (TRANX)

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Economic
News

Business Inventories Rose 0.6% In August

University Of Michigan Consumer
Sentiment Index Rises To 92.3 In October From 85.4 In September

Import Prices Fell 2.1% In September, Export
Prices Fell 0.5%

Retail Sales Fell
0.4% In September, Ex-Autos Sales Fell 0.5%

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darrenw@tradingmarkets.com


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