S&P 500 Closes At Five-Year Highs


Markets close the day mixed;
Dow and Nas post fractional changes, while the S&P rose 0.4%.

Crude oil futures closed lower today, as the Energy
Department released yet another increased inventory.

The Energy Department released numbers showing an
increase in crude inventory for the fifth straight week.

Shares of Dupont
traded over 3% higher after the company raised revenue expectations this
morning.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
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Microsoft
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Files Lawsuits Against Online Sellers To Thwart Software Piracy

DuPont
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Lifts Q1, FY06 EPS Target Above Consensus; Restructuring In Coatings Businesses
To Cut 1,500 Jobs, Save $165 Mln Annually (full
story
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Wal-Mart
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Raises Its Stake In CARHCO To 51% (full
story
).

Goodrich Petroleum
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Q4 EPS Drops Despite Higher Revenues (full
story
).

Ross Stores
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Q4 Profit Rises In Line With Street Views On Higher-than-expected Top-line
Growth (full
story
).

Sears
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Q4 Profit Jumps (full
story
).

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Dow

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+59.87

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11,211.21

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NASDAQ

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+16.30

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2,312.20

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S&P 500

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+5.65

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1,303.14

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Volume

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2,198,708,000

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2,088,571,000

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Advances

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2119

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1853

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Declines

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1154

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1167

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Up Volume

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1404

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1505

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Down Volume

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555

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391

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New Hi’s

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252

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180

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New Lo’s

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28

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Crude Oil Inventories Up 4.8 Mln. Barrels; Gasoline
Inventories Down 900,000 Barrels




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