Stocks Erase Large Early Gains

Stocks are trading higher, but have given up most of the early gains. Before the bell, stocks futures surged on news that the Federal Reserve, Bank of Canada, Bank of England, European Central Bank, and Swiss National Bank had taken steps to add liquidity to the markets (full story).

Shares of Sallie Mae
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plunged to a 52-week low after the company cut its outlook, and said its buyout proposal was rejected (read more).

There was more grin news in the banking sector with Bank of America
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announcing $3.3 billion in Q4 losses, due to larger write-downs on CDOs.

Coca-Cola Enterprises
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raised its full-year outlook for 2007, and provided guidance for FY08 in-line with expectations (read more).

Robert Welding, the President and CEO of Federal Signal
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resigned. The company named James Goodwin interim president and CEO (read more).

Market Snapshot

Dow

41.62 13474.39

NASDAQ

19.96 2672.31

S&P 500

8.09 1485.74

  NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

795,364,480 1,066,689,257

Up Volume

429,304,420 651,137,794

Down Volume

353,741,660 401,255,892

Advances

1826 1585

Declines

1273 1290

New Highs

42 34

New Lows

59 79

Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

% Change

Weakest Industries

% Change
Networking & Communication Devices
+3.97%
Surety & Title Insurance
-3.46%
Money Center Banks
+2.84%
Major Airlines
-2.96%
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
+2.37%
Toy & Hobby Stores
-2.41%


Economic
News

Export Prices (Nov): Actual 0.8%

Import Prices (Nov): Actual 0.7%