Stocks Fall Despite M&A News

Stocks are trading sharply lower on Tuesday, despite more deal
news. More negative economic news was released today, with
Consumer Confidence falling in August and the Case-Shiller home
price index showing home prices fell 3.2% in Q2. Traders attention
now shifts to the release of the Federal Reserve minutes from the
August 7 meeting.

Gateway
(
GTW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
agreed to be acquired by Acer,
with the Taiwan based company paying approximately $710 million (full
story
).

Also, U.S. Steel
(
X |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
agreed to acquire
Stelco
for about $1.1 billion (read
more
).

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Stocks in Motion

Medco Health Solutions
(
MHS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
agreed to acquire PolyMedica
(
PLMD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

for $1.5 billion (full
story
).

Procter & Gamble
(
PG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Files Patent Lawsuit Against Kraft Foods
(
KFT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
(read
more
).

Coachmen Industries
(
COA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Board Approves To Suspend Payment Of
Quarterly Dividend (full
story
).

Streamline Health Solutions
(
STRM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Slips To Loss In Q2 (read
more
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our
Breaking News section.


Market Snapshot

Dow

-148.84 13173.29

NASDAQ

-32.67 2528.44

S&P 500

-17.63 1449.16

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

56,981,532,000 350,921,031,680

Up Volume

107 146

Down Volume

949 561

Advances

523 684

Declines

2653 2206

New Highs

14 33

New Lows

56 57


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Health Care
Plans
Residential Construction
Home
Improvement Stores
Home
Furnishing Stores
Electric
Utilities
Copper



Economic
News

July Existing Homes Sales:
Consensus 5.75M Actual 5.70M

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