Stocks Flat, Housing Market Continues to Deteriorate

Stocks rose to start the session but have since edged back towards the flat
line. The trend of disappointing data relating to the slumping housing market
continued today, with single-family home sales falling 8.3% last month.

KB Home
(
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reported a loss and its outlook wasn’t much better.
Yesterday, the company also announced plans to offer Disney home product options
to homebuyers (full
story
).

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the U.S. dollar hit another record low versus the euro.

Crude oil is rising again, hitting $81.53 per barrel.

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Stocks in the News

Bed Bath & Beyond
(
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Chart |
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PowerRating)
Advances on Q2 Results, Buyback (read
more
).

Xyratex
(
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PowerRating)
Tumbles on Q3 Results, Outlook (read
more
).

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

8.45 13886.60

NASDAQ

8.25 2707.28

S&P 500

2.79 1528.21

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

587,750,530 921,814,189

Up Volume

355,732,560 592,929,180

Down Volume

229,838,940 314,606,480

Advances

2012 1547

Declines

1181 1285

New Highs

178 93

New Lows

36 49


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Semiconductor-
Memory Chips

Medical Practitioners

Marketing Services
Music
& Video Stores
Publishing –
Books

Specialty Eateries





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