Stocks Gain on Employment Numbers

Crude oil futures trade lower by 0.6% to $62.13.

Stocks on the Move

Encysive Pharma
(
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Gets FDA Clearance To Continue Clinical
Studies With TBC3711 (full
story
).  ENCY shares jump 6.3%.

TD Bank
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TD |
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PowerRating)
Financial
Q4 Profit Climbs 29%; Adj. EPS Tops Street View By A Penny; Declares Dividend;
Names Mark Chauvin EVP (full
story
).  TD shares shares fall by 0.8%.

Edwards Lifesciences
(
EW |
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PowerRating)
Maintains FY06 Outlook; Guides FY07 (full
story
).  EW shares rise by 0.4%.

McDonald’s
(
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PowerRating)

November Comp. Up 6.2% (full
story
).  MCD shares rise by 1.1%.

Smith & Wesson
(
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PowerRating)

Q2 EPS Misses Estimates By 2 Cents; Offers FY07 And FY08 Guidance (full
story
).  SWHC shares slashed by 16%.

Xlinx
(
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PowerRating)

Lowers Q3 Expectations (full
story
). XLNX shares fall over 6%.

Chesapeake Energy
(
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PowerRating)

Plans Public Offering Of 30 Million Common Shares (full
story
).  CHK shares fall by 4.5%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+29.08

12,307.49

Nasdaq

+9.67

2,437.36

S&P 500


+2.55

1,409.84

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


2,375,416,000

1,758,801,000

Advances


1551

1583

Declines


1686

1460

Up Volume


1143

1065

Down Volume


1018

558

New Highs


217

116

New Lows


18

33

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Economic News

Nonfarm Payroll 132K vs 105K consensus

Unemployment Rate 4.5% vs 4.5%
consensus

Hourly Earnings +0.2% vs +0.3% consenus

Average Workweek
33.9 vs 33.9 consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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