Stocks Mixed As Investors Digest Data

Stocks are mixed on a raft of earnings and economic
reports.

New home sales for June rose 4% to 1.347 million units.

Durable goods orders in June rose +1.4%; ex trans, +2.6%.

The EIA said crude inventories fell by 2.3 million
barrels; gasoline inventories fell by 2.1 million barrels; distillates rose 3.1
million barrels.

Amazon (AMZN)
reported 0.12, beating by 0.02. Revenues rose 26% to $1.75 billion. 

Boeing
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Strong sectors are:    Internet
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+1.65%     Chemicals
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Insurance
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Weak sectors are:      Airlines
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Corning
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Colgate
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Wellpoint
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Centex
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Biogen-Idec (BIIB)
beat by 0.07  

Electronic Arts
(ERTS)
beat by 0.06 and beat on revenues.  

Sun Micro (SUNW)
beat by 0.05; revenues were in-line.

RF Micro Devices
(RFMD)
beat by 0.03.

Chubb (CB)
beat by 0.26.

Kellogg
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Norfolk Southern
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Hilton
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