Stocks Rally on M&A Deals

Nasdaq leads major indices gaining 1.5%. Crude oil futures
trade lower by 1.6% to $62.44.

Stocks on the Move

Bank Of New York
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, Mellon Financial
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To Merge (full
story
).  BK shares gain 11%, while MEL shares rise by nearly 7%.

Las Vegas Sands
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Inks Deal With Cantor Gaming To Launch Online
Gaming Site To Serve UK Market (full
story
).  LVS shares jump by nearly 7%.

Walgreen
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Nov. Comp. Rises 9.3%; Q1 Sales Up 16.6%, Beats Estimate (full
story
).  WAG shares close higher by 5%.

Pfizer
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Halts All Torcetrapib Trials; Backs Outlook Until 2009, Shares Drop In
Pre-Market  (full
story
).  PFE shares drop nearly 11%.

Gold Kist
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Agrees To Pilgrim’s Pride
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Sweetened Bid Of $21 A Share (full
story
).  GKIS shares rise by 4%, while PPC shares jump nearly 10%.

LSI Logic
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To Merge With Agere Systems
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In $4
Bln All-stock Deal; To Repurchase $500 Mln Stock (full
story
).  LSI shares drop over 12%, while AGR shares jump 8%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+89.64

12,283.77

Nasdaq

+35.18

2,448.39

S&P 500


+12.41

1,409.12

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


2,722,956,000

1,923,115,000

Advances


2501

2093

Declines


804

965

Up Volume


106

125

Down Volume


749

358

New Highs


473

190

New Lows


6

34

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

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Weakest Sectors

PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX)



Deutsche Bank Energy Index (DXE)

Amex Securities Broker Dealer Index (XBD)

Amex Pharmaceutical
Index (DRG)

Nasdaq Other Finance Index (OFIN)

PHLX Oil and Gas Services Sector
Index (OSX)

Economic News

No economic reports released today.

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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