Stocks Rise As Crude Falls To 17-Month Lows

Dow rises 0.4%, while the S&P and Nasdaq rise 0.25%. Crude oil futures
drop by $2.50 per barrel to close at $56.26.

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Stocks on the
Move

Sears Holdings
(
SHLD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q3 Profit More Than
Triples On One-time Items, Lower Expenses; Top Line Drops, Comps. Down 3% (full
story
).  SHLD shares drop 5.5%.

Clear Channel
(
CCU |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Agrees To $26.7 Bln
Takeover; Plans To Sell Some Radio Stations, Television Group (full
story
).  CCU shares rise by 3.5%.

Apple Computer
(
AAPL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Has Taken Out The
Highs Of The Year (full
story
).  AAPL shares close higher by nearly 2%.

MTS Systems Corp.
(
MTSC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Beats Q4
Consensus Estimates (full
story
).  MTSC shares jump over 5%.

Big Lots
(
BIG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Posts Profit In Q3; Lifts
Q4, FY06 View (full
story
).  BIG shares rise by 4.3%.

Williams-Sonoma
(
WSM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q3 Net Income
Declines; Cuts Q4, FY06 Outlook (full
story
).  WSM shares fall by nearly 10%.

Men’s Wearhouse Q3 Earnings Rise 32%, Beat
Estimates, Boosts (full
story
).  MW shares fall by 7.7%.

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News
section.



Market Snapshot

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Dow

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+54.11

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12,305.82

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NASDAQ

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+6.31

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2,449.06

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S&P 500

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+3.19
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1,399.76
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Volume

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2,713,075,000

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2,021,207,000

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Advances

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1755

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1496

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Declines

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1521

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1526

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Up Volume

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1564

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1067

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Down Volume

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938

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847

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New Hi’s

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347

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220

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New Lo’s

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15
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Strongest/Weakest Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Nasdaq
Telecommunications Index (IXTC)

Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI)
GSTI Multimedia Networking Index (GIP) PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX)
GSTI Hardware
Index (GHA)
PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index (XAU)

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Economic
News

Initial Claims 308K vs 310K consensus

Core CPI +0.1% vs +0.2% consensus

CPI -0.5% vs -0.3% consensus

Capacity Utilization 82.2% vs 82.0% consensus

Industrial Production +0.2% vs +0.3% consensus

DHelvetica>arren Wong

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com


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