Stocks Rise; Oracle and Nike Beat Estimates

Stocks are higher on Friday, after yesterday’s pullback.
Today’s

Market Bias
page is giving no clear signal, with both some
bullish and bearish alerts triggering. Usually, this would warrant
a neutral stance, with perhaps a slightly bullish bias due to the
market trading above the 200-day MA.

However, the

Stock Indicators
page is still showing more opportunities in
the bearish lists.

Earlier today, the Fed’s Kohn commented on housing, subprime
lending and Tuesday’s rate cut (full
story
).

Apple
(
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CEO Steve Jobs, was reportedly
subpoenaed by SEC in stock options case (full
story
).

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Stocks in the News

Oracle
(
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PowerRating)
Shares Climb On Rising Q1 Earnings, Revenues (read
more
).

3Com
(
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News |
PowerRating)
Q1 Loss Widens; Revenue Up 6.4% (read
more
).

NIKE
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PowerRating)
Q1 EPS Rises 51%; Revenue To Be 23 Bln. By 2011 (read
more
).

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

90.96 13857.66

NASDAQ

23.44 2677.73

S&P 500

10.56 1529.31

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

1,020,138,750 1,132,952,869

Up Volume

761,498,640 838,773,726

Down Volume

250,610,010 278,974,874

Advances

2158 1765

Declines

971 1003

New Highs

137 91

New Lows

26 21


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Manufactured
Housing
Music
& Video Stores

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
Auto
Dealerships
Air Services,
Other

Sporting Goods





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