Stocks Slide As Oil Hits All-Time High


Major markets close
down for the day as oil skyrockets to new highs.

Halliburton
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rose 2% after announcing IPO plans for a subsidiary company.

Crude oil futures closed at an all-time new high.

Gold futures hit new 25-year highs during today’s
trading session.

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

SunTrust
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Power Rating

Banks Q1 EPS Up 7%, Beats Consensus On Top Line Growth (full
story
).

J.B. Hunt Transport Services
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Rises (full
story
).

Wachovia
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Rises 7% On Revenue Upside, Adj. EPS Matches Estimate (full
story
).

Grainger
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Power Rating

Q1 EPS Rises 18% On Higher Revenues And New Accounting System; Reiterates FY06
EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Charles Schwab
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Q1 Profit Climbs 68% On Client Asset Growth (full
story
).

Citigroup
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Rises, Surpasses Street Views On Strong Corporate, Investment Banking
Business; Board Authorizes Addnl. $10 Bln Share Repurchase (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News
section.

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Dow

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-63.87

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11,073.78

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NASDAQ

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-14.95

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2,311.16

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S&P 500

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-3.81

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1,285.31

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Volume

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1,732,951,000

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1,774,996,000

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Advances

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1377

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1199

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Declines

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1879

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1863

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Up Volume

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627

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429

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Down Volume

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918

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1217

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New Hi’s

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112

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128

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New Lo’s

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185

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



New York Manufacturers See Slower Growth In April (full
story
).



Foreign Purchases Of U.S. Securities Climbed In February (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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