Stocks Slide on Fed Comments

Stocks opened higher on Monday, following Friday’s heavy
selloff due to poor employment data, but were unable to sustain
the early momentum.

Dennis Lockhart, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s
President, and Janet Yellen, the San Francisco Fed President both
commented on the likelihood of an interest rate cut.

In deal news, First Niagara Financial Group
(
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announced a deal to buy Great Lakes Bancorp
(
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for
$153 million (full
story
).

Apple
(
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PowerRating)
reported it has sold 1-million
iPhone’s (full
story
).

Fitch took rating actions a number of Centex Home Equity Loan
mortgage pass-through certificates, affirming 15 and downgrading 5
(full
story
).

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Stocks in Motion

Intel
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Lifts Q3 Revenue Outlook On Strong Product Demand (read
more
).

Blackstone
(
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To Buy 20% Stake In China National
Bluestar Group (read
more
).

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

-38.20 13075.18

NASDAQ

-15.45 2550.25

S&P 500

-8.78 1444.77

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

628,855,320 902,867,831

Up Volume

120,936,640 280,091,110

Down Volume

506,876,320 618,334,518

Advances

906 811

Declines

2,306 2,088

New Highs

27 24

New Lows

99 89


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Personal
Computers

Industrial Equipment Wholesale
Drugs
– Generic
Toy &
Hobby Stores
Computer Based
Systems
Office
Supplies





Economic
News

None today.