Stocks Slide On Interest Rate Fears


The major markets fell
to the red during trading today as positive economic reports fueled fears for
another interest rate hike.

Sun Microsystems
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rose 4.6% after announcing the resignation of CEO McNealy, but lost most gains
to close up 0.2%.

Yum Brands
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closed up 3% after reporting an 11% gain in Q1 profits.

Crude oil futures closed slightly lower after Bush
announced plans to halt SPR Deposits.

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

Lockheed Martin
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Q1 Profit Up 60% On Higher Systems & IT Sales; Raises FY06 EPS Forecast,
Reaffirms FY06 Revenue Outlook (full
story
).

Archstone-Smith
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Q1 FFO Rises, Same Store Sales Up 5.6% (full
story
).

Lucent
Technologies
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Q2 Profit Slumps On Lower Revenues; Sees Revenue Decline In FY06 (full
story
).

ImClone
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Q1 Profit Soars On Milestone, Tax Benefits (full
story
).

Northrop Grumman
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Q1 Profit Declines, Tops Estimates; Maintains Forecast For Double-digit Profit
Growth In 2006 (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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-53.07

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11,283.25

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NASDAQ

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-3.08

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2,330.30

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S&P 500

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-6.35

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1,301.76

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Volume

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2,307,544,000

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2,294,265,000

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Advances

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1140

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1334

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Declines

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2111

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1695

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Up Volume

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732

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1017

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Down Volume

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1348

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1123

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New Hi’s

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151

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185

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New Lo’s

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119

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Oil
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Semiconductor
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CBOE Internet
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Computer Tech
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Interactive Week
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
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Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Improves In April (full
story
).



Existing Home Sales See Unexpected Increase In March (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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