Stocks Take A Beating As Precious Metals Soar


Major indices close in
the red as commodities skyrocket and the dollar sags.

American International Group
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closed down 5% after missing earnings on Wednesday.

News Corp
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closed up 37% after announcing a double in profits.

Crude oil futures closed up $1.20 at $73.32.

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

Pfizer
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Gets FDA Approval For Its Anti-smoking Pill (full
story
).

Viacom
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Q1 Profit Falls On Higher Interest Expenses; Revenues Up 12%; Reaffirms FY06
Outlook (full
story
).

UST
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To Reaffirm FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Deutsche Telekom
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Power Rating

Q1 Profit Rises On Top Line Growth; Confirms FY06 Revenue Outlook (full
story
).

Urban Outfitters
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Power Rating

Q1 EPS Dips, Misses Estimate On Markdowns; Sales Up 17% (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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-141.84

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11,500.81

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NASDAQ

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-48.25

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2,272.50

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S&P 500

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-16.98

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1,305.87

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Volume

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2,514,883,000

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2,444,423,000

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Advances

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695

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623

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Declines

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2563

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2449

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Up Volume

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368

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283

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Down Volume

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1895

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1944

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New Hi’s

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191

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132

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New Lo’s

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138

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94

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Strongest
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Weakest
Sectors

Utility
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GSTI Hardware
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S&P Chemical
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GSTI Semiconductor
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S&P Retail
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Securities Broker Dealer
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Business Inventories Rise More Than Expected In March (full
story
).



Jobless Claims Fall Less Than Economists Expected (full
story
).



April Sales Growth Comes In Below Expectations (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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