Stocks Trade Mixed On Merger Monday


Markets closed the day mixed,
moving on mergers and auto sales.

Crude oil futures closed the day slightly higher.

Toyota,
Honda and
DaimlerChrysler
announced higher sales than last year, while
Ford, General
Motors
and Nissan all failed to
meet the bar.

Lucent
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rose 1.6% on news that the company was acquiring France’s
Alcatel

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.

General Motors
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fell 1.5% on news that the company had sold controlling stake in
GMAC

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Ford
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fell
2.5% on lower sales.

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

Genzyme’s
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Muscle Disorder Drug Cleared By EU Regulators (full
story
).

Ford
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March U.S. Sales Down 4.6% (full
story
).

Continental AG To
Buy Motorola Automotive Electronics
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Unit For About US$1 Bln Cash (full
story
).

Sears Holdings
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Hikes Sears Canada Offer To C$18.0 A Share (full
story
).

GM
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To Divest Controlling Stake In GMAC
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For $14 Bln, Deal To Close In Q4 (full
story
).

Ameristar Casinos
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Proposes To Buy Aztar
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For $2.25 Bln (full
story
).

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

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+35.62

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11,144.94

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NASDAQ

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-3.05

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2,336.74

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S&P 500

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+2.99

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1,297.81

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Volume

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2,407,122,000

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1,948,808,000

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Advances

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1578

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1102

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Declines

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1694

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1977

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Up Volume

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1326

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782

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Down Volume

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808

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994

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New Hi’s

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271

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252

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New Lo’s

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54

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Strongest
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Weakest
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Amex Gold Bugs
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Combined Telecom
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Deutsche Bank Energy
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Nasdaq Financial
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Csfb Technology Index
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S&P Insurance
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Growth In The Manufacturing Sector Slows Unexpectedly (full
story
).



Construction Spending Growth Exceeds Economist Estimates (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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