Strong Earnings Help Lift Stocks
Markets helped out by
positive Coca-Cola and United Technologies earnings; Major indices close fractionally
higher.
href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move
Coca-Cola
(
KO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Profit Fizzes Past Estimates (full
story). KO shares close up nearly 2%.
Merrill Lynch
(
MER |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Net Earnings Vault 44% On Strong Revenue Growth (full
story). MER finishes down over 1%.
United Technologies‘
(
UTX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q2 EPS Rises 15% On Strong Aerospace Demand (full
story). UTX finishes the day up over 1.5%.
Charles Schwab
(
SCHW |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Profit Rises (full
story). SCHW shares move up nearly 1%.
Johnson & Johnson
(
JNJ |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q2 Profit Rises (full
story). JNJ trading down nearly 1%.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper &
Gold
(
FCX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q2 Profit More Than
Doubles (full
story). FCX ends up nearly 1%.
Wells Fargo
(
WFC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Profit Up 9% (full
story). WFC shares are down fractionally.
Ameritrade Holding
(
AMTD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 EPS Rises On 130% Top Line Growth; Beats Estimate (full
story). AMTD rises over 7% in today’s trading.
Crude oil futures moved sharply lower in today’s
session finishing down over 2% at $73.85.
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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+53.55
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10,800.91
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NASDAQ
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+5.45
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2,043.17
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S&P 500
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+2.42
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1,236.91
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size=2>NYSE
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Volume
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2,299,554,000
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1,862,551,000
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Advances
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1352
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1287
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Declines
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1916
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1687
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Up Volume
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708
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608
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Down Volume
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1348
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1103
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New Hi’s
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24
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25
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New Lo’s
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194
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243
Sectors
Strongest Sectors
Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index (ECM)
Nasdaq Financial-100 Index (IXF)
Thestreet.com Internet Index (DOT)
Weakest Sectors
Networking Index (NWX)
Morgan Stanley Health Provider (RXH)
Deutsche Bank Energy Index (DXE)
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News
Wholesale Prices Increase On Higher Food Prices (full
story).
China GDP Expands 10.9% In First Half (full
story).
Core PPI Up 0.2%
For June
PPI Up 0.5% For
June
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Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com
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