Tech Takes the Lead

Stocks finished mixed in Thursday’s session. Tech stocks took the
lead with Research In Motion announcing that it would be allowed
to sell its Blackberry products in China. Major M&A activity also
took place with the Hilton Hotels
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accepting a $26
billion offer from Blackstone Group
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.

Crude oil futures for August delivery rose 0.6%
to $71.81 per barrel after renewed violence in Nigeria.  Gold
futures for August delivery fell 0.7% to $650.60 an ounce.


Around Europe, Germany’s DAX index lost 1.1% to 7,987.13, France’s
CAC 40 index lost 0.6% to 6,059.53, and Britain’s FTSE 100 fell
0.6% to 6,635.20.

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Stocks in
Motion

Blackstone Group
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To Buy Hilton
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For
$26 Bln (full
story
). BX shares rose 3%, while HLT shares added 26%.

Boeing
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Secures Order From CIT Aerospace For Additional 787
Dreamliners Worth $810 Mln; Reveals Deliveries For Q2 (full
story
). BA shares gained 0.7%.

Research In Motion
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Receives Clearance To Sell BlackBerry
In China : Reports (full
story
). RIMM shares added 4%.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Confirms $10.4 Bln. Bid For Huntsman
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(full
story
). HUN shares rose 13%.

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Market Snapshot

Dow

-11.46 13,565.84

NASDAQ

+11.70 2,656.65

S&P 500

+0.53 1,525.40

 

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

2,561,082,000 1,605,115,000

Advances

1472 1479

Declines

1749 1513

Up Volume

1213 987

Down Volume

1124 493

New Highs

222 194

New Lows

58 79


Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Disk Drive Index (DDX)
S&P Insurance Index (IUX)
Amex Airline
Index (XAL)

Securities Broker/Dealer Index (XBD)
CBOE DJ REIT Index (DJR) CBOE Dow 10

Index (MUT)


 


Economic
News

The weekly Energy Department
report showed a build of 3151K barrels of crude.

ISM Services 60.7 vs 58.0
consensus

Initial Claims 318K vs 315K consensus

Darren Wong

Associate Editor

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com