TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers


Nasdaq lower on Dell’s profit
drop and SEC inquiry; major indices fractionally lower.

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

Dell
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Q2 Earnings Drop 51%; Reveals SEC Probe (full
story
).  DELL shares fall by over 7% in morning trading.

Ford Motor
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Says It Is Reducing North American Vehicle Production As Part Of Accelerated
‘Way Forward’ Turnaround (full
story
).  F shares drop by over 3%.

Altria Group
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is trading at 52-week highs after federal judge found the company guilty of
lying about smoking risks, but did not not impose monetary penalties (full
story
).  MO shares rise by 3%.

Microsoft
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Reveals Preliminary Results Of Its Modified “Dutch Auction” Tender Offer;
Increases Ongoing Share Buyback Plan By About $16.2Bln (full
story
).  MSFT shares trade up by nearly 3%.

Merck
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Loses One More Vioxx Case, Asked To Pay $51 Mln; Previous Victory Overturned;
Stock Plunges (full
story
).  MRK shares trade fractionally higher this morning.

Gap
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Q2
Profit Falls 53%, Sales Flat, EPS Tops Consensus; Cuts FY07 EPS Forecast (full
story
). GPS shares lower by over 4%.

Crude oil futures are trading higher by 0.5% to
$70.43.

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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-1.28
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11,333.68

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NASDAQ

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-9.43

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2,148.18

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S&P 500

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-1.33

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1,296.15

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Volume

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934,460,000

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791,258,000

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Advances

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1177

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1028

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Declines

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1854

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1753

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Up Volume

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291

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225

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Down Volume

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555

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514

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New Hi’s

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58

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51

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New Lo’s

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21

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56

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Nasdaq Combined Transport Index (TRAN)

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News

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Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index At 78.7 For Aug.


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