TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers
Nasdaq lower on Dell’s profit
drop and SEC inquiry; major indices fractionally lower.
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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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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.
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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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