TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers


Mergers and acquisitions
boost investor sentiment to start the week; major indices are all in the green.

Johnson & Johnson
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announced plans to buy Pfizer’s
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consumer-products division for $16.6 billion. JNJ is trading down 2% and PFE is
trading up 1.5%.

Phelps Dodge
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announced plans to buy two Canadian mining companies for a reported $40 Billion.
PD is trading down 8%.

Crude oil futures are trading lower for the day, down
0.4% at 70.62.

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

Phelps Dodge
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Power Rating

To Acquire Inco
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,
Falconbridge

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For $40 Bln; Deal To Create Phelps Dodge
Inco Corp.(full
story
).

Kraft Foods
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Hires Irene Rosenfeld As CEO To Replace Roger Deromedi (full
story
).

Johnson & Johnson
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Power Rating

Signs Deal To Purchase Pfizer’s Consumer
Health Care Unit For $16.6 Bln., To Acquire Zyrtec OTC Rights On Patent Expiry (full
story
).

Bunge
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Power Rating

Cuts FY06 Profit Outlook Amid Brazil Farmers Protest (full
story
).

Finisar
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Power Rating

Wins Patent Infringement Suit Against DirecTV (full
story
).

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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+11.85

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11,000.94

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NASDAQ

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+8.18

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2,129.65

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S&P 500

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+1.68

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1,246.18

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Volume

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755,197,000

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563,984,000

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Advances

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1693

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1676

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Declines

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1327

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1182

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Up Volume

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360

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335

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Down Volume

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315

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182

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New Hi’s

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30

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47

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New Lo’s

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99

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64

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May New Home Sales Show Unexpected Increase (full
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John Patrick Lee


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