TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers
Stocks started the session with some
mild selling pressure which pushed the major averages slightly lower.
They have since recovered most of the losses and are now sitting just below the
flat line. Not surprisingly trading is somewhat subdued with traders reluctant
to take large positions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Wait Is Over
Microsoft
(
MSFT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) launched the Xbox 360 at midnight last
night (full
story).
In earnings news; Albertson’s
(
ABS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 Profit Falls On
Flat Sales (report),
Tech Data
(
TECD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 Profit Falls As Gross Margin Declines (report),
Deere
(
DE |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q4 Earnings Fall 35% (report),
Genesco
(
GCO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 Net Earnings Increase 35% (report)
and Dollar General
(
DG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 Earnings Fall As Gross Margin Declines (report).
Go to our
Breaking
News section for more stories as they happen.
In economic news, Redbook
Says US Retail Sales Climb 0.1% During First 3 Weeks Nov.
Treasuries and the US Dollar Index are virtually unchanged,
Energy prices are rallying again.
| Dow |
-13.37 | 10,806.91 |
| NASDAQ |
+2.31 | 2243.98 |
| S&P 500 |
-1.13 | 1253.72 |
| NYSE | NASDAQ | |
| Volume |
834,351,000 | 770,692,000 |
| Advances |
1225 | 1255 |
| Declines |
1884 | 1569 |
| Up Volume |
318 | 383 |
| Down Volume |
412 | 322 |
| New Hi’s |
110 | 115 |
| New Lo’s |
100 | 22 |
|
|
Weakest Sectors |
| Disk Drive ( DDX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Airline ( XAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Oil Service ( OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Disk Drive ( DDX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Natural Gas ( XNG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Pharmaceutical ( DRG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
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