TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers


Stock markets turn to the red
as oil rises and housing numbers further cement future rake hikes.

Crude oil futures were trading higher for the day, up
2.5%.

General Motors
(
GM |
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News |
PowerRating)

sold $9 billion of interest in GMAC Commercial Holding Corp to private-equity
firms.  GM is currently trading up nearly 1%.

Royal Gold, Inc.
(
RGLD |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

was trading up 6% for the day.  Yesterday RGLD received a
Power Rating

of 9.

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

Biovail
(
BVF |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q4 Profit More Than Doubles On Stronger Sales; Sees Better-than-expected Q1,
FY06 EPS; Declares Quarterly Dividend Of $0.125/share; Stock Soars (full
story
).

Family Dollar
(
FDO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q2 Profit Dips On Litigation Charge; Non-GAAP EPS Rises, Beats Estimates; Guides
Q3; Revises FY06 Outlook (full
story
).

General Mills
(
GIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q3 Profit Up 7% On Higher U.S. Retail Sales; Reaffirms FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

ConAgra Foods
(
CAG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Slips To Loss From Profit In Q3; Expects Major Operating Initiatives To Lower
FY07 Earnings Base (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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-45.14

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11,272.29

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NASDAQ

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-6.86

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2,296.46

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S&P 500

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-3.97

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1,301.07

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Volume

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836,547,000

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871,992,000

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Advances

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1359

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1350

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Declines

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1678

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1465

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Up Volume

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358

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333

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Down Volume

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386

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472

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New Hi’s

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98

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104

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New Lo’s

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22

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Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Oil Service
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OSX |
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News |
PowerRating)
Nasdaq Combined Transport
(
TRANX |
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News |
PowerRating)
Amex Gold Bugs
(
HUI |
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News |
PowerRating)
Airline
(
XAL |
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News |
PowerRating)
Disk Drive
(
DDX |
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News |
PowerRating)
Morgan Stanley Healthcare

(
HMO |
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News |
PowerRating)
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Rebound In February (full
story
).



Weekly Jobless Claims Come In Below Economist Estimates (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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