TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers


Stocks post gains on Merger
Monday.

Crude oil futures were trading higher, up 1.53%.

Lucent
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rose 1.6% on news that the company was acquiring France’s
Alcatel

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General Motors
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fell 1.5% on news that the company had sold controlling stake in
GMAC

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

Continental AG To
Buy Motorola Automotive Electronics
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Unit For About US$1 Bln Cash (full
story
).

Sears Holdings
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Hikes Sears Canada Offer To C$18.0 A Share (full
story
).

GM
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To Divest Controlling Stake In GMAC
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For $14 Bln, Deal To Close In Q4 (full
story
).

Ameristar Casinos
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Proposes To Buy Aztar
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For $2.25 Bln (full
story
).

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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+134.86

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11,244.18

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NASDAQ

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+17.32

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2,357.11

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S&P 500

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+14.12

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1,308.94

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Volume

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1,037,801,000

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839,354,000

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Advances

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1935

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1383

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Declines

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1158

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1525

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Up Volume

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741

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497

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Down Volume

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170

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256

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New Hi’s

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233

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207

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New Lo’s

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30

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Oil
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Nasdaq Financial
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Networking
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GSTI Services
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Nasdaq Combined Finance
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Morgan Stanley Health Products

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Growth In The Manufacturing Sector Slows Unexpectedly (full
story
).



Construction Spending Growth Exceeds Economist Estimates (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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