TradingMarkets
Mid-Day Movers


Major markets trading
in the green as a new round of positive earnings reports are released this
morning.

Wal-Mart
(
WMT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

rose 6.8% after meeting expectations, but guided lower.  WMT is trading
down fractionally.

Costco
(
COST |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

rose 8% after beating expecations.  COST is trading about 2.5% higher.

Crude oil futures were trading lower this morning,
down 1.7%.

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

Goodyear
(
GT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q1 Profit Up 9% On One-time Gains, Stronger North American Sales (full
story
).

Target
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TGT |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

April Comps. Up 10.4%, Net Sales Rises 17.3%; Q1 Comps. Up 5.1% (full
story
).

International Paper
(
IP |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Swings To Loss In Q1 On Restructuring Costs; Expects Q2 To Be Somewhat
Seasonally Stronger Than Q1(full
story
).

Wal-Mart
(
WMT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

April Comp. Rise 6.8%, Net Sales Up 16%; Sees 2 – 4% Upside In May (full
story
).

Children’s Place Retail
Stores

(
PLCE |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Sees Q1 EPS Above Estimates, Lifts FY06 EPS, April Comps. Rise 22% (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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+47.06

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11,447.34

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NASDAQ

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+16.83

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2,320.80

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S&P 500

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+5.37

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1,313.22

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Volume

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946,217,000

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892,007,000

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Advances

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1929

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1635

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Declines

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1085

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1164

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Up Volume

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525

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571

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Down Volume

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309

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253

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New Hi’s

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184

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159

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New Lo’s

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67

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

GSTI Multimedia
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PowerRating)
GSTI Hardware
(
GHA |
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News |
PowerRating)
Securities Broker Dealer
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PowerRating)
S&P Retail
(
RLX |
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News |
PowerRating)
S&P Chemical Index
(
CEX |
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PowerRating)
S&P Insurance
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News |
PowerRating)
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Jobless Claims Show Unexpected Increase (full
story
).



Productivity Growth Exceeds Economist Estimates (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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