TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers


Major markets cruise
into the green as Merrill and economic data lift market spirits; all indices are
trading up.

Crude oil futures fell off their new highs, trading
down fractionally.

Merrill Lynch
(
MER |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

boosted investor sentiment after posting quarterly that beat revenue
expectations, but fell short on earnings.  MER is trading flat.

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

Unisys
(
UIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Narrows Q1 Loss On One-time Gains (full
story
).

Pepsi Bottling Group
(
PBG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q1 Profit Falls 13% On Charges, Adj. EPS Rises On 10% Revenue Growth, Reaffirms
FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Segment Results Boost
UnitedHealth

(
UNH |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q1 Profit By 21%; Raises FY06 EPS Forecast (full
story
).

D.R. Horton
(
DHI |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Power Rating

Q2 Profit Up 20% On Higher Home Sales; Reiterates FY06 EPS Guidance (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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113.90

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11,187.68

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NASDAQ

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+20.27

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2,331.43

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S&P 500

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+11.30

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1,296.63

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Volume

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948,559,000

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815,070,000

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Advances

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2275

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1834

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Declines

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819

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1008

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Up Volume

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676

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478

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Down Volume

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156

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257

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New Hi’s

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160

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125

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New Lo’s

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97

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Sectors

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Strongest
Sectors


Weakest
Sectors

Nasdaq Financial 100
(
IXF |
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News |
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Pharmaceutical
(
DRG |
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News |
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GSTI Hardware
(
GHA |
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News |
PowerRating)
Interactive Week Internet
(
IIX |
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News |
PowerRating)
Deutsche Bank Energy
(
DXE |
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News |
PowerRating)
Computer Tech
(
XCI |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News



Wholesale Prices Rise In Line With Estimates In March (full
story
).



Housing Starts Fall More Than Expected In March (full
story
).




John Patrick Lee


johnl@tradingmarkets.com



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