TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

Inflation worries from the PPI report and negative
news from Oracle lead the major markets lower.

Stocks on the Move

Oracle
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matched earnings Monday afternoon, but disappointed
on sales of new software licenses. ORCL traded lower by about 5%.

Morgan Stanley
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Q4 Profit Drops On Prior Year Gain, Net
Revenues Up 24%; Plans To Spin-off Discover; Approves Up To $6 Bln Share
Buyback; Declares Dividend. MS traded up 2% through the morning. (full
story
)

Circuit City
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Drops To Loss In Q3 On Price Cuts, Trims FY07
Guidance. CC traded down 18% this morning. (full
story
)

Delta Air Lines Rejects US Airways
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Merger Offer;
Files Standalone Plan Of Reorganization. LCC traded lower by nearly 1% during
morning trading. (full
story
)

UnitedHealth
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To Confirm FY06 Outlook; Gives FY07 View;
Expects To Record Stock Option Charges In FY06. UNH rose over 2% during trading
this morning. (full
story
)

For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.

Market Snapshot

Dow


-24.03

12,417.24

Nasdaq

-16.46

2,419.04

S&P 500


-2.88

1,419.52

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


1,069,847,000

833,568,000

Advances


1269

1059

Declines


1831

1834

Up Volume


391

180

Down Volume


545

575

New Highs


68

54

New Lows


17

38

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

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Weakest Sectors

Amex Gold Bugs (HUI)


GSTI Semiconductor (GSM)

Deutsche Bank Energy (DXE)

Amex Airline (XAL)

Amex Oil (XOI)

S&P Retail (RLX)

Economic News

The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 2% in November, the biggest increase
since 1974.

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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