TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

  • December 21, 2006
  • Darren Wong

Major indices hover around the flatline. Crude oil
futures trade lower by 1.8% to $62.55.

Stocks on the Move

Bed Bath & Beyond
(
BBBY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q3 Profit Up 6%; EPS Misses Estimate;
Approves $1Bln Share Buy-back Plan (full
story).  BBBY shares fall by 3.6%.

Jabil Circuit
(
JBL |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q1 Revenues Rise 34%; Sees 20% FY07 Revenues
Growth (full
story).  JBL shares drop over 10% in early trading.

General Mills
(
GIS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q2 Profit Rises 4% On Higher Net Sales; Lifts
FY07 EPS Forecast (full
story).  GIS shares rise by 1.7%.

Raytheon
(
RTN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) To Sell Aircraft-making Unit To GS Capital, Onex
For $3.3 Bln; Board Approves Addl. Share Repurchase; Cuts FY06, FY07 View (full
story).  RTN shares rise by 0.2%.

First Data
(
FDC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Backs Q4, FY06 Outlook; Guides FY07 (full
story).  FDC shares falls by 2%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


-8.26
12,455.61

Nasdaq
+2.03
2,429.64

S&P 500


-0.84
1,422.69

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume
921,922,000
703,009,000

Advances
1781
1633

Declines
1331
1242

Up Volume
417
333

Down Volume
405
304

New Highs
147
76

New Lows
13
28


Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers
Index (RXH)
Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI)

Dow Jones Equity REIT
Index (DJR)
PHLX Gold and Silver Sector
Index (XAU)

Morgan Stanley Healthcare Payors
Index (HMO)
PHLX Oil Services Index (OSX)


Economic News

Leading Indicators +0.1% vs +0.1% consensus

GDP-Final +2.0% vs +2.2% consensus

Chain Deflator-Final +2.2% vs +1.8% consensus

Initial Claims 315K vs 315K consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com



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