TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

Major indices trade fractionally higher. Crude oil
futures trade higher by 0.2% to $63.60.


Stocks on the Move

FedEx
(
FDX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Profit Rises 8%; Guides Q3 EPS Below Street Views;
Hikes FY07 Earnings Target (full
story
).  FDX shares fall by over 2%.

CarMax
(
KMX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q3 Profit Surges On Top Line Growth; Boosts FY07
Outlook (full
story
).  KMX shares jump over 8%.

Goldman Sachs
(
GS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Awards $53.40 Mln As FY06 Bonus To Chairman And
CEO Lloyd Blankfein (full
story
).  GS shares rise 1%.

Family Dollar
(
FDO |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q1 Net Income Increases On Higher Sales;
Guides Q2, FY07 (full
story
).  FDO shares rise 2.5%.

Pepsi Bottling
(
PBG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Confirms FY06 View; Guides FY07 EPS Below
Consensus (full
story
).  PBG shares trade fractionally lower through the morning.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+18.74

12,490.06

Nasdaq

+8.38

2,437.93

S&P 500


+2.18

1,427.73

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


958,459,000

733,177,000

Advances


2076

1886

Declines


1027

985

Up Volume


570

470

Down Volume


279

183

New Highs


200

71

New Lows


14

31


Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX)


Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI)

GSTI Semiconductor Index (GSM)

PHLX Gold and Silver Sector
Index (XAU)

GSTI Multimedia Networking
Index (GIP)

Amex Oil Index (XOI)


Economic News

The E.I.A. reports that crude oil inventories had a draw of 6.32 mln barrels.

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com



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