TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

Markets fractionally lower as traders await Fed
decision. Crude oil futures trade higher by 1% to $61.85.

Stocks on the Move

Merck
(
MRK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Reveals New Strategy To Enhance Growth; Reaffirms FY06,
FY07 Outlook (full
story
).  MRK shares trade lower by 0.5%.

Best Buy
(
BBY |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Q3 Profit Rises Nearly 9% On Revenue Growth; EPS Misses Estimate; Backs FY07
Outlook (full
story
).  BBY shares drop over 5%.

Nasdaq
(
NDAQ |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Unveils £2.7 Bln Hostile Bid For LSE (full
story
).  NDAQ shares fall by 0.5%.

Texas Instruments
(
TXN |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Slashes Q4 EPS And Revenue Forecast On Lower-than-expected Chip Sales (full
story
).  TXN shares trade fractionally higher.

Citigroup
(
C |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Names Robert Druskin COO, Effective January 1, 2007 (full
story
).  C shares fall by 1.6%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


-13.46

12,315.02

Nasdaq

-8.47

2,434.39

S&P 500


-1.32

1,411.72

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


1,029,271,000

763,506,000

Advances


1582

1218

Declines


1524

1616

Up Volume


329

318

Down Volume


569

361

New Highs


197

89

New Lows


21

31

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

PHLX Oil Services Index (OSX)


Amex Airline Index (XAL)

PHLX Utilities Index (UTY)

PHLX Gold and Silver Sector Index (XAU)

S&P Insurance
Index (IUX)

Amex Gold Bugs
Index (HUI)

Economic News

Trade Balance -$58.9 bln vs -$63.0 bln consensus

Darren Wong
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