TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

Major indices trade higher led by the S&P. Crude oil
futures trade higher by 1% to $61.70.

Stocks on the Move

General Electric
(
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Sees Double Digit EPS Growth In Q4, FY06; Guides
FY07; Boosts Dividend (full
story
).  GE shares rise by 0.3% in morning trading.

AirTran
(
AAI |
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PowerRating)
Proposes To Acquire Midwest Air
(
MEH |
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For $290 Mln In Cash
And Stock (full
story
).  AAI shares rise by 1.6%, while MEH shares soar by 21.5%.

Cooper Companies
(
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PowerRating)
Q4 Profit Up; Lowers FY07 Forecast (full
story
).  COO shares drop 10%.

Dynegy
(
DYN |
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PowerRating)
Expects
FY07 EPS Within Street Forecast Range; Sees Charge In Q406 (full
story
).  DYN shares rise by 2%.

ADC
(
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PowerRating)
Posts
Higher Q4 Profit, Sees Q1 Sales Down 15% Sequentially (full
story
).  ADCT shares jump nearly 5%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


+16.50

12,332.08

Nasdaq

+1.26

2,432.86

S&P 500


+2.99

1,414.55

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


1,092,420,000

772,756,000

Advances


1805

1492

Declines


1295

1361

Up Volume


530

383

Down Volume


493

320

New Highs


218

87

New Lows


9

34

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors


Amex Airline Index (XAL)


Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers Index (RXH)

PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX)

PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX)

Deutsche Bank Energy
Index (DXE)

Dow Jones Equity REIT Index (DJR)

Economic News

The E.I.A. reports that crude oil inventories had a draw of 4.29 mln barrels.

Business Inventories +0.4% vs +0.5% consensus

Retail Sales +1.0% vs +0.2%
consensus

Retail Sales ex-auto +1.1% vs +0.3% consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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