TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

  • February 5, 2007
  • Darren Wong

The major averages are
currently turning in a mixed performance, with the Dow posting a
modest gain while the

Nasdaq and the S&P 500 are below
the unchanged line.  Top blue chip gainers include
Hewlett-Packard
(
HPQ |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) and Walmart
(
WMT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) each
gaining over 1% through the morning. 

Indecision seems to be the major
theme over the last few days as evidenced by our
PowerRatings
Heat Maps*,
which is showing a majority of sectors as neutral to bearish. 
Traders should exercise caution or consider scaling back/taking
profits in the energy and electronics sectors.

Crude continues to rise as
continued cold weather increases demand.  Crude for March
delivery is up 0.6%. to $59.35 a barrel in morning trading. 
Gold is also being pushed higher as a result of the rise in crude. 
Gold futures for April delivery rose 0.5% to $654.60 an ounce.


Stocks in
Motion

UnitedHealth
(
UNH |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Sees Modest Fall In
SecureHorizons Medicare Advantage Membership; Cuts FY07 Revenue Outlook; Backs
Net Earnings View (full
story).  UNH shares trade lower by 0.8%.

Humana
(
HUM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q4 Profit More Than Doubles;
Revenue Increases 54%; Lifts FY07 EPS View (full
story).  HUM shares rise by 1%.

KLA-Tencor
(
KLAC |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q2 Profit Rises
Despite Charges, Revenues Increase (full
story). KLAC shares rise by nearly 3%.

B/E Aerospace
(
BEAV |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Q4 Profit Plunges
On Prior Year Tax Benefit; Revenue Up 44%; Lifts FY07 EPS View (full
story).  BEAV shares jump 4%.

Columbia Laboratories
(
CBRX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Plunging On
Phase III News (full
story).  CBRX shares plunge 70%.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow

 +6.73 12,660.22

NASDAQ

 -3.23 2,472.65

S&P 500

 -1.32 1,447.07

 

 NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

 959,016,000 842,534,000

Advances

 1328 1181

Declines

 1731 1705

Up Volume

 402 357

Down Volume

 426 394

New Highs

 210 141

New Lows

 10 25



Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors
Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers (RXH) Amex Airline Index (XAL)
Nasdaq Telecommunications Index (IXTC) GSTI Software Index (GSO)
Nasdaq Other Index (OFIN) Dow Jones Internet Index (ECM)


Economic
News

ISM Services 59.0
vs 57.0 consensus

Darren Wong

Associate Editor

darrenw@tradingmarkets.com