TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers
Major indices trade higher by 0.3%.
Crude oil futures trade lower by 2.2% to $61.02.
Stocks on the Move
Level 3 Communications
(
LVLT |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) To Acquire Savvis’
(
SVVS |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Content Delivery Network Business For $135 Mln Cash (full
story). LVLT shares trade lower by 0.3%, while SVVS shares rise by
2.25%.
Alcoa
(
AA |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Reaches Tentative Agreement With United Auto Workers
Local 1050 To End Seven-week Strike At Its Cleveland Works Plant (full
story). AA shares rise by 0.3%.
Telik
(
TELK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Shares Plunge As Cancer Drug Telcyta Fails In
Studies (full
story). TELK shares drop over 70% in early trading.
Kite Realty
(
KRG |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating) Receives Upgrade from Wachovia from Market
Perform to Outperform. KRG shares rise by 2%.
For more stories as they happen, go to our
Breaking News section.
Market Snapshot
|
Dow | +35.01 | 12,378.23 |
| NASDAQ | +7.17 | 2,408.37 |
|
S&P 500 | +3.69 | 1,414.45 |
|
NYSE |
| |
|
Volume | 486,799,000 | 416,592,000 |
|
Advances | 2090 | 1761 |
|
Declines | 998 | 1087 |
|
Up Volume | 268 | 234 |
|
Down Volume | 143 | 140 |
|
New Highs | 115 | 7 |
|
| 12 | 30 |
Strongest/Weakest Sectors
| Strongest Sectors | Weakest Sectors |
|
Amex Airline Index (RXH) | Amex Natural Gas Index (XNG) |
Amex Gold Bugs Index (HUI) | Deutsche Bank Energy Index (DXE) |
Amex Disk Drive Index (DDX) | CBOE Oil Index (OIX) |
Economic News
No economic reports released today.
Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com
P.S.
Click here to use PowerRatings to identify stocks that could potentially
move higher in the next few days.