TradingMarkets Mid-Day Movers

Rise in employment numbers send markets higher. Crude
oil futures trade higher by 1.8% to $63.60.

Stocks on the Move

McDonald’s
(
MCD |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
November Comp. Up 6.2% (full
story
).  MCD shares rise by nearly 1%.

Smith & Wesson
(
SWHC |
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Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Q2 EPS Misses Estimates By 2 Cents; Offers FY07 And FY08 Guidance (full
story
).  SWHC shares slashed by 12%.

National Semiconductor

(
NSM |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
Q2 Earnings Fall (full
story
).  NSM shares rise by 0.9%.

Xlinx
(
XLNX |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Lowers Q3 Expectations (full
story
). XLNX shares fall over 5%.

Chesapeake Energy
(
CHK |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Plans Public Offering Of 30 Million Common Shares (full
story
).  CHK shares fall by 4%.

Hewlett-Packard
(
HPQ |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

Reaches Civil Settlement With California AG (full
story
).  HPQ shares are trading fractionally lower through the morning.

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

Market Snapshot

Dow


-30.84

12,278.41

Nasdaq

-18.17

2,427.69

S&P 500


-5.61

1,407.29

NYSE


NASDAQ

Volume


2,700,678,000

2,051,040,000

Advances


1348

1195

Declines


1912

1873

Up Volume


848

740

Down Volume


1736

1258

New Highs


324

149

New Lows


11

32

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors


PHLX Oil Services Sector Index (OSX)


PHLX Semiconductor  Index (SOX)

Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index (ECM)


Amex Gold Bugs
Index (HUI)

PHLX TheStreet.com Internet Commerce Index (DOT)

S&P Chemicals Index (CEX)

Economic News

Nonfarm Payroll 132K vs 105K consensus

Unemployment Rate 4.5% vs 4.5%
consensus

Hourly Earnings +0.2% vs +0.3% consenus

Average Workweek
33.9 vs 33.9 consensus

Darren Wong
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com

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