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Markets trading down fractionally; investors are nervous before this afternoon's Fed announcement.
Mixed earnings from Altria and Merck lead to investor skepticism and slight losses before Alan Greenspan's last Fed meeting.
Gold climbed to a new 25-year high as increasing tension in the Middle East continues to fuel demand for save-haven futures.
Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Flat With Last Year On Charges; Adj. EPS Tops Estimates (full story).
Altria's (MO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Tobacco Revenues Tempered By Weaker Food Business (full story).
Hilton Hotels (HLT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises 62% (full story).
Merck (MRK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises On SINGULAIR Drug Sales; Reaffirms FY06 EPS Forecast (full story).
Kellogg (K | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises On Strong Demands For Cereals, Snacks (full story).
Ericsson (ERICY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 EPS Rises On 82% Higher North American Sales; Plans To Propose Dividend Of SEK 0.45/ Share (full story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
|
Dow |
-15.05 |
10,884.87 |
|
NASDAQ |
-7.25 |
2,299.53 |
|
S&P 500 |
-4.43 |
1,280.77 |
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NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
|
Volume |
1,000,233,000 |
863,234,000 |
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Advances |
1310 |
1135 |
|
Declines |
1772 |
1692 |
|
Up Volume |
326 |
317 |
|
Down Volume |
562 |
473 |
|
New Hi's |
146 |
131 |
|
New Lo's |
26 |
21 |
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Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
| Amex Gold Bugs (HUI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Oil Service (OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Gold and Silver (XAU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Nasdaq Combined Finance (OFINX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Airline (XAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Semiconductor Index (SOX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Consumer Confidence Sees Improvement In January (full story).
Canadian GDP Growth Comes In Line With Expectations (full story).
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com
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