Positive earnings trend continues as Aetna, Best Buy and Marriott help to boost investor confidence.
Major indices all in the green.
Crude oil futures were trading higher this morning, up over 1%.
Best Buy (BBY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was up over 8% after beating earnings expectations.
Aetna (AET | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 EPS Rises, Tops Estimates On Higher Premiums And Fee Rates (full story).
Best Buy (BBY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Raises Q4, FY06 EPS Outlooks Above Street Views (full story).
Marriott (MAR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit Rises 25% On Higher Revenue And REVPAR (full story).
AutoNation (AN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4, FY05 Profits, Revenues Fall Affected By Challenging Auto Retail Environment, Hurricane Wilma (full story).
Automatic Data Processing (ADP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating To Sell Claims Services Unit To Solera For $975 Mln Cash (full story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
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Dow |
+62.99 |
10,921.61 |
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NASDAQ |
+12.36 |
2,279.34 |
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S&P 500 |
+6.08 |
1,271.73 |
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NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
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Volume |
965,020,000 |
1,045,457,000 |
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Advances |
2031 |
1695 |
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Declines |
1068 |
1163 |
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Up Volume |
594 |
684 |
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Down Volume |
263 |
275 |
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New Hi's |
101 |
133 |
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New Lo's |
10 |
20 |
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Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
| Amex Gold Bugs (HUI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Combined Insurance (INSRX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Gold and Silver (XAU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Computer Hardware (HWI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| CBOE Internet (INX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Technology Index (TXX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Jobless Claims Rise Much Less Than Expected (full story).
Wholesale Sales And Inventories Increase In December (full story).
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com
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