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While selling pressure has remained subdued, the U.S. stock markets continue to see some weakness in late-morning trading on Monday. Weakness among resource stocks is contributing to the losses being shown by the major averages.

Our PowerRatings Heat Maps* have been pointing towards this breakdown in resource/energy stocks over the last week.  It will be interesting to see what signals we get today.  Click here for a free trial to our PowerRatings Heat Maps.

Crude for March delivery has fallen in morning trading after Saudi oil minister said OPEC does not need to continue cutting supply.  Crude is currently down $1.59 to $58.30 a barrel.

After closing at an 8-month high last week, gold is giving back some ground currently down $2.80 to $664.05 an ounce.

Click here to see our new list of indicators that includes Gaps Down 5% or More, 2-Period RSI Below 2, Stocks Up 10% or More.  Historically proven edges make these a great place to start making a watch list. 

Stocks in Motion

Four Seasons (FS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Agrees To Be Taken Private By CEO Isadore Sharp-led Group For US$82 A Share Cash (full story).  FS shares fall by 3%.

Vodafone (VOD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Wins Bidding War To Acquire Controlling Stake In Hutchison Essar; Intends To Sell Stake In Bharti (full story).  VOD shares rise by 2%.

Novelis (NVL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Strikes Deal With Hindalco For $6 Bln Buy Out Offer (full story).  NVL shares soar 13.5%.

CNA Financial (CNA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Swings To Profit In Q4; Adds Jose Montemayor To Board (full story).  CNA shares rise 0.3%.

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


Market Snapshot

Dow

-7.05 12,573.78

NASDAQ

-8.35 2,451.47

S&P 500

-2.23 1,435.83

 

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

915,774,000 825,215,000

Advances

1172 1144

Declines

1916 1740

Up Volume

276 217

Down Volume

534 539

New Highs

94 91

New Lows

24 38

Strongest/Weakest Sectors

Strongest Sectors

Weakest Sectors

Amex Airline Index (XAL) Dow Jones Equity REIT Index (DJR)
Computer Hardware Index (HWI) Deutsche Bank Energy Index (DXE)
Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers Index (HMO) CBOE Oil Index (OIX)

Economic News
No economic reports released today.

Darren Wong
Associate Editor
darrenw@tradingmarkets.com


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