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Stock markets turn to the red as oil rises and housing numbers further cement future rake hikes.
Crude oil futures were trading higher for the day, up 2.5%.
General Motors (GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) sold $9 billion of interest in GMAC Commercial Holding Corp to private-equity firms. GM is currently trading up nearly 1%.
Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) was trading up 6% for the day. Yesterday RGLD received a Power Rating of 9.
Biovail (BVF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q4 Profit More Than Doubles On Stronger Sales; Sees Better-than-expected Q1, FY06 EPS; Declares Quarterly Dividend Of $0.125/share; Stock Soars (full story).
Family Dollar (FDO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q2 Profit Dips On Litigation Charge; Non-GAAP EPS Rises, Beats Estimates; Guides Q3; Revises FY06 Outlook (full story).
General Mills (GIS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Q3 Profit Up 7% On Higher U.S. Retail Sales; Reaffirms FY06 EPS Outlook (full story).
ConAgra Foods (CAG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Power Rating Slips To Loss From Profit In Q3; Expects Major Operating Initiatives To Lower FY07 Earnings Base (full story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our Breaking News section.
|
Dow |
-45.14 |
11,272.29 |
|
NASDAQ |
-6.86 |
2,296.46 |
|
S&P 500 |
-3.97 |
1,301.07 |
|
NYSE |
NASDAQ | |
|
Volume |
836,547,000 |
871,992,000 |
|
Advances |
1359 |
1350 |
|
Declines |
1678 |
1465 |
|
Up Volume |
358 |
333 |
|
Down Volume |
386 |
472 |
|
New Hi's |
98 |
104 |
|
New Lo's |
22 |
21 |
Sectors
|
Strongest Sectors |
Weakest Sectors |
| Oil Service (OSX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Nasdaq Combined Transport (TRANX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Amex Gold Bugs (HUI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Airline (XAL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
| Disk Drive (DDX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) | Morgan Stanley Healthcare (HMO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) |
Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Rebound In February (full story).
Weekly Jobless Claims Come In Below Economist Estimates (full story).
John Patrick Lee
johnl@tradingmarkets.com
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