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The 4 Stocks That Slimmed the DJIA Monday Slide

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December 28, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday as neither the bulls nor the bears can gin up a lot of support. Volumes are low and corporate news is nearly non-existent. Crude oil started the day higher, but has drifted to a loss of about 2% as the day wore on. Shortly before the closing bell the DJIA traded down 0.08% for the day, the S&P 500 traded up 0.09%, and the Nasdaq Composite traded flat. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) dropped more than 1% today and its high per share price pushed the DJIA lower just as the market closed.

The DJIA stock posting the largest daily gain ahead of the close Monday was The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) which traded up 0.87% at $104.64. The stock’s 52-week range is $73.96 to $104.80, and the high was posted early Monday. Trading volume was less than half the daily average of around 5.8 million shares. Reports of solid sales at home improvement stores during the holidays have helped push this stock higher today.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) traded up 0.77% at $63.03. The stock’s 52-week range is $52.97 to $63.34, and the high was set today. Trading volume was about 50% below the daily average of around 26 million shares. The big bank is one of the underwriters for the IPO of Shake Shack which was announced today.

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) traded higher by 0.71% at $132.57. The stock’s 52-week range is $116.32 to $144.57. Volume was less than half the daily average of around 4.4 million shares. The company held its first test flight on Sunday of a new Air Force Tanker.

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) traded up 0.48% at $28.49. The stock’s 52-week range is $21.27 to $28.59. Trading volume about 60% below the daily average of around 29 million shares. The stock missed matching its 52-week high by just a couple of pennies and was touted as a Rocket Stock at thestreet.com today.

Of the Dow 30 stocks 13 are set to close higher today and 17 are on track to close lower.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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