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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- April 1, 2013: Markets Slide on Mixed Manufacturing Data (INTC, RRC, TAP, CLH, DD, CALM, DQ, MKC, KWK, AM, ZNGA, FB)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning, rose briefly above the break-even line, and then slipped following a weaker-than-expected report on U.S. manufacturing PMI (more coverage...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 28, 2013: Markets Higher, S&P 500 Sets Record (NKE, BIIB, RYAAY, VHS, LULU, XONE, PAYX, SNX, TXI, END, FINL, GME, MOS, BBRY, WGO, CALM, DQ, PF, MTG, S, CLWR, DISH)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning even following a larger than expected rise in new claims for jobless benefits in the U.S.  The final revision to fourth quarter 2012 GDP...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 27, 2013: Markets Close Mixed After Low Start (VMW, GOOG, AOL, GIS, ORCL, MFRM, SAI, XONE, PAYX, SNX, TXI, END, FINL, GME, MOS, BBRY, WGO, CLF, FB, GILD)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were down. To top...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 26, 2013: Markets Push Equities Higher Today (BTU, AAPL, FIO, CAT, EA, FMCN, SONC, PRTS, MFRM, SAI, ZIOP, HPQ, DELL, AMX)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and a spate of decent news on U.S. housing kept markets in the green all day. The S&P 500 index finished the day’s session within sight of it’s...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 25, 2013: Markets Rise, Then Fall on Cyprus News (BBRY, WFM, JCP, CMCSA, ARG, APOL, DG, JASO, FMCN, SONC, PRTS, ALU, GRPN, SBUX)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following an agreement between the government of Cyprus and the “troika” of the IMF, the EU, and the ECB (more coverage here). There was no economic...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 22, 2013: Markets Turn Higher Awaiting Cyprus Solution (KSS, LNKD, BEAM, ADTN, FDO, MU, NKE, SLW, VRNG, DRI, TIF, APOL, DG, JASO, MU, NKE, BBRY)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trading stayed positive territory all day. No solution has yet been agreed to the Cyprus banking crisis (more coverage here), but the delay has had...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 21, 2013: Markets Slide on Europe Fears (FDX, WSM, YHOO, BKW, HON, ORCL, JBL, TUMI, KBH, LULU, MOV, ROST, MU, NKE, SLW, VRNG, DRI, TIF, AFFY, ACAD)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and trailed slowly downward all day. The situation in Cyprus was unchanged this morning (more coverage here). In Europe, both manufacturing and...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 20, 2013: Markets Open Higher, Hold Gains on FOMC Statement (ZNGA, DE, BBY, AAPL, BBRY, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, ORCL, JBL, TUMI, KBH, LULU, MOV, ROST, OMPI, VRX, AFFY)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained the upside, anticipating that today’s FOMC statement would not provoke any surprises. And the markets were not surprised (more coverage...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 19, 2013: Market Closes Mixed Without Solution in Cyprus (JNPR, RIO, CHK, EBAY, EA, FF, SBLK, FDS, WAG, ADBE, CTAS, FTEK, WSM, FDX, GIS, LEN, AFFY, S, HAL, SLB)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but worries about a resolution to the banking crisis in Cyprus soon took over and pushed shares down. In other parts of Europe, Spain’s bad loan ratio...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 18, 2013: Markets Slide on Cyprus Woes (KMB, VZ, RGLD, ACI, HPQ, SYNM, CLSN, HSOL, HAST, KIOR, FF, SBLK, FDS, CTAS, GLUU, JCP, NOK, BBRY)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weekend of confusion over the proposed solution to the banking problem in Cyprus. It’s not that Cyprus claims a particularly large banking...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 15, 2013: Markets Open Lower, Don’t Recover (FCX, NDAQ, DAL, CL, RDS-A, ARO, MCP, ZUMZ, BWS, SYNM, CLSN, HSOL, HAST, KIOR, BAC, MU, AMX)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and were never able to shake off the doldrums as stocks traded below the break-even line all day. There was little data out in either Asia or Europe, and...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 14, 2013: Markets Climb to New Highs Today (AMZN, EBAY, WFC, VMW, ETFC, BFAM, MW, VRA, LODE, SOL, AEO, MCP, ZUMZ, BWS, MGM, SD)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected report on new jobless benefits claims in the U.S. and a mostly inline report on producer prices (more coverage here)....
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 13, 2013: Markets Hold On for Small Gains (BA, ORCL, WAG, YUM, EPB, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, BFAM, MW, VRA, LODE, SOL, SPPI, VLO, EBAY)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following on some poor data on eurozone industrial production, which fell more than expected. Non-farm payrolls fell more than expected in...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 12, 2013: Markets Just Barely Overcome Low Open (BBY, RSH, P, AAPL TJX, CVI, DMND, FCEL, URBN, BONT, COST, SSI, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, TA, GLU, JCP, ZNGA)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but never managed to hold a position in positive territory. Despite a significant drop in U.K. industrial production in February, the country’s trade...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- March 11, 2013: Markets Recover Slightly from Low Open (BBY, BTU, SFD, ADBE, MT, CSIQ, CHYR, DKS, RENN, CVI, DMND, FCEL, URBN, BONT, SSI, BBRY, T, ZNGA, YHOO)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after France reported a decline in industrial production and China reported consumer inflation up more than expected (more coverage here). There was no...
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