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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- December 5, 2012: Markets Close Mixed on Tech Weakness (ADTN, KMP, CLF, INTC, RAX, MFRM, P, FRAN, MW, SAIC, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, FCX, MMR, PXP, NOK, CHL, TIBX)
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat again this morning as investors waited to see what would happen with the many data releases due out today. In Europe, the non-manufacturing PMI numbers...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- December 4, 2012: Markets Bounce Around, Remain Nearly Flat (DMD, IACI, LDK, ETN, DLTR, PBY, BIG, AZO, TOL, MTN, MFRM, P, FRAN, NOK, CHL, GPS, NFLX, DIS, UEPS)
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat this morning on a day when not much new data was released. In Europe, unemployment data from Spain was awful, but not as bad as many had feared (more...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- December 3, 2012: Markets Open Higher, Sink Slowly (RIMM, ELX, QLGC, DECK, DELL, LDK, PBY, AZO, TOL, MTN, AMD, CLNT, ZNGA, FB)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as last Friday’s Moody’s downgrade of the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Fund were overridden by a PMI reading...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 30, 2012: Market Wobbles to Lower Finish (COP, CAG, DUK, BMY, WPI, AVGO, OVTI, YOKU, ZUMZ, SOL, WWAV, LDK, VRSN, ZNGA, FB, GRPN)
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, but some initial enthusiasm wore off by mid-morning and stocks moved slightly lower throughout the day. In Europe, unemployment rose more than expected...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 29, 2012: Markets Hold onto Modest Gains (NTAP, LNCO, IACI, KMX, CREE, ARO, GES, TIVO, WDAY, BKS, KR, RY, TIF, AVGO, OVTI, YOKU, ZUMZ, SOL, WWAV, RIMM, BLOX, KSS)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the weekly report on new claims for U.S. unemployment benefits came in lower than expected (more coverage here) and the second estimate of GDP...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 28, 2012: Markets Open Lower, Close Higher (LNKD, CAG, CHKP, GLW, UNH, ADI, GMCR, PVH, AEO, ANN, EXPR, TFM, JASO, MOV, LEDS, ARO, GES, TIVO, WDAY, BKS, KR, RY, TIF, KCG, GMCR, TFM)
U.S. equity markets opened lower again this morning following Senator Harry Reid’s comments that negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff were not going well. In Asia, markets reacted badly to the...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 27, 2012: Markets Falter Again (SHOO, BRCD, YELP, NOV, CVC, ADT, ADI, GMCR, PVH, AEO, ANN, EXPR, TFM, JASO, MOV, LEDS, RAH, CAG, ACAD, MMR)
U.S. equity markets opened lower again this morning, even following an agreement on the amount and delivery date of another eurozone bailout package for Greece (more coverage here). The lack of...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 26, 2012: Markets Open Low, Closed Mixed (MCD, YHOO, FB, BHP, DE, ADT, RAH, KCG, MMR, ENMD)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors return from a long holiday weekend. In Asia, the Bank of Japan released minutes of its last meeting, which included a discussion...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 23, 2012: Markets Higher on Throngs of Shoppers (E, PQ, TI, NOK, BIG, JOSB, SDRL, RIMM, KITD, MCP)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after taking a day off to celebrate Thanksgiving. Reasonably good news out of Europe this morning on several fronts. First, PMI numbers were above...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 21, 2012: Markets Hold Onto Modest Gains (EV, MPC, YUM, HPQ, COH, KID, CRM, ZLC, DE, NOK, STJ, GRPN)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning following another week with more than 400,000 new claims for jobless benefits (more coverage here) and weak news from Japan on exports. In...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 20, 2012: Markets Open Lower, Manage Flat Close (COH, AMAT, ARMH, INTC, WFM, BRCD, JACK, KKD, QIHU, SCVL, BWS, CPB, HNZ, TECD, KID, CRM, ZLC, DE, HPQ, KKD, BBY)
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and were never able to make a sustained push into positive territory. In Europe, the downgrade of French sovereign debt cooled the equity markets a bit...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 19, 2012: Markets Ride High All Day (LH, HAL, RMBS, MO, WSM, LOW, TSN, BRCD, JACK, KKD, QIHU, SCVL, BBY, BWS, CPB, HNZ, HPQ, TECD, BMTI, WMGI, DMND, AAPL)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following comments after Friday’s meeting between President Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss ways of dodging the fiscal cliff. Some were...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 16, 2012: Markets Push Higher in Last Hour (JBLU, FTR, SDRL, CHKP, NLY, AMAT, ADSK, DELL, GPS, MRVL, SHLD, FL, SJM, HAST, LOW, TSN, RKUS, FB, PENN)
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning following not much in the way of data from either Asia or Europe. In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants the European Central Bank to limit its...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 15, 2012: Markets Slide After Higher Open (CVC, WLT, F, HAL, AAPL, DRYS, NTAP, PETM, SPB, GME, ROST, VIAB, TGT, WMT, AMAT, ADSK, DELL, GPS, MRVL, SHLD, FL, SJM, DMND, VELT, BXG)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but quickly turned south and bounced around lower all day. In Europe, the eurozone notched its second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth,...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- November 14, 2012: Markets Can’t Hold Gains, Lose Again Today (ABX, JCP, POT, HD, SOHU, CSCO, IAG, RENN, ANF, SPLS, TYC, DMND, DRYS, NTAP, PETM, SPB, GME, ROST, VIAB, WMT, FB, ANF, IAG)
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but the three major indexes fell below the neutral line after the first hour or so of trading. In Europe, Greece said its GDP contracted by 7.2% in the...
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