4:20 pm : The market finished mixed, as bargain hunting opportunities spurred by encouraging quarterly reporting and falling oil prices prompted investors to rotate money out of this year's best performing areas and into underperforming names.� In particular, money went into large-cap stocks. To wit, the Dow finished at its highest point in six years, led by a 10.5% surge in General Motors (GM 22.72 +2.15) -- its best one-day performance since 1987. GM, which still trades near its worst levels in more than 20 years, posted its sixth straight quarterly loss; but revenues grew
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China's Hu winding up US visit Chinese President Hu Jintao listens to questions after delivering his speech in Washington April 20, 2006. (Jim Young/Reuters)
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