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1:52 pm PT Market Internals (MKTIN) : The Dow decreased 0.27% closing at 10989, the Nasdaq was down 0.07% to finish at 2121, and the S&P was down 0.09% to finish at 1245. Leading sectors included: oil and gas exploration and production +5.1%, oil and gas storage and trans +4.3%, diversified metals and mining +2.4%, steel +2.1%, oil and gas drilling +2.0%. Lagging sectors included: electronic equip manu -3.4%, semi equip -2.1%, office elecs -1.9%, health care facl -1.4%, home furnishings -1.4%. Today's movement came from below average volume (NYSE 1412, vs. closing avg of 1735; Nasdaq 1614, vs. 2125), with about even advance/decline ratios for the NYSE, and lower advance/decline ratios for the Nasdaq (NYSE 1605/1608; Nasdaq 1468/1549, and with new lows outpacing new highs (NYSE 26/185, Nasdaq 48/126).
1:41 pm PT Market Wrap : The market finished relatively flat as a batch of merger activity in the energy sector struggled to offset the growing realization that economic growth is slowing.
1:39 pm PT IBM Undertakes Massive Compute Power Expansion for High Performance Computing on Demand (IBM) 77.10 -0.09 : Co announced that it will significantly boost the availability of supercomputing power offered through the company's Deep Computing Capacity on Demand (DCCOD) centers. IBM also announced today that it is responding to corporate client demand and will for the first time add significant UNIX-based capacity based on POWER5+ technology. �
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