4:20 pm : Stocks struggled to get any traction all day as last week's impressive rally prompted some modest profit-taking that carried into the close of trading for the month of July.
With August earmarked as the worst month for the S&P 500 over the last 15 years, according to The Stock Traders Almanac, buyers weren't exactly jumping at the chance to extend recent gains ahead of such historically seasonal weakness, especially following last week's average gains for the major indices of 3.3%.
Also, heading into what is expected to be a busy week of economic reports
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4:19 pm PT Glacier Bancorp Announces Common Stock Offering (GBCI) 30.64 -0.36 : Co announced the proposed offering of 900,000 shares of common stock by the Co through a firm commitment underwritten public offering. The Co also intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 100,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.
4:18 pm PT NCO Group beats by $0.06 (NCOG) 26.45 +0.01 : Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.35 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.06 better than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.29; revenues rose 17.4% year/year to $296.2 mln vs the $309.7 mln consensus.
3:47 pm PT EastGroup reports Q2 in-line; provides Q3 and FY06 guidance in-line (EGP) 47.03 -0.41 : Reports Q2 (Jun) FFO of $0.69 per share, in-line with the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.69; revenues rose 8.9% year/year to $33.2 mln vs the $30.5 mln consensus. Co issues in-line guidance for Q3, sees�FFO of $0.69-0.71 vs. $0.71 consensus. Co issues in-line FY06 FFO�guidance�of $2.77-2.83, vs. cojnsensus of $2.83.