Market Update Close: For the fourth consecutive week, the equity market closed higher - extending the average 4.9% the indices have registered this month. The bullish bias that catalyzed early gains returned late in the day, ending the flat line vacillation that had persisted throughout much of the session. Multi-faceted good news from General Electric (GE 35.75 +1.09) and better than expected fiscal Q4 earnings and upbeat guidance from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ 29.39 +0.39) teamed with rebounding General Motors (GM 24.17 +1.54) shares in mobilizing buyers. Following the five-month low crude hit...
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House rejects Iraq pullout U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tx) makes an exaggerated point from an illustration of how much intelligence information the Bush Administration released during the run-up to the Iraq War during a news conference called by House Select Intelligence Committee Democrats while on Capitol Hill, November 18, 2005. The Democrats called the news conference to deliver a point-by-point document contesting Bush Administration claims about the intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
12:56 pm PT Afternoon Wrap: Another late week run and new 52-wk highs :Another impressive late week performance for the market with the S&P 500, Nasdaq Comp, Nasdaq 100, S&P 400 Mid-Cap all poised to close at new 52-wk highs. The Dow and Russell 2000 are lagging but the former has set a new 8 month high while the small cap index reached a fresh 6 week high. Top performing sectors today include: Semi +2.7%, Transportation +1.3%, Biotech +1.1%, Telecom +1% and Chemical +0.7%. The weakest groups have been led by Coal -2.1%, Software -1.2%, Airline -1%, Gold -0.7% and Steel -0.7%.
12:53 pm PT Petroquest Energy plans to list its common stock on the NYSE (PQUE) 8.46 -0.22:Co announces that it plans to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Co anticipates the trading of its common stock to commence on the NYSE on Nov 30 under the new symbol "PQ".
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