Stocks in the news today; followed by Stock Ticker, closing price, and net price change.
DJIA 12,490.78; Up 3.76 (0.03%)
NASDAQ 2,441.09; Up 5.60 (0.23%)
S&P500 1,420.62; Down 1.56 (0.11%)
10YR-Bond 4.8920%; Up 0.013
NYSE Volume 2,695,803,000
NASD Volume 1,978,324,000
Verizon (VZ-NYSE) after meeting earnings.
VZ $38.03 $0.20
Citigroup (C-NYSE) fell after buying Egg for online banking in UK.
C $54.06 $(0.61)
Intel (INTC) on making smaller chips to compete against AMD (AMD-NYSE); AMD shares didn’t reactto well as they are already being guttered.
INTC $20.89 $0.36
AMD $15.95 $(0.27)
Apple (AAPL-NASDAQ) up after Needham takes target to $135.00.
AAPL $85.94 $0.56
Sirius (SIRI) down 1%…would Karmazin leave?
SIRI $3.70 $(0.04)
Symantec (SYMC-NASDAQ) fell after making an acquisition.
SYMC $17.52 $(0.25)
Amgen (AMGN) slid again.
AMGN $69.97 $(1.53)
Bristol-Myers Squib (BMY) rose on hopes of a Sanofi-Aventis buyout.
BMY $27.43 $1.22
Abitibi-Consolidated (ABY-NYSE) & Bowater (BOW-NYSE) up big on ‘merger of equals.’
ABY $3.33 $0.69
BOW $27.44 $5.29
Countrywide (CFC-NYSE) up on continued partnership hopes with Bank of America (BAC-NYSE).
CFC $43.38 $1.38
BAC $51.46 $(0.58)
Molecular Devices (MDCC-NASDAQ) up huge on buyout.
MDCC $35.07 $11.19
First Republic Bank (FRC-NYSE) up big after Merrill Lynch acquires it, MER shares fell marginally.
FRC $53.63 $15.33
MER $92.39 $(2.14)
Laureate (LAUR) up 11% on management buyout with private equity consortium.
LAUR $60.80 $6.39
ISSUES FOR TUESDAY:
Economics: JAN Consumer Confidence.
Pre-Market Earnings: 3M (MMM) $1.14; Burger King (BKC) $0.26;Diebold $0.74; Illinois Tool (ITW) $0.73; JetBlue (JBLU) $0.11; Kellogg(K) $0.46; Merck (MRK) $0.50; Wyeth (WYE) $0.71.
Earnings After Close: Celestica (CLS) $0.04; Chubb (CB)$1.34; Flextronics (FLEX) $0.22; Juniper (JNPR) $0.19; Red Envelope(REDE) $0.49; SanDisk (SNDK) $0.75; SiRF (SIRF) $0.24; WebSense (WBSN)$0.25
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