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20 Dec 2004 04:18 PM
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Wall Street closed mixed, dollar fell:
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The Dow Jones Industrial added 11.68 points, or 0.1%, to 10,661.60, the S&P 500 rose 0.46, to 1,194.66, the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 7.35 points, or 0.3%, to 2,127.85.
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20 Dec 2004 11:20 AM
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Standard & Poor’s upgraded Time Warner "stable":
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Standard & Poor’s upgraded Time Warner "stable" from "negative".
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20 Dec 2004 09:47 AM
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J.P. Morgan raised its 4Q forecasts for Intel's revenue:
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J.P. Morgan raised its 4Q forecasts for Intel's revenue to the high end of its guidance of a 10% to 12%, according to CBSMarketWatch. "We believe the upside is being driven by PC end market growth, a 14-week
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20 Dec 2004 07:11 AM
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Bear Stearns upgraded AstraZeneca to "peer perform":
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Bear Stearns upgraded AstraZeneca to "peer perform". Also the cut its EPS estimates by 4.8% in 2005 and by 6.8% in 2006.
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20 Dec 2004 05:48 AM
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European markets rose at mid-session on technology shares:
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The FTSE 100 climbed 0.6%, to 4,723.3; the Dax index rose 0.7%, to 4,210.98; the CAC index added 0.5%, to 3,764,28. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 rose 0.5% to 1,037.66,
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20 Dec 2004 05:06 AM
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J.P. Morgan and UBS cut rating for AstraZeneca from "buy" to "neutral".:
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J.P. Morgan and UBS cut rating for AstraZeneca from "buy" to "neutral".
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20 Dec 2004 05:01 AM
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Japanese shares closed mixed:
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Japanese shares closed mixed. The Nikkei 225 climbed on on technology shares. The Nikkei rose 25.1 points, or 0.23%, to 11,103.42. The TOPIX index fell 0.14% to 1,109.76.
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17 Dec 2004 04:37 PM
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Wall street fell today, but rose for the week:
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The Dow Jones industrial fell 56.38 points, or 0.53%, to 10,649.26. For the week, index added 1.05%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 8.99 points, or 0.75%, to 1,194.22. For the week, index climbed 0.55%. The Nasdaq
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17 Dec 2004 04:21 PM
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10-year Treasuries fell 5/32, to 100 11/32:
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The 10-year Treasuries fell 5/32, to 100 11/32. Its yield rose to 4.21%. The Treasuries fell on CPI data.
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17 Dec 2004 04:17 PM
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Oil rallied $2.10 and closed at $46.28 a barrel:
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Oil rallied $2.10 and closed at $46.28 a barrel. For the week crude climbed 14%, the biggest weekly gain since March of 2003.
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17 Dec 2004 03:43 PM
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Moody’s reaffirmed Pfizer’s "Aaa" rating, but downgraded the outlook to "negative":
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Moody’s reaffirmed Pfizer’s "Aaa" rating, but downgraded the outlook to "negative" from "stable".
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17 Dec 2004 02:40 PM
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Gold rallied $4.70 and closed at $442.90 an ounce:
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Gold rallied $4.70 and closed at $442.90 an ounce
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17 Dec 2004 02:23 PM
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Oil topped $46 a barrel in New York.:
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Oil topped $46 a barrel in New York.
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17 Dec 2004 10:52 AM
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Crude oil topped $45 a barrel:
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Crude oil topped $45 a barrel, on fears that prices will continue to rise.
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17 Dec 2004 09:33 AM
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Goldman Sachs cut its estimates for chip companies:
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Goldman Sachs cut its estimates for Infineon, Philips, Epcos and STMicro. It cut Infineon Q4 revenue by 1.4% to 1.88 billion euros. For Epcos the broker cut earnings by 40% to 0.06 euros, for PhilipsIt cut by 1.1% to 8.8
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