Archive for 2006

** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,27%; Nasdaq -0,14%; S&P -0,22%; Soxx 0,41%; Russel2k 0,35%; DJAIG 0,52%;
10yr Bond -0,04%; 10yr Yield 4,72%; Crude future 58,72; Gold 627,9

| Energy 1,87%| Industrials -0,25%| Financials -0,27%| Materials -0,35%|
Technology -0,44%| Telecom -0,5%| Healthcare -0,5%| ConsStaples -0,62%| ConsDisc
-0,7%| Utilities -0,74% Bonus Payments at Top Five Wall Street Firms Surge to Record $36 [...]

*ECB LEAVES BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE UNCHANGED AT 3.25%]

*BMW 3Q NET INCOME EU452 MLN; ANALYSTS ESTIMATE EU471 MLN

*UNILEVER 3Q NET INCOME EU737 MLN; ANALYSTS ESTIMATE EU1.02

** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,41%; Nasdaq -1,37%; S&P -0,74%; Soxx -1,93%; Russel2k -1,92%; DJAIG
0,42%; 10yr Bond -0,12%; 10yr Yield 4,57%; Crude future 58,46; Gold 616,1

| Utilities 0,73%| Industrials -0,62%| Telecom -0,62%| ConsStaples -0,69%|
Healthcare -0,72%| Materials -0,81%| Energy -0,82%| ConsDisc -0,82%| Financials
-0,88%| Technology -0,9%

– Guess? Inc.climbed $4.81, or 8.5 percent, to $61.44 in extended U.S. trading.
The [...]

*TIME WARNER 3Q ADJUSTED EPS 19C; THOMSON EST. 20C

* CONTINENTAL FIGS

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)—German auto supplier and tire maker Continental AG
(CON.XE) said Wednesday third-quarter net profit fell 27% on the year mainly
due to restructuring charges and high raw material costs, but confirmed its
full-year outlook of achieving higher revenues and earnings this year compared
to 2005. Net profit came in at EUR235 million after EUR322 [...]

** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,05%; Nasdaq 0,12%; S&P 0%; Soxx 0,16%; Russel2k -0,46%; DJAIG -0,26%;
10yr Bond -0,03%; 10yr Yield 4,61%; Crude future 58,46; Gold 607,3

| Energy 0,98%| Technology 0,36%| Materials 0,15%| Utilities 0,14%| Financials
-0,13%| ConsStaples -0,13%| ConsDisc -0,25%| Industrials -0,3%| Telecom -0,31%|
Healthcare -0,36%

– Baidu.com Inc. fell $3.40, or 3.9 percent, to $83.88 in extended trading. [...]

*PROCTER & GAMBLE 1Q EPS 79C; THOMSON EST. 78C

** MORNING WRAP **

** US MARKETS **
Dow 0,03%; Nasdaq 0,56%; S&P 0,04%; Soxx 1,13%; Russel2k 0,59%; DJAIG -1,49%;
10yr Bond 0,01%; 10yr Yield 4,67%; Crude future 58,32; Gold 602,13

| Technology 0,79%| ConsDisc 0,59%| Industrials 0,44%| Materials 0,36%|
Financials 0,29%| Utilities 0,03%| ConsStaples -0,17%| Healthcare -0,47%|
Telecom -1,33%| Energy -1,47%

– Oil Trades Below $59 a Barrel After Plunging on Forecast Warm U.S. [...]