Stocks end mixed after giving up early gains
New York stocks closed mixed after a quiet session following Christmas as the Dow slipped 4.34 to 5105.92. Volume was thin at 252.31 million on the Big Board. The NYSE composite rose to 318.13 and the S&P 500 gained 0.23 to 614.53 while the Nasdaq fell to 1048.69.
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Family Corp
Ameritech
At&t Corp
Apple Computer
Ashland
Atlantic Richfield
Baltimore Gas&el
Lean NG
Bellsouth Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Cabot Oil & Gas
Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
Nat'l Gas
INC
Crestar Financial
Csxx Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Exxon Corp
First Union Corp
1St Virginia Bank
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
GTE Corp
Georgia Pacific
Gillette CO
Glaxo Holdings
Goodyear Tire
Hercules Inc
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MCI Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
Pacific Telesis
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila. Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Oace Ao Oes St
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Intl
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Southern CO
Tenneco Inc
Texaco Inc
Union Carbide
Union Pacific
Unisys Corp
Universal Corp
Usair Group
USX
Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney CO
Wendy's Int'l
Westinghouse EL
Westmoreland Coal
Westvaco Corp
Xerox Corp
New York
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
Tony Spare
Kaplan, Bischel & Associates
San Francisco
Barry Berman
Robert W. Baird & Co
Milwaukee
Record year 1995 sets multiple business records in US
The 1995 business year produced a flood of records from Wall Street highs to a surge in mergers. The Dow closed at new highs 69 times, the NYSE averaged 347 million shares traded daily, mutual funds reached 7,560 with assets of 2.64 trillion, and US firms announced 8,773 deals worth 466.34 billion dollars, surpassing 1994 figures.
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New York Stock Exchange
U.S
Securities Data Co
Was 1995 a record year for records in business
The year 1995 set new highs across mergers and Wall Street, while also marking the longest government shutdown in U S history. A sampling illustrates the breadth of landmark corporate and financial milestones.
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New York
Wall Street
U.S
Washington
Dow Jones
Consumer confidence, home sales decline in 1995 outlook
U S economic weakness deepens as consumer confidence drops and home sales falter. The Conference Board index falls to 98.7 in December from 101.6 in November, signaling caution and expectations of possible Fed rate cuts in early 1996.
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New York
U.S
Federal Reserve
Carl Steen
Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc
Conference Board
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