Intel lifts tech stocks on bullish analyst note
Tech shares jump as analyst says Intel shows improving business conditions, sparking broader gains in the technology sector. Dow and Nasdaq rise with Intel up 7.6 percent to 35.52, while Applied Micro Devices and Oracle also climb amid optimism for a tech-led recovery.
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Wall Street closes higher on January 3 2002 week
Market snapshot shows Dow at 10172.14 up 98.74 points with a high of 10173.80 and a low of 10052.50. S&P 500 at 1165.27, Nasdaq Composite 2044.27, Russell 2000 495.51, Wilshire 5000 at 10856.68. NYSE volume recaps and issue movement details accompany the closing figures.
Auto sales end year near record high despite recession
U S automakers sold 17.2 million vehicles last year the second highest total ever with trucks outselling passenger cars for the first time amid post Sept 11 uncertainty. Incentives spurred a late surge while Honda set nine all time records and Toyota posted a 7.5 percent gain.
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Stockyards Springfield Hogs Prices Move Lower in Regional Trading
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices closed mostly a dollar lower with fatback values ranging 44.97 to 55.34 depending on thickness. Today's Illinois Direct Hogs show 15,069 head traded with weights under 500 lbs generally steady, demand moderate. 1 3 300 400 lbs 22.00 26.00, 400 500 lbs 24.00 27.00, 500 600 lbs 26.00 29.00, over 600 lbs 28.00 30.00, few at 31.00. Bears: under 300 lbs 16.00 22.00, over 300 lbs 12.00 15.00.
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Southwest
Applied Materials
Microsoft
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Archer
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Baker Hughes
Fifth Third
Occi, Petrol
Anova
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Old Nat. Banc
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USG
Bob Evans
Gen Dyn
P-Com
Boeing
Harley Davison
Pennz Pil Quaker
Verizon
BP Amoco
Harrah's
Pepsi
Wachovia
Intel
Brunswick
Pepsi Americas Pharmacia
Walgreens
Canadian Nat'l Rail
Integra
Wal-Mart
CAT
JC Penney
Phillip Morris
Wendys
CBRL
Kerr McGee
Pier
Worldcom
Chester Bancorp
Kinder Morgan
Polaroid
First Union Ciena Corp
Kmart
ProFac Coop
Securities Inc
Carbon- Cifra
Kroger
Proxim Inc
CINF
Ent
Qcom
Coke
Lowes
Ryerson
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AES Co
Honwilind
Aflac S
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At&t S
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Marathon
Mattel
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Medirnic
AutoZone
Merck
BMC
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Viacomb Gap
WalMart
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WmsCos
HCA Inc
Xerox Hallibin
UU Bu
Springfield
Grain futures surge past 3 dollars on CBOT
Wheat futures topped 3.00 a bushel for the first time in over three years on the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn and soybeans also rose with March wheat at 3.00, corn at 2.10 1/2, oats at 2.11 3/4, and soybeans at 4.24. Live cattle and feeder cattle gained while lean hogs fell and pork bellies advanced.
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