Wall Street mixed after Bear Stearns buyout and Fed moves
Wall Street closed mixed as investors weighed JPMorgan Chase’s government backed purchase of Bear Stearns and anticipated Fed actions. The Dow gained about 21 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell, with defense names and large caps led by JPMorgan and telecoms. The Fed’s rate cut expectation and new lending options provided some relief amid volatility.
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Wall Street
Jpmorgan Chase & Co
Bear Stearns Cos
Standard & Poor
Ryan Detrick
Schaeffer
Bear Stearns
Federal Reserve
Fed
Westwood Capital
Jpmorgan
Dow
At&t Inc
Verizon
Closing Stocks New York NYSE Most Active List
NYSE listed stocks include AT&T AmEx JPMorgan IBM and Wells Fargo among many names. The table shows daily high, low, and close prices with changes, reflecting broad market activity and swings across sectors.
Market watch March 17 2008 Dow Jones and Nasdaq summaries
Market snapshot shows Dow Jones Industrials at 44 972 95 with 2 177 01 points. S&P 500 and Russell 2000 figures listed. NYSE diary reports 547 advances and 2 636 declines with 55 unchanged. Nasdaq diary shows 610 advances and 1 926 declines with 95 unchanged. Trading volume totals around 1.996 billion on NYSE and 1.942 billion on Nasdaq.
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Johnson & Johnson
Standard & Poor
New York Stock Exchange
Treasury
Commercial bank deposits safe amid crisis on Wall Street
New York reports reassure depositors that insured commercial bank accounts remain protected by the FDIC up to 100000, with retirement accounts insured to 250000, while Bear Stearns as an investment bank is not FDIC insured. Analysts see no imminent surge in bank failures though FDIC reserves and insurance rates could adjust if needed.
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New York
Park Avenue
Main Street
Bear Stearns
Wall Street
Gerard Cassidy
RBC Capital Markets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Federal Securities Investor Protection Corp
U.S
Anthony Davis
Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc
Meredith Whitney
National City Corp
Grain futures slide on Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture futures fell as May wheat slipped 60 cents to 11.315 a bushel, May corn down 20 cents to 5.3925, May oats off 20 cents to 3.725, and May soybeans down 50 cents to 13.0275 a bushel in Chicago trading.
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Chicago — Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
Stockyards Springfield Prices and Hogs Market Report
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices for various weights range from 41.75 to 53.00. Today's Illinois Direct Hogs trades total 14 517. Trading steady with light demand and offerings. Hog weight tiers show 12.00 to 21.00 for 1-3 300-600 lbs and 17.00-21.00 over 600 lbs. Boars under 300 lbs 13.00 to 18.00. over 300 lbs 3.00 to 7.00. Associated Press.
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Springfield
Illinois
The
Associated Press
Local Stocks Snapshot From Wachovia JC Penney
A compact stock list shows prices for major companies including Apple Microsoft Exxon and Wal Mart along with financials for Regions Bank Prudential US Bancorp and Pfizer. The sample reflects a mid market cross section with quotable entries like Boeing 75 49 Coca Cola 57 69 and Intel 20 87 among others.
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Alcoa Inc
Kroger
All State
Lee Ent
Altria
Lowes
Ameren
Macy's
Apple
McDonalds
Applied Materials
Metlife
Archer
Microsoft
AXA
Mips Technologies
Baker Hughes
Nbty Inc
Bemis
Nucor
Bob Evans
Occi
Petrol
Boeing
O'charley’s
BP Amoco
Old Nat.Banc
Brunswick
Olin
Burger King
Pepsi
Canadian Rail
Pfizer
CAT
Pier
CBRL
ProFac Coop
CIFRA
Prudential
CINF
Qualcomm
Clear Channel
Regions Financial
Coke
Ryerson Tull
ConAg
Sears
CVS Corp
Southern Co
Devon
Southwest
Dillard's
Sun Microsystems
Discover
Super Valu
DuPont
Anova
Fifthy Third
US Bancorp
First Data Corp
USG
Ford Motor Co
Verizon
Gen. Dyn
Walgreens
Halliburton
Wal-Mart
Harley Davidson
Watson Pharma
Harris
Wendy's
Intel
Whirlpool
Wachovia
JC Penney
Securities, Inc
Jones Soda
Carbondale
Kinder Morgan
NYSE
SIPC
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CapOne
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Hallibrun
Hewlett
IBM
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Keycorp
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Macys
Merck
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Micront
Monsanto
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Wyeth
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