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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 2012

Page

5

Stocks edge up as global worries linger on week’s end

New York stocks rose modestly Friday with the Dow up 34.59 points to 13,080.73 and the S P 500 and Nasdaq also inching higher. Bank of America led financial gains while home builders fell after a 1.6 percent drop in new home sales. Investors eyed a slowdown in Asia and Europe, higher oil prices, and mixed corporate results from Nike, Oracle, FedEx, and Tiffany, amid concerns about global demand.

New York Dow Bank of America Dow Jones U.S Asia Europe Commerce Department Pulte Group Lennar Lowe’s Home Depot Standard & Poor Nike FedEx Tiffany Rob Lutts Cabot Money Management Darden Olive Garden Red Lobster Wall Street District of Columbia China Ireland Lutts Treasury National Association of Home Builders

New home sales fall for second month in February

U S Commerce data show new home sales dropping 1.6 percent in February to a 313000 annual rate, marking the second straight monthly decline. Despite gains in re sales and prices, the weak pace underscores a slow recovery with supply at record lows and foreclosures weighing on demand.

Washington U.S Commerce Department Yelena Shulyatyeva BNP Paribas Jennifer Lee BMO Capital Markets

Stock Market Snapshot From A Fragmented Ledger

A dense OCR list shows numerous stock tickers with bid and ask style figures, including CocaCola Disney Exxon and Chevron among many others. The fragment reads like a late 20th century price board with varied decimals and inconsistent punctuation.

Grain futures rise on Chicago Board of Trade

Grain futures mostly advanced on Friday at the Chicago Board of Trade with May wheat up 8 cents to 6.5450 a bushel May corn up 2 cents to 6.4650 May oats up 4.75 cents to 3.33 and May soybeans up 16.25 cents to 13.6575 a bushel.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Associated Press

Hogs steady at Peoria market with mixed weights

Stockyards Peoria report shows 100 hogs trading moderately active. Barrows and gilts steady with 1-2 weight 240-260 lb at 57.50 to 58.00 and 2-3 at 270-290 lb 56.00 to 57.50. Sows steady across weights 1-2 at 53.00 for 300-400 lb, 400-500 lb 53.00, 500-700 lb 56.00. Boars over 300 lb 21.00, under 300 lb 33.00.

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