| Shares open lower on US jitters SHARES have opened lower after Wall Street closed weaker on data which showed a record drop in housing sales. news.com.au |
[$$] Health Care Leads Gains, With Savient Jumping 35% [at The Wall Street Journal] - Health Care Leads Gains, With Savient Jumping 35% Small-cap stocks climbed modestly as expectations for more deal activity buoyed the health-care sector. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Drug stocks sluggish in early action [at MarketWatch] - Drug stocks were sluggish in early action Monday during a comparatively calm session for the sector on Wall Street. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical Index was down 0.4% at 306.70 while the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index was nearly flat at 1158.77. us.rd.yahoo.com |
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St ends up on earnings, weak dlr U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday as a fall in the dollar spurred broad buying in industrial and commodity-linked shares. The move was reinforced by another day of strong corporate earnings. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Cisco Systems Inc. rose .8 percent to $23.66 with 15,554,500 shares traded. finance.yahoo.com |