S&P FUTURES QUOTE DATE VALUE CHANGE OPEN HIGH LOW TIME
S&P 500 Jun12 1,290.80 -10.50 1,302.60 1,310.20 1,289.90 05/18/2012
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US midday: Stocks hold higher ahead of Fed minutes

US equities are holding higher as the latest economic reports Stateside seem to have served to insulate investors from the heightened uncertainty surrounding the situation in Greece. Thus, the S&P 500 …

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US midday: Stocks hold higher ahead of Fed minutes

US equities are holding higher as the latest economic reports Stateside seem to have served to insulate investors from the heightened uncertainty surrounding the situation in Greece. Thus, the S&P 500 …

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US open: Stocks mixed as Greece calls new elections

The main US equity gauges have started the session 'mixed' (Dow Jones Industrial: -0.09%; Nasdaq Comp.: 0.21% S&P 500: -0.04%), despite futures having spent the better part of the ´pre-open´ pointing to …

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JPMorgan loss sinks US stocks

JPMorgan's stunning $2 billion derivatives loss pummeled US stocks Friday, the bank's 9.3 percent fall pulling other bank shares and the main market indices down with it.

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UPDATE 1-Wall St Week Ahead: European elections add to selling pressure

(Recasts top, adds quotes, S&P futures) NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) – After Wall Street's worst weekof the year, U.S. stocks are facing more selling after electionsin Europe swept aside leaders that had …

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2010 and 2011 Earnings Were Good but Sunk Stocks – Will 2012 be a Repeat?

Corporate earnings for Q1 2010 and Q1 2011 were better than expected, yet stocks sold off severely. Earnings for Q1 2012 are once again better than expected. Will stocks sell off again?

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Another weak May? Don’t be so sure

Some sentiment readings suggest investors may have jumped the gun in anticipating another weak May for stocks, meaning perhaps the opposite is more likely, writes Tomi Kilgore.

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US open: Stocks lower on Chicago NAPM

-Harman Intl. shoots up 11% -Hologic bids $3.7bn in cash for Gen Probe -Chicago NAPM comes in weaker than expected

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US open: Stocks try to bounce back

-Fed´s George says must confront problems led to crisis

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US midday: Stocks down on factory orders

-Wall Street down -Factory orders disappoint -Investment banks fall

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US midday: ISM data provides a boost

-Stocks rise on manufacturing data

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US open: Stocks trading slightly mixed

-ECB´s Weidmann says will see inflationary pressures in Germany

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Holdjlp-US STOCKS-Wall St flat, but outperformers gain near qtr end

(Updates to afternoon trading, changes byline) * About 80 pct of S&P 500 stocks above 6-month movingaverages * Apple hit new high at $616.28 * Home prices unchanged in January -Case-Shiller * Dow off 0.1 …

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CORRECTED-US STOCKS-Wall St pauses, outperformers boosted near qtr end

(Corrects bullets, second paragraph to say 80 pct of S&P stocksabove six-month average) * About 80 pct of S&P 500 stocks above six-month average * Apple hit new high at $614.91 * Home prices unchanged …

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US open: Stocks edge into the blue, but just barely

-Fed (Dudley) says global strains pose significant risk -Fed (Dudley) says Fed has done enough to protect US from Europe

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US STOCKS-Bernanke's words drive Wall St up 1 pct

* Bernanke hints at continued supportive policies * S&P coming off worst weekly performance of 2012 * Dow up 1.2 pct; S&P 500 up 1.4 pct; Nasdaq up 1.8 pct (Updates to close) NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) …

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If This Is a Trend, It Hasn't Been Kind to the S&P

Stocks are off to a strong start for the final trading week of the first quarter, but if the market manages to advance between now and Friday, it will be doing so against the recent trend.

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise, dollar weakens on Bernanke comments

* S&P 500 on track for best quarter since 2009 * Gold shoots up more than 1 percent * German business sentiment rises unexpectedly (Updates prices, changes comment) NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) – Global …

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bernanke comments lift stocks, weaken dollar

* S&P 500 on track for best quarter since 2009 * Gold shoots up more than 1 percent * German business sentiment rises unexpectedly (Updates prices, changes comment) NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) – Global …

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US mid-morning: Stocks up strongly

-Bernanke: cyclical factors, not structural, behind long-term unemployed

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