2011年7月21日星期四

US MARKET BREAKING NEWS 21/7

1. Express Scripts to Buy Medco Health in $29.1 Billion Deal

2. Travelers Loss per Share $0.91 vs $0.64 Estimated

3. Morgan Stanley Posts Smaller Than Forecast Loss of 38 Cents a Share vs 64 Forecast, Shares Jump

4. AT&T Profit Slightly Beats, 60 Cents a Share vs 59 Estimate.


5.Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 418,000, the Labor Department said.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims rising to 410,000. The prior week's figure was revised up to 408,000 from the previously reported 405,000

6.Philadelphia Fed Index at 3.2 in July Vs. -7.7 in June; Leading Indicators Rise 0.3% in June Vs. 0.8% in May.
7. Stocks opened higher Thursday as a draft document showed plans for a wide-ranging response to the euro zone debt crisis and as investors cheered a handful of positive earnings news. Financials gained, while techs lagged.
8. Stocks gained across the board Thursday, as investors cheered new details of a Greece rescue plan and after a Fed reading on mid-Atlantic manufacturing activity outpaced expectations. Morgan Stanley soared, while the volatility index (Vix) tumbled.


9. Stocks closed sharply higher Thursday after EU leaders agreed on a final bailout package for Greece, in addition to an encouraging report on the Fed's mid-Atlantic manufacturing survey and some robust earnings reports. Microsoft finished slightly higher ahead of the tech giant's earnings report.

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