U.S. stocks trade mixed; Dow dragged lower by GE, Home Depot

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:01:03 (GMT)
Quotes & News:
11:41 am ET Oct 13, 2006

DJIA

11,912

-34.82
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S&P

1,361

-1.12
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NASDAQ

2,349

+3.71
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10Yr

4.81%

+0.028
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U.S. stocks trade mixed; Dow dragged lower by GE, Home Depot

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks traded mixed Friday as uninspiring quarterly
earnings from General Electric Co. and a broker downgrade for Home Depot
Inc. weighed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with retail sales and
consumer sentiment reports another focus for investors.
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Economic Report: Retail sales fall 0.4% on plunging gas prices

WASHINGTON -- The sharp drop in gasoline prices drove the nominal value
of U.S. retail sales down by 0.4% in September, the Commerce Department
reported Friday.
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IPO Report: SAIC's billion dollar IPO rallies in trading debut

NEW YORK -- Employee-owned science and engineering firm SAIC rallied
19% in its stock market debut Friday as investors snapped up shares of
the $8 billion science and engineering firm. ________________
The Fed: Risks of inflation uptick greater than recession: Moskow

CHICAGO -- Risks of a spike in inflation are still greater than the
risks of a recession, Michael Moskow, the president of the Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank, said Thursday.