Market Briefing Newsletter for Thursday, 04/17/2008

Thursday, 4/17/2008

| Dow : 12620.49 up 1.22

| S & P : 1365.56 up 0.85

| NASDAQ: 2341.83 down 8.28

| Bond (10Y): 3.73%, 98.09

MARKETS:
Stocks stage comeback
Wall Street erases bigger losses to end mixed in a mostly weaker session
influenced by Merrill Lynch's loss, Nokia's dour outlook and a big drop
in a key manufacturing survey.