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Friday, December 23, 2011
This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session.
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Benzinga's Top News
- Qualcomm QCOM Announces FCC Approval of Sale of 700 MHz Spectrum Licenses to AT&T T; Originally Announced for $1.925B, Now Subject to Conditions.
- Shutterfly SFLY Provides Preliminary Q4 Revs of $259-$264M from $270.5-$275.5M Prior and vs $267.7M Est
Domestic Pre-Market Trading
- U.S. Equity Markets trade higher as Dow futures trade up about 50 points.
- U.S. Dollar trades about 0.16% lower.
To see more pre-market news, click here.
Overseas Trading
- European markets are higher in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 1%, Germany's DAX added 0.44% and France's CAC 40 gained 1.25% on the session.
- Asian stocks ended the session mixed. China's Shanghai added 0.85%, Japan's Nikkei 225 was closed and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.37%.
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Upgrades/Downgrades
- Barrington Research upgrades Walgreen WAG to Outperform
To see more of today's upgrades, click here.
- CLSA downgrades Paychex PAYX to Sell
To see more of today's downgrades, click here.
On the Economic Calendar
- Durable Goods Orders, Personal Income and Personal Spending are set to report at 8:30 a.m. ET
- New Home Sales are due at 10:00 a.m.
To see more economic news, click here
Earnings
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No Major Earnings this Morning
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Corporate News
- Qualcomm QCOM Announces FCC Approval of Sale of 700 MHz Spectrum Licenses to AT&T T; Originally Announced for $1.925B, Now Subject to Conditions.
- Shutterfly SFLY Provides Preliminary Q4 Revs of $259-$264M from $270.5-$275.5M Prior and vs $267.7M Est
To see more corporate news, click here.
Commodities
- Precious metals are trading flat, with gold posting losses of about 0.02%
- Energy futures are trading higher, with crude oil posting gains of about 0.33%
- Natural Gas futures are lower by about 1.2% and copper is trading higher by about 1.5%
To see more commodities news, click here.
Benzinga's Morning Radar
Technical Levels for Futures and ForexName | Resistance-2 | Resistance-1 | Mid Pivot | Support-1 | Support-2 |
E-Mini Dow | 12193 | 12150 | 12074 | 12030 | 11955 |
E-Mini S&P 500 | 1262 | 1255 | 1244 | 1237 | 1226 |
Gold | 1627 | 1617 | 1608 | 1597 | 1588 |
Crude | 100.89 | 100.18 | 99.35 | 98.64 | 97.81 |
Natural Gas | 3.25 | 3.20 | 3.15 | 3.10 | 3.05 |
EUR/USD | 1.3260 | 1.3153 | 1.3088 | 1.2981 | 1.2916 |
US Dollar Index | 80.78 | 80.52 | 80.23 | 79.97 | 79.68 |
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