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Daily Archives: August 4th, 2008

Commodities Kept Pressure On The Market: SPX, Nasdaq, HES, DVN, HK, CLR, NOV, DO, RIG, POT, AGU, MOS, CF

Commodity-related sectors were down big today and kept pressure on the overall market. USO went down 3.48% as the crude traded below $120/barrel intraday. Energy sector took a tumble: HK -14.23%; HES -7.97%; CLR -9.63%; DVN -7.43%. Oil services were hit pretty hard too: NOV -8.05%; DO -6.08%; RIG -4.26%. Agriculture plays were also weak: [...]

Premarket Analysis for 8/4 – Upgrades/Downgrades, Gappers, Actionable Calls

Submitted By Optiondragon From Briefing.com Periodicals Wrap-Up for Monday, August 4th WALL STREET JOURNAL: After months of looking at its options for the parts of AOL, the Wall Street Journal reported that Time Warner (TWX) is reportedly ready to separate its dial up access business from the ad and content side, and will next decide [...]