*Adobe shares up, FedEx up after results. "The early morning action is not surprising given the fact that we've had two days of position jockeying ahead of the announcement," said Andre Bakhos, director of market analytics at Lek Securities in New York.
*Adobe shares up, FedEx down after results. "The early morning action is not surprising given the fact that we've had two days of position jockeying ahead of the FOMC announcement," said Andre Bakhos, director of market analytics at Lek Securities in New York.
NEW YORK, June 19- U.S. stock index futures were up modestly Wednesday, holding on to gains over the last two days ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve statement and news conference.
NEW YORK, June 19- U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday following two days of gains ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve statement and news conference. *The Fed will release a policy statement at 2:00 p.m. EDT, which will be followed soon after by a news conference with Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Industrial and tech shares rally, 3 M at 52- week high. *Boeing shares hit 5 1/ 2- year high. NEW YORK, June 18- U.S. stocks advanced for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would temper statements which were interpreted to mean a sooner-than-expected winding down of stimulus efforts.
Dell Inc. rose. 4 percent to $13.46 with 18,489,500 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 2.3 percent to $24.58 with 22,034,100 shares traded. Intel Corp. rose 1.4 percent to $25.46 with 18,359,600 shares traded.
Among the stock activity stories for Monday, June 17, from AP Business News:. _ Micron Technology Inc.' s shares jumped to a multi-year high after two analysts raised their estimates on the chip maker's stock, citing improving prices.
Citi analyst Glen Yeung said that memory prices are likely to continue to rise. Additionally, they said that Intel, Microsoft and other PC makers' increased focus on making lower-cost notebooks could stimulate demand for personal computers, which could also benefit Micron.
Cisco Systems Inc. rose 3.2 percent to $24.87 with 27,426,800 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 2.5 percent to $24.23 with 17,984,900 shares traded. Groupon Inc. rose 1.0 percent to $7.73 with 11,173,800 shares traded.
Capstone Turbine Corp. fell 11.6 percent to $1.13 with 9,018,900 shares traded. Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 7 percent to $24.19 with 16,170,600 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell 1.8 percent to $23.30 with 12,806,100 shares traded.
Clearwire Corp. rose 1.8 percent to $4.45 with 18,514,400 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell 1.6 percent to $23.40 with 16,628,600 shares traded. First Solar Inc. fell. 6 percent to $46.37 with 11,177,800 shares traded.
Applied Materials Inc. rose 1.6 percent to $15.44 with 14,964,200 shares traded. Cisco Systems Inc. rose. 4 percent to $24.18 with 15,351,100 shares traded. Dell Inc. was unchanged at $13.37 with 9,796,000 shares traded.
Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 1 percent to $24.33 with 14,955,800 shares traded. Exide Technologies rose 47.7 percent to$. 29 with 12,460,000 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell. 5 percent to $24.21 with 18,742,200 shares traded.
Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 5 percent to $24.36 with 59,945,900 shares traded. Comcast Corp. fell. 9 percent to $40.79 with 16,823,200 shares traded. Dynavax Technologies Corp. fell 37.2 percent to $1.55 with 14,965,000 shares traded.
Cisco Systems Inc. rose. 5 percent to $24.67 with 18,674,300 shares traded. Exide Technologies fell 31.8 percent to$. 23 with 13,526,300 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 1.6 percent to $23.33 with 24,434,900 shares traded.
Ciena Corp. rose 13.4 percent to $18.49 with 13,514,200 shares traded. Cisco Systems Inc. rose. 1 percent to $24.34 with 19,623,900 shares traded. Facebook Inc. fell. 7 percent to $22.73 with 16,919,000 shares traded.
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