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- Oil Jumps to Another Record Above $126 a Barrel
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- AIG shares tumble after insurer says it lost $7.8B in 1Q
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The Dow [.DJIA
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- Dow - 50 points or .4%
- S&P - 15.4 points or 1.2%
- Nasdaq - 10.3 or .5%
Longest losing streaks:
- Dow - 9 straight months from Aug 1941 through April 1942
- S&P - 9 straight months from Jan through Sept 1974
- Nasdaq - 8 straight months from Feb through Sept 1974
The last time the Dow and Nasdaq had 5 consecutive months of losses was in 2002 (6 month streaks from April to Sept). The last time the S&P 500 has 5 months in a row of losses was 1990 (5 month streak June through Oct).
Amongst the biggest gainers on the S&P on the open are:
- Fortune Brands [FO
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- Rowan Companies [RDC
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- Noble Corp [NE
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Amongst the biggest gainers on the Dow on the open are:
- Dupont [DD
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- Intel [INTC
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- General Motors [GM
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Amongst the biggest gainers on the Nasdaq on the open are:
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals [VRTX
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- SanDisk [SNDK
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- Logitech [LOGI
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