Robert Hum is the Markets Producer at CNBC.
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After the close today, Coventry Health Care slashed its Q2 and full-year earnings guidance due to increasing cost pressures. Coventry’s stock was halted after hours before starting again. Meanwhile, other healthcare stocks are trading sharply lower in after hours trading following the news.
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Despite the ongoing rise in crude oil prices and the overall concerns of a weaker economy, the Dow Jones Transportation Average hit new all-time highs today. It passed its previous intraday high of 5,487.05 that it had set last July. If it closes over 5,446.49 today, it will set a new all-time closing high.
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The news on HP's acquisition of EDS has the stocks trading at enormous volumes.
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GM shares are up over 12 percent today after posting a smaller than expected quarterly loss.
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Pfizer's slide continues. The stock has now fallen below $20 for the first time since 1997.
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Apple's tumble sent its stock to a 52 week low, and suffered the added misfortune of losing its mantle as "world's most valuable company".
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More than 93 percent of the S&P 500 are trading above their moving 50-day moving average.
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A widespread rally on Wall Street this year, lifted nearly 37 percent of the S&P 500 components to a new 52-week high.
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Some stocks that investors had given up for dead are finding new life in the current market rally.
