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How much is oil slapping around stocks? Futures were up about 5 points until about 6 AM, when oil hit $130. Market sold off immediately.
Europe started stronger (Germany's IFO business confidence number rose unexpectedly), but rolled over about three hours ago, just as oil hit $130. Dollar falls to a four-week low vs. the Euro.
Elsewhere:
1) Talbots [TLB
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2) Once again, we are seeing off-price apparel stores doing well. This morning Ross Stores [ROST
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3) Airlines down a bit again this morning, as Soleil--which describes itself as "perhaps the last bullish holdout on the airline sector," gave up the ghost as oil hit $130. They drop AMR [AMR
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4) Hewlett Packard [HPQ
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] down fractionally as they beat estimates. Not surprisingly, strong growth overseas offset a weak U.S. market. PLEASE NOTE: 69 percent of Hewlett's revenues are now generated outside the U.S.
Guidance for the (current) third quarter unchanged. Fiscal 2008 guidance of $3.54-$3.58 about in line with estimates of $3.54.
5) Much chatter about market rotation today, after S&P announced that the technology sector had overtaken financials in market value. This is the first time that has happened since 2002. The energy sector is up about 10 percent this month, and closed yesterday at an historic high.
Percentage of S&P 500:
Technology 16.26 percent
Financials 16.19 percent
Energy 14.89 percent
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