Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Markets
11:40 am ET Dec 20, 2006
DJIA
12,488
+17.46
S&P
1,427
+1.97
NASDAQ
2,437
+8.15
10Yr
4.60%
-0.004
U.S. stocks rise amid merger news
U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average
nearing 12,500, after an overnight rebound in Asian markets and a flurry
of merger news helped offset disappointing outlooks from Fedex Corp. and
Palm Inc.
