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Stocks Headed for a Higher Finish

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Stocks are headed for a higher finish in trading today following five straight days of losses. Stocks are gaining on the back of a solid start to the latest earnings season.

At last check, the Dow Jones was trading 0.71% higher at 12,806.19, the S&P 500 was trading 0.76% higher at 1,368.95, and the Nasdaq was trading 0.79% higher at 3,014.94.


All sectors in the S&P 500 are currently in green. Industrials are leading the gains in the S&P 500 in late trading. At last check, the sector was trading 1.52% higher. Consumer Cyclical stocks are currently trading 1.42% higher. Financials are up 1.32% in late trading. Basic Materials stocks are currently trading 0.66% higher, while Energy stocks are currently trading 0.38% higher.

Among the major gainers and loses in late trading today are Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO), which is currently trading 27.54% higher at $26.86, Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), which is currently trading 3.23% lower at $27.27, Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ: TITN), which is currently trading 16.60% higher at $32.03, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK), which is currently trading 16.30% lower at $4.21, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), which is currently trading 6.22% higher at $9.90, PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR), which is currently trading 2.45% lower at $42.56, and Owens-Illinois Inc. (NYSE: OI), which is currently trading 6.82% higher at $23.51.

European markets ended mostly higher in trading today, with all major indexes in the region rebounding after Tuesday’s sell-off. The FTSE 100 Index in London ended the day 0.70% higher at 5,634.74, and the CAC 40 Index in Paris ended the day 0.62% higher at 3,237.69. Asian markets ended on mostly lower earlier today, with the Nikkei 225 Index in Japan closing 0.83% lower, and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong closing 1.06% lower.

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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.


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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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