Market Currents

• Friday, December 18, 2009

• 10:13 AM Dow leaders early on: HPQ +1.5%. MSFT +1.5%. INTC +1.3%. T +1.2%.
  Dow laggards: BA -1.1%. PG -0.7%. WMT -0.4%. JNJ -0.3%. AXP -0.3%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 24, 2009

• 15:08 PM Dow leaders: VZ +1.9%. T +1.5%. GE +1%. JNJ +1%.
  Laggards: JPM -1.9%. HPQ -1.3%. AA -1%. BA -0.9%. DIS -0.7%. BAC -0.7%. UTX -0.7%. 1 Comment
• 13:32 PM Dow leaders: VZ +1.8%. T +1.4%. GE +0.9%. JNJ +0.6%. INTC +0.3%.
  Dow laggards: JPM -2.1%. HPQ -1.8%. BA -1.6%. AA -1.5%. MRK -1.3%. 1 Comment

• Friday, November 20, 2009

• 10:53 AM Dow leaders: MRK +2.5%. PFE +1.6%. KFT +1.1%. JNJ +0.8%.
  Dow laggards: CAT -2.1%. AA -2%. GE -1.5%. CSCO -1.3%. Comment!

• Thursday, November 12, 2009

• 13:37 PM Dow leaders: MSFT +0.8%. WMT +0.7%. PFE +0.6%. JNJ +0.6%.
  Dow laggards: CSCO -2.3%. CAT -2.1%. TRV -1.6%. AA -1.3%. JPM -1.3%. Comment!

• Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• 15:13 PM Late Dow leaders: BAC +2.3%. INTC +1.6%. HD +1.6%. CSCO +1.1%.
  Dow laggards: MRK -1.1%. JNJ -0.7%. AA -0.7%. Comment!
• 13:16 PM Dow leaders: BAC +2.4%. HD +1.7%. INTC +1.3%. AXP +1.1%. CSCO +1.1%.
  Dow laggards: MRK -0.9%. JNJ -0.7%. HPQ -0.2%. Comment!
• 10:36 AM Dow leaders early on: BAC +2.8%. AXP +2.1%. BA +2%. AA +1.9%. INTC +1.8%. HD +1.6%. JPM +1.4%. DD +1.4%. CSCO +1.4%.
  Laggards: JNJ -0.5%. MRK -0.3%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 10, 2009

• 14:20 PM Dow leaders: KFT +1.5%. BAC +1.3%. AA +1.1%. PFE +1%. JNJ +0.9%.
  Dow laggards: BA -1.9%. CSCO -1.5%. DD -1.3%. JPM -1.3%. GE -1.2%. Comment!
• 10:32 AM Dow leaders after one hour: BAC +2.3%. INTC +1%. MMM +1%. JNJ +1%. KFT +0.8%. AA +0.8%. KO +0.8%. IBM +0.8%.
  Laggards: DD -1.6%. BA -1.4%. CSCO -0.9%. GE -0.8%. Comment!

• Tuesday, November 3, 2009

• 08:07 AM Johnson & Johnson (JNJ -0.05%) says it will cut up to 7% of its workforce in restructuring, for which it will take a Q4 charge of $1.1-1.3B. Expects pre-tax annual cost savings of $1.4-1.7B by 2011, "by reducing layers of management, increasing individual spans of control, and simplifying business structures and processes across the company's global operations." (PR) 4 Comments

• Monday, October 19, 2009

• 13:19 PM Dow leaders: CAT +4.5%. AXP +2%. DIS +1.6%. JNJ +1.5%. PFE +1.4%. CVX +1.4%.
  Dow laggards: GE -1%. MSFT -0.6%. JPM -0.5%. Comment!

• Sunday, October 18, 2009

• 03:02 AM Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) says its newly approved rheumatoid arthritis drug Simponi, in combo with the common treatment methotrexate, was significantly more effective at inhibiting joint damage than methotrexate alone. The data could be used to allow J&J to expand Simponi's label claims to include joint damage prevention. 1 Comment

• Wednesday, October 14, 2009

• 13:53 PM Dow leaders: BAC +3.6%. DD +3.1%. CAT +3.1%. JPM +3.1%. GE +2.6%.
  Dow laggards: JNJ -0.8%. HD -0.5%. VZ -0.5%. KO -0.3%. 2 Comments

• Tuesday, October 13, 2009

• 13:50 PM Dow leaders: HD +1.6%. WMT +1.5%. T +1.3%. MCD +0.7%.
  Dow laggards: JNJ -2.2%. JPM -1.7%. PFE -1.6%. BAC -1.6%. Comment!
• 10:13 AM Dow leaders early on: WMT +0.9%. CSCO +0.8%. AXP +0.5%. Laggards: JPM -2.8%. JNJ -2.6%. BAC -2.3%. PFE -1.3%. CAT -1.2%. GE -1%. Comment!