Today was a busy economic day with data, but the selling in Asia as a "sell the news" reaction from the first Japan rate cut in seven years should have ruled the roost. Employment costs came in at 0.7% as expected, and personal income and spending showed no surprises. The markets also ignored a weak Chicago purchasing managers reading. This was a horrible month, but the DJIA ended up roughly 1,000 points higher from the close last Friday.Below are today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 9,325.01 +144.32 (1.57%)
S&P 500 968.75 +14.66 (1.54%)
Nasdaq 1,720.95 +22.43 (1.32%)
52-WEEK LOWS
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) was after an SEC Filing noted that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought an additional 825,000 shares of common stock and now holds a beneficial ownership of 64,610,418 shares of common stock. Shares were up 2.7% at $88.93 right before the close today.
DivX Inc. (NASDAQ: DIVX) traded higher by over 6% after the online media player company beat its earnings expectations. The company also raised its fiscal non-GAAP earnings range to $0.58 to $0.60 from a prior range of $0.52 to $0.58, but lowered its revenue guidance because of product expansion and slower spending. Shares were up over 25% at $6.99 right before the close.
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