| 13:30 ET Dow +96, Nasdaq +47, S&P +10.16: [BRIEFING.COM] Market is extending its gains, driven by the Nasdaq's foray above 2200... That advance has been aided by big-cap leadership and the gains in the biotech and semiconductor shares... Resistance is at 2215 in front of the April recovery high at 2232... Meanwhile, the Dow, having struggled to get back above 11,000 since September, is now trading above 11,300... Hewlett-Packard (HWP +3.34), Boeing (BA +2.45), United Technologies (UTX +2.06), General Motors (GM +1.63) and Disney (DIS +1.15) are leading the way, and underscore the broad-based nature of today's advance... NYSE Adv/Dec 1898/1107... Nasdaq Adv/Dec 2379/1294. |
