MarketWatch.com Stocks mixed; tech strength lifts Nasdaq

ISM services index rebounds; Wal-Mart disappoints

By Mark Cotton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:57 PM ET Jan. 5, 2006 [ Page 1 | 2 ]
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks were mixed in choppy trade Thursday, with strength in technology shares supporting the Nasdaq Composite, but a disappointing profit outlook from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and broker downgrades for Boeing Co. and Merck & Co. were capping gains on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.


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