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With Mideast turmoil chasing oil higher and stocks lower, it's a good time to check the charts and see what price levels seem to be key "lines in the sand." Some indicators have been warning for months that the steep rally was preparing to reverse.
The market has been up and down for the past few months, lacking a clear sense of direction. Is this the new normal, or just a pause in an uptrend? Technically, a strong case can be made that it is the latter -- a typical retrace in a longer bullish trend.
Rather than try to forecast whether corporate profits will exceed heightened expectations or disappoint in the second half, let's turn to a few basic technical charts for a (possibly) more objective view of where stocks might be heading.
With swine flu giving viruses all the attention, bacteria probably felt a little jealous, because now it's trying to steal the media spotlight with a pandemic of its own. "Antibiotic resistance is an international pandemic that compromises the treatment of all infectious diseases," says a new...

Market Movers

SymbolLastChange / %Volume

Most Actives

BAC
Bank of America Corp
8.11-0.08
-0.92%
127.06M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20+0.26
+13.40%
82.46M
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR)
29.61-2.38
-7.44%
19.63M
GE
General Electric Company
18.84-0.29
-1.52%
18.58M

% Gainers

CIE
Cobalt International Energy
30.94 +7.04
+29.46%
10.42M
LNKD
LinkedIn Corp.
87.49 +11.10
+14.53%
5.78M
WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (ADR)
10.70 +1.30
+13.83%
2.46M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20 +0.26
+13.40%
82.46M

% Losers

OSG
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
10.05-1.78
-15.05%
734,816
NBG-A
National Bank of Greece SA (ADR)
5.91-0.84
-12.44%
51,061
KV-A
K V Pharmaceutical Co. Class A
2.32-0.29
-11.11%
691,775
OC-B
Owens Corning (Warrant) 'B'
2.36-0.29
-10.94%
5,268
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