Stocks Little Changed Amid Mostly Positive Earnings Reports
Market participants digested a host of mostly positive earnings reports as the market's major averages were little changed.
The
Nasdaq Composite Index
was up 1 to 2509. The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
was up 4 to 10,416. The
S&P 500
was down 2 to 1326. The
Russell 2000
was down fractionally at 417.
TheStreet.com Internet Sector
index was down 29 to 665.
TheStreet.com E-Commerce Index
was down 1 to 134.
The 30-year Treasury bond was down 9/32 to 95 31/32, yielding 5.53%.
Most Up at Open -- NYSE
BP Amoco (BPA) , up 3 1/8 to 103 1/4
.
Most Up at Open -- Nasdaq
AmeriTrade (AMTD) - Get Report, up 10 to 158
: The online broker after the close posted second-quarter earnings of 14 cents a share, double the
First Call
six-analyst consensus and up from a penny loss a year ago.
Most Down at Open -- NYSE
Equant (ENT) - Get Report, down 6 1/16 to 88 1/4
.
Most Down at Open -- Nasdaq
Inktomi (INKT) , down 8 to 129
: The company is slated to report earnings today.
TheStreet.com
wrote a preview of the report in a story
this morning.