Stocks Mixed in Early Volatile Trading
Volatile stocks were bouncing back after a plunge at the open as
Fed
Chairman
Alan Greenspan
was delivering his latest Rorschach analysis of the U.S. economy at the
Chicago Fed
.
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
was south 15 to 10,941. The
S&P 500
was off 2 to 1345. The
Nasdaq Composite Index
was up 6 to 2541. The
Russell 2000
was up 1 to 435.
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index was up 5 to 643. The 30-year Treasury bond had slipped 18/32 to 92 30/32, yielding 5.75%.
Most Up at Open -- NYSE
AT&T
, up 4 1/16 to 61, fresh off its successful bid for
MediaOne
(UMG)
and news of a $5 billion investment by
Microsoft
(MSFT) - Get Microsoft Corporation Report
.
Most Up at Open -- Nasdaq
Gemstar International
(GMST)
, up 14 9/16 to 125.
Most Down at Open -- NYSE
Aegon
, down 3 11/16 to 90 1/2.
Most Down at Open -- Nasdaq
Knight Trimark
(NITE)
, down 2 15/16 to 146.
