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The
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) is trading up 24 points (+0.2%) at 12,566 as of Friday, Nov 16, 2012, 12:35 p.m. ET. During this time, 454 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 602.7 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 2,031 issues advancing vs. 952 declining with 86 unchanged.
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Holding back the Dow today is
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE:
DD), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 12-cent decline (-0.3%) bringing the stock to $41.98. Volume for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company currently sits at 5.4 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 5.7 million shares.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company has a market cap of $39.41 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. Shares are down 7.7% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 4.1%.
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. Its Agriculture segment provides hybrid corn and soybean seeds, and grains under the Pioneer brand name; and herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a
buy. Among the primary strengths of the company is its respectable return on equity which we feel is likely to continue. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
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