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Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.10 percent to 13,152.18 while the NASDAQ fell 0.10 percent to 3,009.24. The S&P also fell, decreasing 0.02 percent to 1,426.02.
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Redbook sales were reported this morning, and came in well above the previous report. Following the news, J.C. Penney
JCP gained as much at 1.6 percent, while most other retailers fell.
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Research in Motion
RIMM posted a strong gain in early trading Wednesday, rising 5.28 percent to $11.17 after the company received some attention in a few Seeking Alpha articles.
Shares of Groupon
GRPN were up as well, rising 4.54 percent to $4.84, rallying back after its 3.9 percent loss on Monday that was linked to its acquisition of CommerceInterface.
Herbalife
traded up as well, gaining 5.26 percent to $27.43 after the company announced it had hired an adviser to fight its recent stock plunge.
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ServiceNow
NOW took a hit in early trading, opening down 3.58 percent at $30.58, continuing the stock's plunge from Monday.
Michael Kors
KORS dropped as well, falling 3.57 percent to $51.66, possibly falling on technicals.
Shares of Coach
COH were also down, dropping 2.16 percent to $56.28 as reports that holiday sales may have been poor emerged from Fox Business this morning.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.39 percent to $90.73, while gold traded up 0.33 percent to $1,664.90.
Silver traded up 0.09 percent Wednesday to $29.99.
Eurozone
European markets were closed today in observance of boxing day.
Economics
In economic news Wednesday morning, Redbook sales came in at 2.4 percent, well above the prior reading of -0.2 percent, while the S&P/CS home price index was reported at 4.31 percent, above the anticipated 4 percent and the previous figure of 3.0 percent.
The Richmond fed manufacturing index was also out, coming in at 5.0, well below the anticipated 8.0 and the prior release of 9.0.
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