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- SAP AG SAP announced on Saturday that it would acquire cloud software maker SuccessFactors, Inc. SFSF for $3.4 billion in cash
- Dollar General Reports Q3 EPS $0.50 vs $0.47 Est; Revenues $3.60B vs $3.57B Est.
- Privately Held Agricultural Giant Cargill to Cut Workforce by 2,000, Citing Weak Global Economy.
- AutoNation, Inc. AN today announced that its retail new vehicle unit sales in November 2011, as reported to the applicable automotive manufacturers, totaled 18,692 an increase of 21% as compared to November 2010.
Domestic Pre-Market Trading
- U.S. Equity Markets trade flat as Dow futures trade about $0.01 lower.
- U.S. Dollar trades about 0.4% higher.
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Overseas Trading
- European markets are higher in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.6%, Germany's DAX gained 0.9 % and France's CAC 40 added 1.37% on the session.
- Asian stocks ended the session mixed. China's Shanghai lost 1.1%, Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 0.7%.
- Euro Central Bank lending via IMF seen in 100-200B Euro range
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Upgrades/Downgrades
- Barclays upgrades DR Horton DHI to Overweight, $16 PT
- Roth Capital upgrades Ariba ARBA to Buy, $36 PT
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- Goldman Sachs downgrades MOLX MOLX to Neutral
- Piper Jaffray downgrades Dreamworks DWA to NEutral, PT lowered to $20
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On the Economic Calendar
- ISM Non-Farm Composite and Factory Orders are set to report at 10:00 a.m. ET
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Earnings
- Hi-Tech Pharmacal Reports Q2 EPS $1.04 vs $0.77 Est; Revenues $56.9M vs $51.4M Est
- Dollar General Reports Q3 EPS $0.50 vs $0.47 Est; Revenues $3.60B vs $3.57B Est
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Corporate News
- Western Digital Corp. WDC raised its financial outlook for the December quarter and restarts progress of its operations in Thailand.
- Acadia Healthcare ACHC announced a a public offering of 8.33 million shares.
- GLG Life Tech GLGL announced that the FDA has issued a fourth letter of no objection for its supplement, RebPure 95 stevia extract.
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Commodities
- Precious metals are trading lower, with gold posting losses of about 0.1%
- Energy futures are trading higher, with crude oil posting gains of about 0.2%
- Natural Gas futures are higher by about 0.06% and copper is trading higher by about 0.3 %
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Benzinga's Morning Radar
Technical Levels for Futures and ForexName | Resistance-2 | Resistance-1 | Mid Pivot | Support-1 | Support-2 |
E-Mini Dow | 12241 | 12121 | 12058 | 11938 | 11875 |
E-Mini S&P 500 | 1270 | 1257 | 1249 | 1236 | 1228 |
Gold | 1775 | 1762 | 1753 | 1740 | 1731 |
Crude | 102.62 | 101.87 | 100.82 | 100.07 | 99.02 |
Natural Gas | 3.69 | 3.64 | 3.60 | 3.55 | 3.52 |
EUR/USD | 1.3620 | 1.3505 | 1.3434 | 1.3318 | 1.3247 |
USD/JPY | 78.25 | 78.11 | 77.93 | 77.79 | 77.60 |
US Dollar Index | 79.40 | 79.07 | 78.51 | 78.24 | 77.74 |
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