Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,335.30	-19.12	-0.12%
S&P 500	1,666.29	-1.18	-0.07%
Nasdaq	3,496.43	-2.53	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,335.30

-19.12

-0.12%

S&P 500

1,666.29

-1.18

-0.07%

Nasdaq

3,496.43

-2.53

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,824.50	+6.51	0.23%
FTSE 100	6,755.63	+32.57	0.48%
DAX	8,455.83	+57.83	0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,824.50

+6.51

0.23%

FTSE 100

6,755.63

+32.57

0.48%

DAX

8,455.83

+57.83

0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	15,381.00	+20.21	0.13%
Hang Seng	23,384.70	-108.31	-0.46%
S&P/ASX 200	5,180.10	-28.94	-0.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

15,381.00

+20.21

0.13%

Hang Seng

23,384.70

-108.31

-0.46%

S&P/ASX 200

5,180.10

-28.94

-0.56%

BREAKING NEWS

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U.S. Stocks Trim Losses as Shares of Utilities, Energy Companies Advance

By Michael P. Regan - 2011-12-21T19:52:41Z

U.S. stocks pared losses as gains in utilities, consumer-staples and energy companies helped offset declines in technology shares following lower-than-estimated results at Oracle Corp.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slipped 0.1 percent to 1,239.6 at 2:50 p.m. in New York after losing as much as 1 percent earlier.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael P. Regan at mregan12@bloomberg.net

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U.S. Stocks Trim Losses

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