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Digital News Report – There was some good news today for Wall Street. The Commerce Department said February wholesale inventories rose 0.6 percent. Sales also gained .8 percent.
DJIA
Both of these measures were better than expected and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed Friday at 10,997.35. This is the highest in 18 months and is the sixth straight week of gains.
The other major indexes were up. The S&P 500 index rose 7.94, or 0.7 percent, to 1,194.37. The Nasdaq is 17.24 higher at 2,454.05.
By: Mark Williams
| NYSE Top Ten Advances | |||||
| Name | Symbol | $ Last Trade | Volume | $ Change | % Change |
| Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | ABK | $1.10 | 195,367,197 | 0.46 | 71.47 |
| Blyth, Inc. | BTH | $47.00 | 885,264 | 14.62 | 45.15 |
| Mirant Corporation – Warrants | MIRWSB | $0.14 | 44,774 | 0.04 | 40 |
| Synthetic Fixed-Income Securities, Inc | GJW | $1.74 | 268,687 | 0.46 | 35.94 |
| Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation | NNAWS | $1.30 | 1,215,785 | 0.31 | 31.31 |
| Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | ABKPRZ | $13.25 | 162,441 | 3.15 | 31.19 |
| Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | AKF | $7.09 | 513,812 | 1.68 | 31.05 |
| Ambac Financial Group, Inc. | AKT | $6.80 | 952,481 | 1.54 | 29.28 |
| Freddie Mac | FREPRK | $1.93 | 3,462 | 0.27 | 16.27 |
| Mirant Corporation – Warrants | MIRWSA | $0.11 | 43,977 | 0.02 | 15.79 |
| NYSE Top Ten Declines | |||||
| Name | Symbol | $ Last Trade | Volume | $ Change | % Change |
| Global Ship Lease, Inc. | GSLWS | $0.02 | 18,400 | -0.01 | 28.47 |
| First BanCorp | FBP | $2.69 | 8,718,822 | -0.45 | 14.33 |
| Zale Corporation | ZLC | $3.36 | 4,185,067 | -0.44 | 11.58 |
| Central Pacific Financial Corp. | CPF | $2.25 | 2,867,899 | -0.24 | 9.64 |
| First BanCorp | FBPPRD | $13.65 | 8,400 | -1.25 | 8.39 |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | AGM | $14.57 | 980,397 | -1.27 | 8.02 |
| Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. | JTX | $1.63 | 2,462,478 | -0.14 | 7.91 |
| Fannie Mae | FNMPRR | $1.08 | 2,550 | -0.09 | 7.68 |
| First Acceptance Corporation | FAC | $2.07 | 65,117 | -0.16 | 7.17 |
| First BanCorp | FBPPRE | $13.70 | 70,050 | -1 | 6.8 |