Stocks Keep Pushing the Ceiling — Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

by Marc Bastow | April 10, 2013 4:56 pm

InvestorPlace Market Recap[1]The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 kept ripping pages out of the record book Wednesday after an accidental early release of the Fed’s most recent minutes[2] indicated a continuation of its monetary easing policy through mid-2013.

Investors were also encouraged by a report showing a 10% year-over-year increase in trade with China.

The Dow — which was powered by tech components Intel (NASDAQ:INTC[3], +2.5%), Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO[4], +2%) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT[5], +2%) — rose 0.88% to set a new high of 14082.24.

Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO[6]) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[7]) joined the tech surge after announcing they are in discussions[8] to expand their partnership in Apple’s iOS platform, helping the Nasdaq to a huge 1.83% improvement to 3297.25, and pushing the S&P 500 1.22% to a new high-water mark of 1587.73. Apple and Yahoo each finished up around 2%, with the latter trading around five-year highs.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB[9]) stock rose nearly 4% after unveiling a new way to monetize user[10]s that involves gathering data from outside the social network, such as spending patterns. Also Wednesday, General Motors (NYSE:GM[11]) said it would start advertising its latest subcompact offering, the Chevrolet Sonic, on the social website, ending a one-year long hiatus[12] from the site.

The day wasn’t as kind to solar panel manufacturer First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR[13]), which retreated 7% following Tuesday’s massive guidance-fueled run-up. Jinksolar (NYSE:JKS[14], -6.9%) and Sunpower (NASDAQ:SPWR[15], -5.4%) saw similar selloffs.

Computer networking company Adtran (NASDAQ:ADTN[16]) soared nearly 14% on a huge first-quarter earnings beat, while Family Dollar (NYSE:FDO[17]) missed earnings estimates and provided weak forward guidance, yet still saw shares improve more than 1%.

And lastly, homebuilder Taylor Morrison (NYSE:TMHC[18]) started its first day as a public company[19] with a bang, jumping over 4% after pricing at the high end of its range.

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Marc Bastow is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing he is long MSFT, YHOO and AAPL.

Endnotes:

  1. [Image]: https://investorplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/IPMarketRecap.gif
  2. most recent minutes: http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcminutes20130320.pdf
  3. INTC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=INTC
  4. CSCO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CSCO
  5. MSFT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MSFT
  6. YHOO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=YHOO
  7. AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL
  8. discussions: https://investorplace.com/2013/04/yahoo-apple-microsoft-technologys-digital-love-triangle/
  9. FB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FB
  10. new way to monetize user: https://investorplace.com/ipo-playbook/facebook-finds-more-ways-to-exploit-users/
  11. GM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GM
  12. ending a one-year long hiatus: https://investorplace.com/2013/04/gm-returns-to-facebook-after-a-year-away/
  13. FSLR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FSLR
  14. JKS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JKS
  15. SPWR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SPWR
  16. ADTN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ADTN
  17. FDO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FDO
  18. TMHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TMHC
  19. a public company: https://investorplace.com/ipo-playbook/taylor-morrison-ceo-profit-is-in-our-dna/
  20. NIHD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NIHD
  21. VHC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VHC
  22. SBGI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SBGI
  23. RSO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=RSO
  24. BBY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BBY
  25. FAST: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=FAST

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