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Quick Look Market Closing Price:
At the close: Dow -0.05% to 12978. S&P +0.15% to 1365. Nasdaq +0.2% to 2963.
Treasurys: 30-year +0.31%. 10-yr +0.04%. 5-yr -0.05%.
Commodities: Crude +1.82% to $109.79. Gold -0.69% to $1773.95.
Currencies: Euro +0.67% vs. dollar. Yen +1.29%. Pound -0.98%.
After Hours News:
El Paso (EP) has agreed to sell its expoloration & production business to a consortium led by Apollo Global (APO) for $7.15B. the consortium is expected to provide $3B in capital to support the deal, and will also draw upon $5.5B in financing arranged by 7 banks. The deal will help finance Kinder Morgan's (KMI) acquisition of El Paso. EP +0.5% AH. KMI +0.8%
Sprint's (S) was just "hours away" from agreeing to an $8B acquisition of discount carrier MetroPCS (PCS - current market cap of $4.35B) before its board vetoed the deal, claims CNBC's David Faber. No details are given, though it's quite conceivable that MetroPCS' spectrum and 4G LTE network could interest Sprint. PCS +5.3% AH. LEAP +5%. S -0.4%.
North American chip equipment makers posted a book-to-bill ratio of 0.95 in January, according to a preliminary estimate from SEMI. Though indicating orders still trailed sales, the figure is a marked improvement from December's 0.85, and evidence of the positive impact rebounding foundry demand is having on the likes of AMAT, KLAC, NVLS, and LRCX.
Broadcom (BRCM) -3.7% AH after the chipmaker discloses it has been notified by the SEC of an investigation into its "accounting practices related to litigation reserves." Broadcom adds it believes the investigation is the result of allegations made by an ex-employee in April
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