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By Mark Cotton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 4:32 PM ET Dec. 5, 2005 [ Page 1 | 2 ]
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks ended lower Monday, hurt by a rise in oil prices, a jump in long-term interest rates and weaker-than-expected data, but shares of Guidant Corp surged on a surprise $25 billion takeover offer from Boston Scientific.



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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU:
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Last: 10,835.01-42.50-0.39%

4:30pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore $INDU$INDU10,835.01, -42.50, -0.4%) was down 42.5 points at 10,835.01.

The Nasdaq Composite Index ($COMPQ:
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Last: 2,257.64-15.73-0.69%

5:16pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore $COMPQ$COMPQ2,257.64, -15.73, -0.7%) fell 15.73 points to 2,257.64 while the S&P 500 Index ($SPX: S&P 500 Index
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Last: 1,262.09-2.99-0.24%

4:59pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore $SPX$SPX1,262.09, -2.99, -0.2%) dropped 2.99 points to 1,262.09.

"The back-up in crude-oil prices is the only reason I see behind the pullback," said Paul Nolte, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates. "Other than that, we've had a terrific run in the market over the last four to five weeks, so we may be seeing just a little bit of profit taking in what will be a very slow week for economic data."

Within the Dow industrials, General Motors Corp. (GM:
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Last: 22.13+0.05+0.23%

4:02pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore GMGM22.13, +0.05, +0.2%) eked out a 5 cent gain to end at $22.13 after its financial services subsidiary, General Motors Acceptance Corp., said Monday afternoon it has agreed to sell up to $20 billion in U.S. car loans to the Bank of Nova Scotia's (BNS: bank nova scotia halifax com
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Last: 39.41+0.51+1.31%

3:52pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore BNSBNS39.41, +0.51, +1.3%) Scotia Capital over five years. See full story.

Elsewhere on the Dow, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:
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Last: 47.14-0.83-1.73%

4:01pm 12/05/2005

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FinancialsMore WMTWMT47.14, -0.83, -1.7%) traded lower for the seventh session in a row as investors remained nervous about the holiday shopping season following mixed reports on sales over the Thanksgiving holiday. The stock ended down 1.7% at $47.14.

For those investors worried about inflation, there was some good news out of the Institute for Supply Management. Although its services index showed a slightly faster-than-expected slowdown in the U.S. services sector in November, the prices-paid index, a component of the report, dropped to 74% from 78%.

Nevertheless, "there is still significant concern about the relatively high level of energy prices and its impact on freight costs and on the prices of other materials and services," ISM said. See full story.


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