below the 1.81 billion daily average last year. "The Lehman upgrade is giving technology stocks an uptick simply because nothing else is going on," said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. "But we are transfixed on oil with $65 a barrel just a heartbeat away. There are a few earnings warnings here and there." While companies in the steel sector and health-care industry gave a pessimistic view of future earnings, homebuilders and grocers offered hope. Shares of Nucor Corp. fell 4.3 percent to $50.68 after the steelmaker said its second-quarter earnings could come toward the low end of its forecast. Commercial Metals Co. only added to the woes in the steel sector when it predicted results in the current quarter would trail Wall Street's view, sending its shares down 5.6 percent to $25.62. --More 0025 Local Time 2125 GMT
