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US stocks move higher
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 24 - 12 - 2007


Wall Street advanced Monday, boosted by
news that Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment of
up to $6.2 billion (¤4.3 billion) from two investment
groups, AP reported.
Merrill Lynch provided the only significant news of the
day. The investment firm said it was receiving a widely
expected cash infusion from Singapore's
government-controlled investment fund, Temasek Holdings,
and U.S.-based Davis Selected Advisers. The proceeds were
expected to cushion Merrill's mortgage-related writedowns
for the fourth quarter.
Merrill also said it would sell most of its commercial
finance unit to GE Capital. Terms of the deal weren't made
public.
On Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 200 points
and, along with the other major indexes, posted a gain of
more than 1.5 percent for the session.
The Dow rose 89.58, or 0.67 percent, to 13,540.23.
Broader market indexes also advanced. The Standard &
Poor's 500 index added 9.18, or 0.62 percent, to 1,493.64;
and the Nasdaq composite index rose 13.61, or 0.51 percent,
to 2,705.60.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the benchmark 10-year
Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 4.20
percent from 4.17 percent late Friday. The dollar was mixed
against other major currencies, while gold prices rose.
The stock market closes three hours early at 1 p.m. EST,
while the bond market closes at 2 p.m.
Light, sweet crude fell 70 cents to $92.61 on the New York
Mercantile Exchange.
Merrill Lynch rose $2.30, or 4.2 percent, to $57.84 after
selling a stake in itself to strengthen its balance sheet.
It joins a number of other global banks _ including
Citigroup Inc., UBS AG, and Morgan Stanley _to secure a
capital infusion to diffuse losses from the credit crisis.
The largest U.S. brokerage also sold most of its
commercial finance unit to GE Capital. Merrill Lynch Chief
Executive John Thain, who took over the position last
month, has said he plans to use asset sales to help
streamline the company.


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