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12/20/05 1:51 PM

#445201 RE: madrose1 #445200

DJIA trading up +9.28 to 10,845.81. NASDAQ trading up +6.29 to 2,229.03. SPX trading up +2.46 to 1,262.38.

Russell 2000
trading up +4.34 to 676.59. U.S. dollar strength is up +0.86% against the Yen, down -1.27% against the Euro. Light Crude Oil is up +0.35 to 58.40.
Natural Gas is up +0.06 to 14.07. Gold is down -8.40 to 497.70. First Marblehead (FMD, +1.61) is up +5.47% after the announcement that Sandra M. Stark has joined the company as executive vice president.

Pfizer (PFE, -0.45) is down -1.85% on heavy volume after competitors Bayer (BAY) and ONYX (ONXX), which are both up slightly, received FDA approval for Nexavar tablets. The more followed companies reporting after the close today include Intervoice (INTV), Jabil Circuit (JBL), Nike (NKE) and Palm (PALM).