Mid-Day Report

The markets opened mixed as investors continued to worry about loan losses in the financial services sector. Meanwhile, oil prices fell as OPEC members were reportedly considering a hike in output. The Dow rose 40 points to 13,082 while Nasdaq held steady at 2627.

On the upside

Analysts cited Vasco Data Security's (Nasdaq: VDSI) valuation for upgrading the network security products maker.

Satellite communications company Globecomm Systems (Nasdaq: GCOM) was awarded a government contract and raised its revenue and earnings guidance.

Shares of Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) rose ahead of its 1st quarter results. Last week, the tax and personal finance software provider hired a new CFO.

On the downside

Shares of E-Trade Financial (Nasdaq: ETFC) lost half their value after the company raised the possibility of a large writedown in mortgage-backed securities. Analysts downgraded the stock on bankruptcy concerns.

EchoStar Communications (Nasdaq: DISH) reported a high churn rate of customers for its satellite television service.

Momentum stocks, such as Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU), were slammed by another round of profit-taking.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of 6 to 5 on the NYSE and by a margin of 10 to 9 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks edged up a point to 774.

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