Drop In Chinese Market Weighs Down Domestic Market

A sharp drop in the Chinese stock market sent domestic markets tumbling with the Dow falling 87 points to 9456. Nasdaq dropped 27 points to 2001.

On the upside

AuthenTec (Nasdaq: AUTH) announced plans to expand its Shanghai operations.

Citadel Investment Group cancelled plans to sell as much as 120 million common shares of E-Trade (Nasdaq: ETFC).

Shares of Trubion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: TRBN) continued climbing after announcing last week that it licensed its chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment TRU-016 to Facet Biotech for $196.5 million.

On the downside

Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM) was chosen by TAEJIN Technology to provide low power, high efficiency voltage regulators but the stock price dropped.

Shares of Echelon (NYSE: ELON) retreated after surging last week on news that the largest utility in Finland will be using its Networked Energy Services system in its new advanced metering infrastructure.

Ford (NYSE: F) announced a new diesel engine for its F-Series Super Duty Truck.

In the broad market, declining issues outpaced advancers by a margin of more than 7 to 2 on the NYSE and by more than 3 to 1 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks dropped 10 points to 569.

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