Lower Open Ahead Of Rate Decision

The markets opened lower with the Dow losing 15 points to 12,174 ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. Nasdaq slipped 3 points to 2684.

On the upside

Achillion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ACHN) priced its public offering of 9.6 million common shares at $5.90 per share to raise approximately $52.9 million.

CarMax (NYSE: KMX) reported higher first quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations as revenue rose.

Third quarter earnings doubled for Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) to beat analyst estimates as revenue climbed.

On the downside

Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE) reported sharply higher second quarter earnings that topped expectations but analysts were disappointed with its current quarter outlook.

Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) blamed weak demand for warning that second quarter results will fall short of expectations.

FSI International (Nasdaq: FSII) disappointed with lower third quarter earnings as revenue fell.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 9 to 7 on the NYSE while decliners edged out advancers by nearly 3 to 2 on Nasdaq. The Russell 2000 which tracks small cap stocks eased a fraction to 805.
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