US stocks open narrowly mixed ahead of consumer confidence data
2008-04-25 06:39:08 SINA English
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NEW YORK - Stocks are mixed in early trading as investors await a reading on consumer confidence and digest a busy week of corporate earnings reports.
Investors want to see if the preliminary April reading for the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index will offer insight into the mind-set of the consumer as the economy slows down. A bad reading could sour investors' moods after two days of rallies.
In the first minutes of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average is up 35 points at the 12,884 level.
(Agencies)
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