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Despite coming off morning highs, the financial and health care sectors led the rally today, as major U.S. indices finished with modest gains for the session.

Economic Reports:

Initial Jobless Claims are at 451,000 new claims for the week of 9/4, down from a revised 478,000 claims the prior week - Full story&;

Trade Balance shows a $42.8 billion deficit for the month of July, improved from a slightly revised $49.8 billion deficit the previous month - Full story.

The Men's Wearhouse reports fiscal 2nd-qtr earnings of $0.80/share, up from $0.75/share in the same qtr last year - Full story.

Piedmont Natural Gas reports a 3rd-qtr loss of $0.13/diluted share, down from a loss of $0.10/share in the same period last year - Full story.

McDonald's Corp. reports global comparable sales growth of 4.9% in the month of August, including a 4.6% increase in the U.S. - Full story.

3M reports that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Arizant Inc. for approximately $810 million - Full story.

Airgas Inc. board members have unanimously rejected the latest $5.5 billion buyout offer from rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc. - Full story.

Toys"R"Us announced plans to open 600 express stores in malls and shopping centers for the 2010 Christmas season, doubling the number of locations nationwide - Full story.

Best Buy Co. will begin carrying Amazon's Kindle e-reader beginning this fall, along with competing models - Full story.

The Bank of England reports that it will hold interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month - Full story.

Major world markets posted higher results for Thursday. Frankfurt's DAX closed up 0.93% and Paris' CAC finished up 1.22%, Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.82%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 0.37%, and Sydney's All Ordinaries Index finished up 0.94%.

Economic Calendar:

Fri: Wholesale Inventories.

Aaron Jacobs - News Editor
Macro*World Research
aaron.jacobs@mworld.com

Market Overview (09/09/2010 04:02 PM ET)

	+28.23		+5.31		+34.43		+0.27		+7.33
	Dow 10415.24		S&P 500 1104.18		NYSE 7034.37		AMEX 1949.17		NASDAQ 2236.20

Trading Volume(mil):		NASDAQ: 1,719		NYSE: 839

Key Indicators

+0.005	+0.20
U.S. 3mo T-Bills 0.135%	Crude Oil 74.29	Gold 1244.00	LIBOR 0.26%	$/Euro 1.270
		-12.10	no change	-0.003
14:59	17:14	17:14	Thu	17:36

World Markets

Amsterdam EOE	334.59	+3.16	Thu 12:05
Brazil Bovespa	66,624.10	+216.82	Thu 16:14
Frankfurt DAX	6,221.52	+57.08	Thu 11:45
Hang Seng	21,167.27	+78.41	Thu 04:01
Madrid General	1,106.02	+13.35	Thu 11:37
Mexican IPC	32,518.98	+109.38	Thu 16:06
Nikkei Dow	9,098.39	+73.79	Thu 02:28
Paris CAC 40	3,722.15	+44.94	Thu 12:10
Seoul Composite	1,784.36	+5.14	Thu 05:03
Shanghai Composite	2,656.35	-38.94	Thu 07:46
Stockholm General	333.80	+2.63	Thu 12:45
Swiss Zurich	6,425.26	+38.31	Thu 11:30
Sydney All Ord	4,621.30	+43.00	Thu 02:39
Toronto Exchg	12,033.53	-8.73	Thu 16:28

U.S. Treasury Rates

U.S. - 5yr T-Notes	1.57%	+0.11	Thu 14:59
U.S. - 10yr T-Notes	2.76%	+0.11	Thu 14:59
U.S. - 30yr T-Notes	3.85%	+0.12	Thu 14:59

Securities In Bulletin

3M Company	82.96	+0.21	16:00
Air Products & Chemicals	77.95	+0.16	16:00
Airgas Inc	64.83	+0.24	16:01
Amazon.com Inc	140.38	+1.24	16:00
Best Buy Co	33.56	+0.02	16:00
Piedmont Natural Gas	27.91	+0.56	16:05