U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday

U.S. stocks ended flat on Wednesday, only the Dow Jones industrial average fell slightly. The stock market was led lower inflation pressures rose slightly, but the weak performance of financial stocks weighed on the market trend. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 15.62 points, to 11,007.88 points, down 0.142%. The Nasdaq index rose 6.17 points, to 2476.01 points, or 0.25%. S & P 500 rose 0.25 points, to 1178.59 points, or 0.021%. The Labor Department said Wednesday, October consumer price index edged up 0.2%, lower than the 0.3% analysts had forecast. October CPI increase is mainly due to lower gasoline prices were flat, and decline in the cost of other products. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core CPI was flat for three consecutive months, and less than analyst forecast of an increase of 0.1%. U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday, October housing starts decreased 11.7%, the annual rate of 519,000, the lowest in 18 months, but a slight increase in the number approved. Chico's FAS (CHS) in the third quarter net income rose to $ 28,800,000, or 16 cents per share, better than last year's $ 22,700,000, or 13 cents per share. Revenue growth to 483 million, better than the same period last year to 44.6 billion U.S. dollars. Analysts had expected earnings of 15 cents per share on revenue of $ 476,000,000. BJ Wholesale (BJ) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit increased to $ 23,000,000, or 43 cents per share, better than last year's $ 17,400,000, or 32 cents per share. Revenue growth of nearly 5% to 25.7 billion U.S. dollars. Analysts had expected earnings of 36 cents per share on revenue of 2.57 billion. The company also raised its full-year profit forecast to 2.48 to 2.52 dollars, better than the previous forecast of 2.4 to 2.5 U.S. dollars. Analysts forecast full-year earnings is $ 2.47. China Digital TV (STV) Q3 earnings of $ 0.17, compared with analyst expectations of $ 0.12 higher than $ 0.05; revenue increase of 1,818.2 percent, to $ 21,100,000, $ 17,200,000 analyst expectations. The company forecast revenue of 2080-2179 million in the fourth quarter, the market expects 16.1 million U.S. dollars. China Digital TV smart card shipments in the fourth quarter estimated between 370-390 million. Hypercom (HYC) and Ariane Systems announced that, Hypercom's SmartPayments Wynid integrated payment solution has been integrated into the Ariane Systems services. New York, December gold futures closed Wednesday down $ 1.7 an ounce to $ 1,336.7; silver futures rose 28.2 cents, to $ 25.515 an ounce; copper futures were unchanged at $ 3.7275 per pound. New York crude oil futures ended down 2.3% on Wednesday. January decline of about $ 1.90 dollars to close at $ 80.44 U.S. dollars per barrel, the lowest closing price since the past four weeks, down 2.3%.

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