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Thursday, November 28, 2013 – Daily News 5B Stocks climb after HP advances on earnings NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies lifted the stock market Wednesday, keeping major indexes at record levels. Hewlett-Packard surged, leading the gains for tech companies, after it posted a $1.4 billion profit for its latest quarter. The world's second-largest maker of PCs also issued a strong profit forecast for its current quarter. Stocks also got a boost from some encouraging news about the U.S. economy. In a sign that workers are in less danger of being laid off, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 316,000, according to the U.S. Labor Department. In another bit of good news, consumer confidence rose in November, according to a private survey by the University of Michigan and financial data company Thomson Wall Street Reuters. ''Today's economic news was generally favorable,'' said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management. ''In the absence of bad news, the path of least resistance for equities is up.'' The stock market has surged this year on a combination of solid corporate earnings, a slowly recovering economy and easymoney policies from the Federal Reserve. The Fed is buying $85 billion in bonds every month to keep longterm interest rates low, making stocks more attractive than bonds for investors. On Wednesday, the Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed four points, or 0.3 percent, to close at an alltime high of 1,807.23. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 24 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at its own record high of 16,097.33. The blue-chip index finished higher for a fifth straight day, its longest winning streak since March. The Nasdaq composite advanced 27 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,044.75. The index closed above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years Tuesday. The S&P 500 has risen 26.7 percent this year, putting it on course for its best annual performance since 1998. Much of the gain has come because investors have been willing to pay more for a company's stock in relation to its earnings. The price-earnings ratio for S&P 500 companies has climbed to 15.1 from 12.6 at the start of the year. But it is still below the average ratio of 16.5 for the last 20 years. ''When times are good, you have to ask if it's a sign that things are about to become bad,'' said Art Steinmetz, President & Chief Investment Officer at Oppenheimer Funds. But Steinmetz feels reasonably hopeful that stock valuations ''are not overstretched.'' In other corporate news, Analog Devices fell $1.38, revenue during the holidays. Trading volumes were lower than average ahead of Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday, when financial markets will be closed. The New York Stock exchange and the Nasdaq will also close early on Friday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.74 percent, up from 2.71 percent on Tuesday. The price of oil dropped to its lowest level in six months as the U.S. government reported the 10th straight weekly increase in crude supplies. Oil dropped $1.38, or 2 percent, to $92.30 a barrel. Exxon Mobil and Chevron, both members of the 30-company Dow, declined. Exxon Mobil fell 47 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $93.80. Chevron fell 36 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $122.42. In other commodities trading, Gold fell $3.60, or 0.3 percent, to $1,237.80 an ounce. or 3 percent, to $48.54 after the chipmaker reported sales late Tuesday that missed Wall Street estimates. The Norwood, Mass., company expects a seasonal slowdown to hurt Battle for holiday shoppers heats up NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday shopping season, it's Amazon vs. everyone else. The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like WalMart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest shopping period of the year. Stores are doing things like matching the lower prices on Amazon.com and offering the same discounts in stores as on their websites. For its part, Amazon is giving customers the option to pick up items at physical locations and adding Sunday delivery. The two sides are dueling over shoppers like Jessica Danielle, a speechwriter who plans to do the bulk of her Christmas shopping on Amazon. ''All the time spent going to brick-andmortar stores, is it worth my time?'' said Danielle, 31, who lives in Washington, D.C. ''I don't think so.'' There's a lot at stake for both sides. Amazon has built a following, but wants to grow its business globally. Meanwhile, brick-and-mortar retailers struggle to keep shoppers from using their stores as showrooms to test out and try on items before buying them for less on Amazon. The holiday season ups the ante. 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