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Barrick expects lower production for the full-year 2008 on the back of rising energy and gold prices.

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For ETFs traders and investors, ETFs based in the technology sector is one of the easiest ways to get exposure to top technology companies such a Apple or Intel.

Google beat analyst estimates after the bell on Thursday, while General Electric and Schlumberger are slated to report earnings Friday before the bell.

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Advancing on Wednesday were stocks in the financial and technology sectors, while sellers remained active in health care stocks. Regional bank exchange-traded funds such as the Regional Bank HOLDRS ETF and the KBW Regional Banking SPDRS ETF were both higher on Wednesday.

Once considered save havens, utilities stocks have been among those stocks most aggressively sold over the past several days. As such, the Utilities Select Sector SPDRS ETF has closed lower for five consecutive trading days.

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Rallying oil prices continued to benefit energy ETFs like the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Index ETF which was up by more than 4% intraday on Wednesday.

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The rally in stocks today, which has the Dow, S&P; 500 and Nasdaq up more than 1% nearly two hours into trading, has helped boost a number of high Short Term PowerRatings stocks including Leap Wireless International, which is up more than 3% intraday today.

Buying your employer's stock in a 401 forges a stronger bond, but also can place you at higher risk.

On a day of widespread profit-taking in the financials, Capital One Financial was up by more than 17% intraday, closing in overbought territory below the 200-day moving average for the second consecutive trading session.

Stocks finished a short, Christmas Eve session modestly higher across the board with the Dow up 48 points. Google was among the stocks moving higher on Wednesday with gains of more than 2%.

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Buying late in the session helped both the S&P; 500 and Nasdaq Composite close at their highs of the day on Friday. The best performing stock in the Nasdaq 100 this past week was Wynn Resorts, which closed higher for the past four consecutive sessions.

Among the exchange-traded funds that outperformed over the past week were the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares ETF and the Rydex 2X S&P; Select Sector Financial ETF, though profit-taking was intense in both funds on Friday.

Most ETF markets hovered around breakeven levels on the final trading day of the week. Financials and energies pulled back as buying rotated toward consumer cyclicals and basic materials.