Horton D R News

Shares of most homebuilders moved higher Monday after a big jump in house resales last month.

D.R. Horton Inc. , the second-largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a fourth-quarter loss that exceeded analystsa estimates and said the housing outlook remains difficult.

Nov. 20 -- Bloomberg's Michele Steele reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.

There was no economic data of note released in the region today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 14.28 points to 10318.16 points.

There was a "for sale" sign up across the homebuilding sector today, as investors exacted revenge on release of weak earnings from the nation's largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton on Friday morning.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Dell, Nokia, and J.M. Smucker.

A quiet session on Friday ended with stock prices trending lower for the third consecutive day.

U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders move toward safer assets like the dollar and bonds.

D.R. Horton Inc., one of the nation's largest home builders, before Friday's opening bell said its quarterly loss narrowed from the year-ago period as net sales orders rose 26%. The company reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $231.9 million, or 73 cents a share, compared with $799.9 million, or $2.53 a share, in the year-ago period.

Stocks drifted lower Friday, continuing a two-day retreat, as investors remained jittery about the economy and the outlook for the technology sector.

U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders moved toward safer securities like bonds.

U.S. stocks fell, joining a global retreat, as earnings at Dell Inc. and D.R. Horton Inc.

2 U.S. homebuilder, reported a much larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, sending its shares down nearly 7 percent even though it also said orders increased.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday after worse-than-expected quarterly results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton underscored that the road to recovery would not be smooth.

FILE - In this May 7, 2009 file photo, homes built by D.R. Horton Inc. are shown in Cahndler,... FILE - In this May 7, 2009 file photo, homes built by D.R. Horton Inc.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Ann Taylor, J.M. Smucker, D.R. Horton, and Dell.

Our analysts have issued complimentary analysis on the following six companies: Apache Corp.

Christine E. Ditzler bought a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 8445 Frazier Park Court in Las Vegas from D.R. Horton, Inc.

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The major indexes closed the midpoint of the week on a positive note. The Dow closed up 0.4%, the S&P 500 inched up 0.5% added and the Nasdaq gained 0.7%. Here are Wednesdaya s winners and losers: Winners Pulte Homes Inc.