Friday, April 13, 2007

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance After Core Producer Prices Trail Forecast

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures gained after a government report showed wholesale prices excluding fuel and food were unexpectedly unchanged in March.

General Electric Co. advanced after the world's second- largest company by market value said first-quarter profit matched analysts' estimates. Merck & Co. climbed after the nation's third-biggest drugmaker boosted its first-quarter earnings forecast because of higher sales.


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