{"id":32869,"date":"2012-08-22T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-in-red-ahead-of-fed-minutes\/32856\/"},"modified":"2012-08-22T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T13:23:00","slug":"stocks-in-red-ahead-of-fed-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-in-red-ahead-of-fed-minutes\/32869\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks in Red Ahead of Fed Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stocks are lower in mid-day trading, with all three major indexes currently in red, as investors await the release of minutes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/federal-reserve-system-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Reserve<\/a>\u2019s most recent monetary policy meeting.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-32869\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At last check, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> was trading 0.56% lower at 13,130.09, the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> was trading 0.43% lower at 1,407.13, and the Nasdaq was trading 0.29% lower at 3,058.37.<\/p>\n<p>All sectors in the S&amp;P 500 are currently in red. Basic Materials and Energy sectors are leading the losses in the S&amp;P 500 in mid-day trading. At last check, Basic Materials sector was down 0.86%, while Energy sector was down 0.85%. Industrials have also fallen sharply in mid-day trading today. At last check, the sector was down 0.79%. Conglomerates are currently trading 0.67% lower. Consumer Non-Cyclical sector is currently trading 0.76% lower. Technology sector is down 0.63% in mid-day trading.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major losers in trading currently are Dell Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=DELL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: DELL<\/a>), which is currently trading 6.77% lower at $11.51, Health Care REIT Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=HCN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: HCN<\/a>), which is currently trading 3.30% lower at $57.78, Express Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=EXPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: EXPR<\/a>), which is currently trading 11.24% lower at $15, and Yelp Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=YELP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: YELP<\/a>), which is currently trading 6.47% lower at $17.77.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major gainers in trading currently are Williams-Sonoma Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=WSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: WSM<\/a>), which is currently trading 11.40% higher at $42.59, American Eagle Outfitters (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AEO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: AEO<\/a>), which is currently trading 7.73% higher at $22.44, and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=ARNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: ARNA<\/a>), which is currently trading 7.93% higher at $8.71.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, a report released by the National Association of Realtors earlier today showed that existing home sales rose 2.3% to an annual rate of 4.47 million units in July. Economists were expecting existing home sales to rise to an annual rate of 4.52 million.<\/p>\n<p>Investors are waiting for the minutes of Fed\u2019s most recent meeting. 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