Markets Monday, 12/21/2009

Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:32:03 -0500

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dow : 10414.14 up 85.25 | S & P : 1114.05 up 11.58
|
| NASDAQ: 2237.66 up 25.97 | Bond (10Y): 3.67%, 97.50
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

MARKETS:
Dow in positive territory for December
Wall Street starts a holiday-shortened week with strong gains.
Analysts upgrade Alcoa, Intel. Merger activity in health and energy
sectors.