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Earnings And Option Expiration Will Drive The Markets On Friday - Commentary Part 1     (RealTimeTraders.com) - As we anticipated the broad market was quite weak throughout Thursday's session. This was evident by the sharp disparity between the number of advancing issues and declining issues on both markets. However thanks to the strength in few technology stocks, the Nasdaq Composite managed to hold its ground and finish in the positive territory, up 6 points at 1652. The Dow Industrials lost almost 70 points and closed at 9163 and the broader S?500 index lost 8.48 points and closed at 1068. Note that from a technical perspective both the Dow and the S?500 indices have now broken their recent uptrend.  Thursday after the close a slew of companies reported their quarterly reports that once again painted a mixed picture about future earnings. Dow Component Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) reported better than expected revenues, but lower net profits and also warned second quarter and full year earnings would be below street estimates. On this news the stock traded slightly lower in after hours. On the other hand, PeopleSoft, Inc. (PSFT) reported better than expected results on increased revenues and earnings. From all the earnings reports released thus far, it seems some of the sectors may be starting to see signs of stabilization, but almost none seem to be able to predict when an upturn could occur in their respective industries. Following are some of the companies worth watching that reported their results after the close: CA, KLAC, EMLX, NT, GLW, SUNW, GTW, SFA, AMCC, TQNT, IDTI, XLNX and EBAY.  Given the mixed earnings picture, it is difficult to anticipate how the markets will react on Friday morning. 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