塀で囲む Street: Friday 中央の-開会／開廷／会期

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 20 February 2004

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STOCKS were lower in 早期に afternoon 貿易（する）ing after disappointing 年４回の results from computer heavyweight Hewlett-Packard and a jump in 消費者 prices in January that raised 恐れるs of インフレーション.

A 報告（する）／憶測 before the open showed that a sharp rise in energy costs 押し進めるd US 消費する r prices up at their fastest pace in nearly a year last month, although underlying price 圧力s remained muted.

The 消費者 price 索引, the most 広範囲にわたって used 計器 of US インフレーション, climbed 0.5% in January after a 0.2% rise the month before.

The Dow Jones 産業の 普通の／平均（する） fell 46.66 points, or 0.44% to 10,618.07 and the Nasdaq 合成物 索引 dropped 10.46 points, or 0.51% to 2,035.50, 長，率いるing toward its fifth straight week of losses.

Hewlett-Packard dropped 67 cents, or 2.8% to $23.19 and was the biggest%age loser on the Dow. The computer 製造者 地位，任命するd a 30% rise in 年４回の 利益（をあげる） and gave a 予測（する） for the 現在の ４半期/4分の1 in line with 期待s. But 分析家s pointed to areas of 関心, 含むing slower growth in HP's imaging and printing group -- its 利益（をあげる） engine.

商売／仕事 ソフトウェア 製造者 BEA Systems climbed 88 cents, or 6.8% to $13.81. The company said 年４回の 利益（をあげる） and 歳入 rose on strong sales of its WebLogic 壇・綱領・公約 8.1 ソフトウェア used for building web-based programs.

Gillette, the world's largest blade and かみそり 製造者, rose 56 cents, or 1.5% to $38.33. The company stuck by its long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 3% to 5% 年次の sales growth, 除外するing 取得／買収s and 通貨 fluctuations.

Cherokee International, which makes 力／強力にする 供給（する） 製品s for computers, rose more than 14% in their 株式市場 debut after an 初期の public 申し込む／申し出ing.