Market Wrap-Up

The stock market struggled to sustain a mini rally into its third straight day. Trading began on a down note, with reports showing weak consumer confidence and another plunge in housing prices. That led shares down 100 points. However, upbeat numbers from agricultural concern

Monsanto

Winners

After a broad selloff last week, many investors succumbed to the temptation to jump back into commodities and precious metals. The

iShares Silver ETF

Market Vectors Gold Miners fund

IPath Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Total Return

Losers

Lower housing prices and dismal consumer confidence two data points that stirred up recession fears had investors selling off mortgage- and real-estate-related ETFs. Several iShares funds posted decreases. The

iShares FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REIT ETF

iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail fund

Tuesday's Major Headlines

Launching Pad

Bear Stearns Current Yield

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Wednesday's Notebook

Numbers from Oracle and Deutsche Bank will probably dominate trading.

Earnings

Bluefly, CKE Restaurants, Deutsche Bank, Oracle, Paychex, Pep Boys, Resources Global Professionals, Robbins & Myers

Economic Data

MBA Mortgage Refinancing Index (7 a.m.), Durable Goods (8: 30 a.m.), New Home Sales (10 a.m.)

Quick Take

A look at how some of the industry's most popular ETFs did Tuesday.