US Stocks Near 5-Year High over Strong Jobs Data (MPC, WMT, AKAM, MPW)

Los Angelas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/08/2012 -- Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) is a petroleum product refiner, transporters and marketers in the United States. The Company operates in three segments: Refining & Marketing, Speedway and Pipeline Transportation. Marathon Petroleum refining, marketing and transportation operations are concentrated in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and Southeast regions of the United States. MPC has two retail brands: Speedway and Marathon. The Company owned and operated six refineries in the Gulf Coast and Midwest regions of the United States with an aggregate crude oil refining capacity of approximately 1.2 million barrels per calendar day. Shares of Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) are trading at $59.10 and is +12.98% of its 50-day Moving Average price of $52.3086 and +32.53% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $44.5941. The average trading volume is 3021180 shares and its market capitalization is $19.993B.Marathon Petroleum's shares rose to $56.38 in pre-market trading, after closing on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange at $54.87.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is facing a strike from its workers for their concerns to increase salaries. Today, both Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) will meet to make a significant financial service announcement, said by the two firms in a statement on Sunday. WMT and AXP launced a product, called Bluebird, that will allow customers for deposits by smartphone and mobile bill paying, without any limits of minimum balance or monthly, annual fees etc.In the last trading session, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) stock began with a price of $74.94 and throughout the trading session climbed to a high of $75.50 and finally gained 0.55% to end at $ 75.13.The current year earnings of WMT per share experienced an addition of 8.47% while its current quarter performance remained 5.27%.

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) provide content delivery and cloud infrastructure services for the delivery of content and applications over the Internet; ranging from live and on-demand streaming video capabilities to conventional content on Websites, to tools that help people transact business and reach out to new and existing customers. The Company provides private content delivery networks, Internet-based delivery of applications, such as store/dealer locators and user registration, software distribution capabilities, real-time ad targeting solutions, content targeting technology and enhanced security features. Shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) have risen steadily since the open of trade Monday. The stock is now up 0.81 at $40.22, with volume beginning to increase in the last few minutes.

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Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in and owning net-leased healthcare facilities across the United States. The Company conducts all of its business through MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. It acquires and develops healthcare facilities and lease the facilities to healthcare operating companies under long-term net leases. It also makes mortgage loans to healthcare operators collateralized by their real estate assets.Its portfolio consisted of 62 properties: 55 facilities (of the 60 facilities that it owns) are leased to 20 operators with the remainder in the form of mortgage loans. Its owned facilities consisted of 25 general acute care hospitals, 19 long-term acute care hospitals, eight inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, two medical office buildings, and six wellness centers. Shares of Medical Properties (MPW) are trading at $10.96 and is +4.90% of its 50-day Moving Average price of $10.4483 and +14.20% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $9.5974. The average trading volume is 841509 shares and its market capitalization is $1.486B.

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