industrial gas supplier praxair fell 3%. it was at a new high on monday. earnings today beat the street, even though revenues rose less than anticipated. and miner freeport mcmoran slid almost 3%. gold and copper prices slipped today as the dollar recovered slightly. not all were losers in the material sector, though. twice the number of international paper shares traded after the company's earnings. here are those results, coming in much stronger than estimates. revenues jumped with strength in its paper and packaging businesses, helped by emerging markets. shares of i.p. jumped 4.5%, hitting their highest price since early august. energy stocks also were weak. with the dollar getting a slight bounce, oil prices then saw a bit of selling pressure. conoco phillips dropped more than 1% after its earnings and strategy update. last week, shares of c-o-p hit new 52-week highs before this latest selling pressure. this week, earnings were better than expected for conoco. it's in the middle of a restructuring effort, which it now says will include selling some re

praxair personally not, but that is given the fact that general petraeus personally is speaking to this issue. i think what we have seen, michael, and you travel with us and have heard this firsthand from general petraeus. as we have seen, there has been a high level out reached by some members of the caliban to the afghan government. -- by the taliban to the afghan government. there is a lower level and a reintegration of reconciliation efforts. we have seen more and more foot soldiers and ground commanders coming over to the government and wishing to renounce their ties to the taliban and become a part of the constitutional government and at least respect the constitutional government. i think we have seen some larger numbers. i do not know if anyone is to the pointer to where they see a trend or connection in these individual or small groups that are not we integrating themselves into the mainstream. -- not reintegrating themselves. i think it is too soon to think these are connected or there is a wider movement afoot and that the tide is turning in terms of reconciliation. the secre