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With surveys baseball tickets 184 of states the S&P 500 companies having reportedsecond-quarter results through Friday, 77 percent -- or 142companies -- have beaten forecasts, according to ThomsonReuters data GOOD RX FOR THE DOW In Friday's session, shares of U.S. health care andconsumer products company Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) shot up2.1 percent to $61.51 and provided the top boost to the Dow.The second-biggest contributor to the Dow's advance was U.S.drugmaker Merck & Co (MRK.N), up 2.5 percent at $30.99 The AMEX Pharmaceuticals index .DRG rose 1.4 percent Chevron Corp (CVX.N) climbed 0.8 percent to $68.43 afterU.S. front-month crude oil CLc1 gained 89 cents, or 1.3percent, to settle at $68.05 a barrel on the New YorkMercantile Exchange The S&P energy index .GSPE rose 1percent. In other earnings-related news, tool manufacturer Blackand Decker Corp BDK.N raised its full-year profit view,sending its shares up 10.1 percent to $37.13. In Friday's session, the broad market's gains were curbedby a report showing U.S. consumer sentiment waned in late Julyto its lowest reading since April, according to theReuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.[ID:nN24449821] The final July reading for the consumersentiment index was 66.0, down from June's reading of 70.8.

Volume was light on the New York Stock Exchange, with onlyabout 1.02 billion shares changing hands, well below lastyear's estimated daily average of 1.49 billion cubs rooftop . On the Nasdaq,about 2.25 billion shares traded, just shy of last year'sdaily average of 2.28 billion . Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE bya ratio of about 9 to 5, while on the Nasdaq, about 5 stocksrose for every four that fell.(Editing by Jan Paschal) Stocks Bonds France . SANTIAGO, CHILE--(Business Wire)--Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A .

("Endesa Chile" or the "Company")(NYSE:EOC) announced today the expiration of its consent solicitation, and thereceipt of the requisite consents with respect to certain proposed amendments tothe Indenture dated as of January 1, 1997 (the "Indenture") governing its a)8.350% notes due 2013 (CUSIP Nos 29245SAC6, 29245SAA0 (144A) and G3040AAA4(Reg kansas city royals . S)) (the "2013 Notes"), (b) 8.625% notes due 2015 (CUSIP Nos 29245SAD4,29245SAB8 (144A) and G3040AAB2 (Reg S)) (the "2015 Notes"), (c) 7.875% notesdue 2027 (CUSIP No . 29244TAA9) (the "2027 Notes"), (d) 7.325% notes due 2037(CUSIP No . 29244TAB7) (the "2037 Notes") and (e) 8.125% notes due 2097 (CUSIPNo . 29244TAC5) (the "2097 Notes" and together with the 2013 Notes, the 2015Notes, the 2027 Notes and the 2037 Notes, the "Notes"), to execute asupplemental indenture as described in its Consent Solicitation Statement datedJuly 8, 2009. As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 24, 2009 (the "Consent Deadline"),the Company had received consents from holders of a majority in aggregateprincipal amount outstanding of each series of Notes. As a result of receivingthe requisite consents, the Company entered into a First Supplemental Indenturedated as of July 24, 2009 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon,as Trustee, to the Indenture to effectuate the proposed amendments.

Endesa Chile solicited consents from the holders of the Notes in order to amendSection 501(4), the cross default clause, so that it now applies only to EndesaChile and its subsidiaries organized under the laws of the Republic of Chile.The definition of "Significant Subsidiary" has been similarly amended so that itis now limited to only those Significant Subsidiaries (as defined) organizedunder the laws of the Republic of Chile kansas city t bones . The concept of Significant Subsidiaryis used in Sections 501(5) and (6), the bankruptcy and insolvency proceedingsclauses, of the Indenture . The Company expects to settle the consent solicitation as promptly as possibleupon receipt of instructions from the Information and Tabulation Agent . Questions regarding the consent solicitation may be directed to the SolicitationAgent, J.P .

Morgan Securities Inc., by telephone at (866) 846-2874 or (212)834-4374 . Copies of the Consent Solicitation Statement and related documents maybe obtained from the Information and Tabulation Agent, Global BondholderServices Corporation, at 65 Broadway, Suite 723, New York, New York 10006, (866)873-6300 or (212) 430-3774 . Endesa Chile is one of the largest electricity generators in South America . Itsoperations are primarily in Chile, and to a lesser degree in four othercountries including Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Brazil (the latter, throughits affiliate Endesa Brasil) . The Company also offers consultancy andengineering services of all kinds. Endesa Chile has an efficient portfolio ofgeneration assets with 62% hydroelectric capacity and 38% thermal capacity.Endesa Chile and its subsidiaries operate 51 plants, with a total installedcapacity of 12,906 MW. The Company sold 55,225 GWh as of December 31, 2008,being one of the main suppliers in the four countries where it operates, with35% market share in Chile, 9% in Argentina, 27% in Peru and 24% in Colombia.