End-of-Day Market Summary for December 2, 2011

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' summary for Friday, December 2, 2011, covering headlines from Friday's trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded down about 0.68 points or 0.01%, the S&P 500 traded 0.02% lower, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 0.03%, and the U.S. dollar trades higher near the $78.70 level. Earlier today, Wells Fargo upgraded Booz Allen Hamilton BAH to Outperform and Goldman Sachs upgraded Lowe's LOW to buy. View all of today's upgrades here. Sterne Agee downgraded Cash America International CSH to Neutral and KeyBanc downgraded Beacon Roofing Supply BECN to Hold. View all of today's downgrades here. Overseas, European markets ended their trading session higher. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 1.15%, Germany's DAX increased by 0.74% and France's CAC 40 rallied by 1.12% on the session. Asian stocks ended their session mixed, however. China's Shanghai Index slid by 1.08%, Japan's Nikkei 225 increased by 0.54%, and the Hang Seng index gained 0.20%. On the economic calendar, Change in Nonfarm Payrolls came in at 120K versus an estimate of 125K; Change in Manufacturing Payrolls came in at 2K versus an estimate of 9K; the Unemployment Rate came in at 8.6% versus an estimate of 9%. On the commodity front, gold and silver futures traded lower today, with gold trading about 0.1% lower today. Energy futures are mixed, however, with crude oil up over 0.8% near the $101 level and gasoline futures are trading higher by about 2.9%. Natural Gas futures are lower by about 1.6% and copper futures are trading over 0.0.4% lower. On the earnings front today, Big Lots BIG reports Q3 EPS $0.06 vs $0.09 Est; Revenues $1.14B vs $1.13B Est; Scotiabank BNS reports Q4 EPS C$1.10 vs C$1.08 Est; Revenues C$4.35B vs C$4.30B Est. In corporate news, Silicon Labs SLAB announced that it has settled with Airoha under mutually acceptable conditions. Shire PLC SHPGY announced that the FDA has approved clinical trials for a hypotension treatment. Rubicon Minerals Corp RBY announced that the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development has accepted its production plans. Today's Movers include:

Zumiez ZUMZ +23.3% on good earnings and guidance estimates

Alexander & Baldwin ALEX +16.6% after announcing plans to split into 2 publicly traded companies

Navios Maritime Holdings NM +15.6% after positive JP Morgan equity research

Tenet Healthcare THC -9.2% despite positive equity research mentions

Research in Motion RIMM -9.9% after it said its PlayBook tablets were not selling well enough and would decrease its price

Big Lots BIG -12.5% on poor Q3 earnings

This concludes your news summary for December 2, 2011.