Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Best Buy Tops Q2 Estimates

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.32 percent to 21,738.97 while the NASDAQ declined 0.51 percent to 6,251.25. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.47 percent to 2,432.80.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Tuesday morning, the non-cyclical consumer goods & services shares climbed by 0.51 percent.

In trading on Tuesday, financial shares fell 0.65 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Fang Holdings Ltd SFUN, down 8 percent, and Noah Holdings Limited (ADR) NOAH down 6 percent.

Top Headline

Best Buy Co Inc BBY reported upbeat results for its second quarter and issued a strong forecast for the current quarter.

Best Buy posted quarterly earnings of $0.69 per share on revenue of $8.94 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.63 per share on revenue of $8.66 billion.

Best Buy expects Q3 earnings of $0.75 to $0.80 per share, on revenue of $9.3 billion to $9.4 billion. Analysts projected earnings of $0.65 per share on sales of $9.0 billion.


Equities Trading UP

Movado Group, Inc MOV shares shot up 22 percent to $29.05 after the company posted better-than-expected results for its second quarter and raised its FY 2018 forecast.

Shares of Moleculin Biotech Inc MBRX got a boost, shooting up 13 percent to $2.65 after the company disclosed that it has filed an investigational NDA with the FDA for Annamycin.

Catalent Inc CTLT shares were also up, gaining 16 percent to $41.06 as the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its fourth quarter on Monday.


Equities Trading DOWN

Acorda Therapeutics Inc ACOR shares dropped 26 percent to $19.00 after the company reported that it has received a Refusal to File letter from the FDA for INBRIJA regarding its previously filed NDA.

Shares of Finish Line Inc FINL were down 26 percent to $7.74 after the company issued weak forecast for the second quarter and lowered its guidance for the year. The company also disclosed that its board has adopted a shareholder rights plan.

J.Jill Inc JILL was down, falling around 15 percent to $9.97. J.Jill posted in-line Q2 earnings, but issued a weak outlook.


Commodities


In commodity news, oil traded up 0.04 percent to $46.59 while gold traded up 0.90 percent to $1,327.10.

Silver traded up 0.66 percent Tuesday to $17.645, while copper rose 0.81 percent to $3.111.

Eurozone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 declined 1.29 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 1.09 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 1.69 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX declined 1.76 percent, and the French CAC 40 slipped 1.27 percent while U.K. shares fell 1.12 percent.

Economics

The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index rose 0.2 percent during the first four weeks of August versus July.

The S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller home price index rose 5.7 percent year-over-year for June.

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index increased to 122.90 in August, versus prior reading of 121.10. Economists were expecting a reading of 120.30.

The Treasury is set to auction 4-week bills at 11:30 a.m. ET.

The Treasury will auction 7-year notes at 1:00 p.m. ET.

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