Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Carnival Sinks on Weak Guidance; Markets Go Into The Red

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Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.32 percent to 15,351.10 while the NASDAQ fell 0.12 percent to 3,780.30. The S&P was also down, dropping 0.18 percent to 1,698.55.
Top Headline
Lennar
LEN
reported a
39% rise
in its third-quarter net profit. Lennar's quarterly net profit surged to $120.7 million, or $0.54 per share, from $87.1 million, or $0.40 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue rose 46% to $1.6 billion from $1.1 billion, while new orders climbed 14%. However, analysts were estimating earnings of $0.45 per share on revenue of $1.55 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Greenway Medical Technologies
GWAY
shot up 18.91 percent to $20.37 after the company
agreed to be acquired
by Vista Equity Partners for $20.35 per share. Shares of Applied Materials
AMAT
got a boost, shooting up 9.31 percent to $17.48 after the company announced its
plans to acquire
Tokyo Electron in an all-share deal. EZchip Semiconductor
EZCH
was also up, gaining 7.16 percent to $24.11 after a Cisco
CSCO
announced a new product that would not threaten the company as previously thought.
Equities Trading DOWN
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Shares of Cypress Semiconductor
CY
were down 16.05 percent to $9.91 after the company lowered its Q3 forecast. Red Hat
RHT
shares tumbled 11.51 percent to $46.84 after the company
reported Q2
results. Piper Jaffray downgraded the stock from Overweight to Neutral. Carnival
CCL
was down, falling 7.91 percent to $34.44 after the company beat on the top and bottom line for Q3, but issued some disappointing guidance.
Commodities
In commodity news,
oil traded down 0.23 percent
to $103.35, while gold traded down 0.29 percent to $1,323.40. Silver traded up 0.29percent Tuesday to $21.72, while copper fell 1.00 percent to $3.26.
Euro zone
European shares
were higher
today. The Spanish Ibex Index surged 0.64 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index rose 0.85 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.34 percent and the French CAC 40 rose 0.56 percent while U.K. shares climbed 0.21 percent.
Economics
The ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales index dropped 1% in the week ended Saturday versus the earlier week. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose 1.8% in July from June, while the index climbed 12.4% y/y in the month. The FHFA house price index climbed 1% in July from June, while the index surged 8.8% y/y. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index fell 0.4% in the first three weeks of September from August. The Richmond manufacturing index declined to 0.00 in September, versus a prior reading of 14.00. However, economists were expecting a reading of 12.00. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 79.70 in September from a revised reading of 81.80 in August. Economists were expecting a reading of 79.90. The Treasury is set to auction 2-year notes.
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