Mid-Day Market Update: SanDisk Surges On Upbeat Results; IBM Shares Tumble

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Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.36 percent to 15,317.96 while the NASDAQ surged 0.26 percent to 3,849.38. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.22 percent to 1,725.40.
Top Headline
Goldman Sachs Group
GS
reported upbeat
third-quarter net income
and lifted its quarterly dividend to $0.55 per share. Goldman's quarterly net income rose to $1.52 billion, from $1.51 billion, in the year-ago period. Its earnings per share gained to $2.88 from $2.85. Its net revenue declined 20% to $6.72 billion. However, analysts were estimating earnings of $2.43 per share on revenue of $7.36 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Pactera Technology International
PACT
shot up 7.80 percent to $7.05 after the company
agreed to be acquired
by a consortium led by Blackstone. Shares of SanDisk
SNDK
got a boost, shooting up 7.59 percent to $67.72 after the company reported upbeat third-quarter results. Winnebago Industries
WGO
was also up, gaining 3.74 percent to $28.30 after the company reported a
better-than-expected
fourth-quarter profit.
Equities Trading DOWN
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Shares of Amarin Corporation plc
AMRN
were down 60.25 percent to $2.05 after the company announced
negative FDA Advisory Committee
outcome for the use of Vascepa in the treatment of high triglycerides with mixed dyslipidemia. Select Comfort
SCSS
shares tumbled 24.79 percent to $18.20 after the company reported a fall in its Q3 profit and cut its full-year forecast. International Business Machines
IBM
was down, falling 5.82 percent to $175.87 after the company reported downbeat third-quarter revenue.
Commodities
In commodity news,
oil traded down 1.92 percent
to $100.33, while gold traded up 2.82 percent to $1,318.40. Silver traded up 2.08 percent Thursday to $21.81, while copper fell 0.57 percent to $3.29.
Eurozone
European shares
were mostly lower
today. The Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.27 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index declined 0.37 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.44 percent and the French CAC 40 declined 0.10 percent while U.K. shares dropped 0.09 percent.
Economics
US jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 358,000 in the week ended October 12, versus a revised 373,000 in the earlier week. However, economists were projecting claims to decline to 335,000. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index declined to -34.10 for the week ended October 13, versus a prior reading of -29.70. The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index declined to 19.80 in October, from a prior reading of 22.30. However, economists were expecting a reading of 15.00.
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