Mid-Day Market Update: Texas Industries Shares Jump; Oil Futures Down 1.1%

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Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.20 percent to 15,770.90 while the NASDAQ surged 0.18 percent to 4,005.75. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.13 percent to 1,777.73.
Top Headline
Yesterday, Adobe Systems
ADBE
reported a
drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter
profit and issued a weak forecast. However, Creative Cloud subscriptions climbed by 402,000 to 1.4 million. Adobe's quarterly earnings fell to $65.3 million, or $0.13 per share, from $222.3 million, or $0.44 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding one-time items, it earned $0.32 per share, matching analysts' estimates. Its revenue slipped 10% to $1.04 billion, versus estimates of $1.03 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Texas Industries
TXI
shot up 10.03 percent to $64.41. Texas Industries is working with Citigroup to explore a sale, Bloomberg reported. Shares of Adobe Systems
ADBE
got a boost, shooting up 11.84 percent to $60.38 after the company's Creative Cloud subscriptions climbed by 402,000 to 1.4 million. The company also reported a drop in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and issued a weak forecast. Quiksilver
ZQK
was also up, gaining 7.63 percent to $8.32 after the company
posted a loss
in the fourth quarter. B. Riley upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy.
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of INSYS Therapeutics
INSY
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were down 16.12 percent to $37.84 after the company
received subpoena
from Office of Inspector General. Restoration Hardware Holdings
RH
shares tumbled 2.99 percent to $63.32 after the company announced the resignation of its co-CEO Carlos Alberini. The company reported its adjusted Q3 profit of $0.32 per share, beating analysts' estimates of $0.28 per share. Darling International
DAR
was down, falling 5 percent to $19.00 after the company
priced public offering
of 40 million shares of its common stock at $19.00 per share.
Commodities
In commodity news,
oil traded down 1.11 percent
to $96.42, while gold traded up 0.88 percent to $1,235.70. Silver traded up 1.17 percent Friday to $19.68, while copper rose 0.38 percent to $3.31.
Euro zone
European shares
were mostly lower
today. The Spanish Ibex Index gained 0.01 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX declined 0.12 percent and the French CAC 40 dropped 0.23 percent while U.K. shares fell 0.08 percent.
Economics
US wholesale prices dropped 0.1% in November, while core producer prices rose 0.1%. However, economists were expecting a 0.1% fall in producer prices.
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