Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.46 percent to 16,443.64 while the NASDAQ surged 0.31 percent to 4,348.31. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.45 percent to 1,918.08.
Leading and Lagging Sectors Utilities shares surged around 0.87 percent in today’s trading. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included WGL Holdings WGL, up 6.3 percent, and Genie Energy GNE, up 2.4 percent.
In trading on Friday, telecommunications services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, top decliners in the sector included NQ Mobile NQ, down 4.1 percent, and Cogent Communications Holdings CCOI, off 2.4 percent.
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Zynga's adjusted EPS came in at $0.00, versus analysts’ estimates of $0.00 per share. However, its revenue dropped to $153.20 million, missing estimates of $191.21 million. The company cut its FY14 EPS forecast from $0.01-$0.03 to $(0.01).
Equities Trading UP
NVIDIA NVDA shares were also up, gaining 7.22 percent to $18.72 after the company posted higher Q2 earnings and issued a strong revenue forecast for the current quarter.
Equities Trading DOWN
Volcano VOLC shares tumbled 23.57 percent to $12.06 on Q2 results. The company reported Q2 earnings of $0.01 per share on revenue of $102.60 million. Volcano announced its plans to divest its Axsun Technologies subsidiary and also announced the litigation settlement agreement with St. Jude Medical STJ. Oppenheimer downgraded Volcano from Outperform to Market Perform and lowered the price target from $22.00 to $15.00.
Sotheby's BID was down, falling 9.30 percent to $36.90 after the company reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings.
Commodities
Silver traded down 0.18 percent Friday to $19.96, while copper rose 0.11 percent to $3.18.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.65 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index gained 0.27 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index surged 0.37 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.28 percent and the French CAC 40 declined 0.10 percent while UK shares dipped 0.50 percent.
Economics
US wholesale inventories rose 0.3% in June, while sales climbed 0.2% in the month.
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