Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Werner Enterprises Slides Following Weak Guidance; Imperva Shares Spike Higher

 

Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.27 percent to 17,852.71 while the NASDAQ gained 0.05 percent to 4,839.44. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.36 percent to 2,090.77.

Leading and Lagging Sectors


On Tuesday, energy shares rose by 1.01 percent. Top gainers in the sector included Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE and Kinder Morgan Inc KMI.

In trading on Tuesday, basic materials shares fell by 0.52 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. SCHN, down 6 percent, and DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) DRD, down 7 percent.

Top Headline


CarMax, Inc KMX reported weaker-than-expected results for its first quarter on Tuesday.

The company posted quarterly net income of $175.4 million, or $0.90 per share, versus $182.0 million, or $0.86 per share, in the year-ago period.

Its sales rose to $4.13 billion from $4.01 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of $0.92 per share on sales of $4.21 billion.

Equities Trading UP


Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (USA) ROSG shares shot up 18 percent to $1.35 as the company reported that it has received an approval from the New York State for HEME FISH-based assays.

Shares of American Science & Engineering, Inc. ASEI got a boost, shooting up 14 percent to $36.77 as the company agreed to be acquired by OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS for $37 per share in cash.

Imperva Inc IMPV shares were also up, gaining 12 percent to $45.10. After Monday's close, it was reported in a 13D filing that Elliot Management had accumulated a 9.8 stake in the company.


Equities Trading DOWN


Medgenics Inc MDGN shares dropped 15 percent to $5.33. Medgenics priced public offering of 3.64 million shares at $5.50 per share.

Shares of Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc PRTK were down 17 percent to $13.69 after the company reported a proposed public stock offering.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. WERN was down, falling around 10 percent to $22.24 as the company issued a weak earnings forecast for the second quarter. The company projects a profit of $0.21 to $0.25 per share for the quarter. JP Morgan downgraded Werner from Overweight to Neutral and lowered the price target from $30.00 to $23.00, while Bank of America downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underperform.


Commodities


In commodity news, oil traded down 1.68 percent to $48.54 while gold traded down 1.49 percent to $1,272.80.

Silver traded down 1.16 percent Tuesday to $17.31, while copper rose 1.48 percent to $2.12.

Eurozone


European shares closed higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 climbed 0.70 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.23 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index jumped 0.45 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX gained 0.54 percent, and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.61 percent, while U.K. shares rose 0.36 percent.

Economics

 

The API's crude oil inventory report for the recent week will be released at 4:35 p.m. ET.

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