Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Edge Lower; Sotheby's Beats Q4 Views

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 0.16 percent to 20,787.51 while the NASDAQ declined 0.14 percent to 5,837.23. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.14 percent to 2,364.14.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Basic material shares climbed by 0.30 percent in trading on Monday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Silver Standard Resources Inc. (USA) SSRI, and L.B. Foster Co FSTR.

In trading on Monday, telecommunications services shares fell by 0.54 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Telecom Argentina SA (ADR) TEO, down 7 percent, and B Communications Ltd BCOM, down 4 percent.

Top Headline

Sothebys BID reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter on Monday.

Sothebys posted quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.35 per share on revenue of $308.69 million. Analysts were expecting earnings of $1.17 per share on revenue of $277.28 million.


Equities Trading UP

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC shares shot up 58 percent to $31.41 as the company disclosed that ATHOS-3 Phase 3 efficacy endpoint is statistically significant.

Shares of Gogo Inc GOGO got a boost, shooting up 16 percent to $10.61 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.

Cellectar Biosciences Inc CLRB shares were also up, gaining 14 percent to $2.44 after the company issued Phase I trial update of CLR 131 in multiple myeloma.


Equities Trading DOWN

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX shares dropped 15 percent to $4.69. BioCryst posted a Q4 loss of $0.06 per share on revenue of $8.98 million and reported that its interim results from APeX-1 trial are 'positive.'

Shares of AmTrust Financial Services Inc AFSI were down around 16 percent to $23.37 after the company posted downbeat Q4 earnings.

Shutterstock Inc SSTK was down, falling around 14 percent to $44.65 after the company reported downbeat Q4 results and issued a weak outlook.


Commodities


In commodity news, oil traded up 0.87 percent to $54.46 while gold traded down 0.16 percent to $1,256.30.

Silver traded down 0.01 percent Monday to $18.41, while copper fell 0.02 percent to $2.70.

Eurozone

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.30 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.08 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index gained 0.90 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX gained 0.05 percent, and the French CAC 40 fell 0.09 percent while U.K. shares fell 0.05 percent.

Economics

U.S. durable-goods orders gained 1.8 percent for January, versus economists’ expectations for a 1.9 percent growth

The National Association of Realtors’ pending home sales index dropped 2.8 percent to 106.4 in January. However, economists were expecting a 1.1 percent increase.

The Dallas Fed manufacturing index for February will be released at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan is set to speak in Norman, Okla. at 11:00 a.m. ET.

The Treasury will auction 3-and 6-month bills at 11:30 a.m. ET.

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