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Toward the end of trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.11 percent to 24,556.34 while the NASDAQ declined 0.85 percent to 7,025.21. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.11 percent to 2,641.05.
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Tuesday afternoon, the industrial shares climbed 1.3 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) up 17 percent, and Meritor, Inc. (NYSE:MTOR) up 11 percent.
In trading on Tuesday, communication services shares fell 0.8 percent.
Top Headline
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter, while sales missed estimates.
Verizon reported a bottom line of $1.12 against $1.09 estimates, with revenue of $34.28 billion falling shy of $34.39 forecasts.
Verizon said it expects 'low single-digit percentage' revenue growth in 2019.
Equities Trading UP
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VYGR) shares got a boost, shooting up 34 percent to $10.80 after the company announced a collaboration with Neurocrine Biosciences. The company received an upfront payment of $165 million and can receive up to $1.7 billion in milestones.
Shares of Sanmina Corporation (NASDAQ:SANM) shot up 18 percent to $32.17 after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its fourth quarter and issued strong second-quarter guidance. Sanmina also reported that CFO David Anderson will retire and the company has begun search for a permanent replacement.
Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWD) shares were also up, gaining 17 percent to $90.37 following upbeat Q1 earnings.
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Equities Trading DOWN
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) shares dropped 28 percent to $11.18 after the company said it is no longer pursuing sale of the firm due to a 'lack of available financing on terms that would be commercially acceptable to a prospective acquiror.'
Shares of Cancer Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGIX) were down 17 percent to $0.2550. Cancer Genetics priced its public offering of 15.217 million shares at 23 cents per share for generating gross proceeds of about $3.5 million.
Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) was down, falling around 11 percent to $42.11 following Q2 results. Brinker posted in-line Q2 earnings, while sales exceeded estimates.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.85 percent to $53.47 while gold traded up 0.38 percent to $1,314.30.
Silver traded up 0.48 percent Tuesday to $15.84, while copper rose 1.55 percent to $2.7215.
Eurozone
European shares closed higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 climbed 0.8 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index gained 0.63 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.48 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX gained 0.08 percent, and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.81 percent while U.K. shares rose 1.29 percent.
Economics
The Federal Open Market Committee begins its two-day policy meeting today.
The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index declined 1.8 percent during the first three weeks of January versus December.
The S&P/CaseShiller home price index rose 0.3 percent for November versus October.
The Conference Board consumer confidence index declined to 120.2 in January, versus revised reading of 126.6 in December.
Crypto Whales Are Loading Up — Are You?
New research shows the biggest crypto buyers are back. And this time? They could hold for the possibility that Bitcoin will surpass $100,000 in 2024. You don’t want to miss the next massive crypto bull run like we saw in 2020 and 2021. To know exactly what’s going on and what to buy… Get Access To Benzinga’s Best Crypto Research and Investments For Only $1.