End-of-Day Market Summary for November 23, 2011

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' summary for Wednesday, November 23, 2011, covering headlines from Wednesday's trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded down about 236.17 points or 2.05%, the S&P 500 traded 2.21% lower, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded down 2.43%, and the U.S. dollar trades slightly higher near the $79.30 level. Earlier today, UBS upgraded Crestwood Midstream Partners

to Buy and Macquarie upgraded Kodiak Oil & Gas

to Outperform. View all of

. Pacific Crest downgraded Renren

to Sector Perform and Lazard downgraded Jones Group

to Neutral. View all of

. Overseas, European markets ended their trading session lower. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 1.29%, Germany's DAX decreased by 1.44% and France's CAC 40 slid by 1.68% on the session. Asian stocks ended their session lower, as well. China's Shanghai Index lost 0.73%, Japan's Nikkei 225 decreased by 0.4%, and the Hang Seng index slid by 2.12%. On the economic calendar, MBA Mortgage Applications came in at -1/2%, Durable Goods Orders came in at -0.7% versus an estimate of -1.2%, Personal Income came in at 0.4% versus an estimate of 0.3%, Personal Spending came in at 0.1% versus an estimate of 0.3%, Initial Jobless Claims came in at 393K versus an estimate of 390K, Continuing Claims came in at 3691K versus an estimate 3621K. On the commodity front,

and

futures traded lower today, with gold trading about 0.06% lower today. Energy futures are mixed, with

down over 1.9% near the $96.16 level and

futures are trading lower by about 1.8%.

futures are higher by about 1.8% and

futures are trading over 0.5% lower. On the earnings front this afternoon, Ship Finance Int.

Reports Q3 EPS $0.40 vs $0.43 Est; Revenues $73.3M vs $87.50M Est; ReneSola

Reports 3Q EPS per ADS $(0.09) vs $(0.11) Est; Revenues $189.12M vs $221.76M Est; China Digital TV

Holding Reports Q3 EPS $0.17-ADS vs $0.18 Est; Revenues $25.9M vs $24.71M Estb; Deere & Co

Reports Q4 EPS $1.62 vs $1.43 Est; Revenues $7.90B vs $7.87B In corporate news, Neuralstem

announced that

. The company is testing its therapy for Lou Gherig's Disease. NiSource

announced that

. This may be a sign that the company has enough cash to pay off debt and continue with operations. NetSpend

announced that

. Today's movers include:

This concludes your news summary for November 23, 2011.