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Movers

Indices

• S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) rose 0.28% to $314.66.

• Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) increased 0.58% to $258.09.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) increased 0.20% to $259.69.

• FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (NYSE:FXI) rose 1.90% to $44.98.

• FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) remained unchanged at at $51.30.

Commodities

• United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) rose 0.83% to $29.05.

• Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) increased 0.79% to $170.34.

Bonds

• 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) decreased 0.54% to $164.32.

Industries

• Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) fell 0.02% to $43.75.

• Energy (NYSE:XLE) remained unchanged at at $36.26.

• Technology (NYSE:XLK) rose 0.69% to $106.80.

• Financial (NYSE:XLF) decreased 0.04% to $22.93.

Stocks Higher

• Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) rose 4.08% to $246.16.

• Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) increased 21.37% to $48.83.

• Intersect ENT (NASDAQ:XENT) increased 35.63% to $18.84.

Stocks Lower

• Walmart (NYSE:WMT) decreased 1.23% to $125.42.

• Nokia (NYSE:NOK) fell 4.30% to $4.12.

• MOGU (NYSE:MOGU) fell 13.50% to $5.

Top News

• JP Morgan Initiates Coverage On Idorsia with Neutral Rating https://www.benzinga.com/node/16552392

• Credit Suisse Reinstates Underperform on WPP https://www.benzinga.com/node/16552043

• Argus Research Maintains Buy on T-Mobile US, Raises Price Target to $123 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16552517

• MSC Industrial Direct Co shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 EPS and sales results. UPDATE: Shares have since revesed, now lower. https://www.benzinga.com/node/16548992

• ScotiaBank Maintains Sector Outperform on Russel Metals, Raises Price Target to C$22.5 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16552224

Upcoming Earnings

• Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) is expected to release earnings for Q1. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $0.12 and revenue of $2,573,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $1,390,000,000 and the earnings per share at -$1.22.

Earnings Recap

• MSC Industrial Direct Co (NYSE:MSM) reported earnings today for Q3, higher than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $1.4, and sales of 834,972,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $1.45 and revenue of $866,546,000.