Mid-Day Market Update: Brinker Surges On Upbeat Earnings; AMD Shares Slip

Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.38 percent to 16,352.22 while the NASDAQ surged 0.24 percent to 4,235.81. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.08 percent to 1,842.41. Top Headline
Coach COH reported downbeat fiscal second-quarter profit. Coach's quarterly net income fell to $297.4 million, or $1.06 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $352.8 million, or $1.23 per share. Its revenue declined 5.6% to $1.42 billion. However, analysts were expecting a profit of $1.11 per share on revenue of $1.48 billion. Equities Trading UP
Brinker International EAT shot up 6.19 percent to $49.58 as the company reported upbeat FQ2 earnings. Shares of Textron TXT got a boost, shooting up 7.26 percent to $38.72 after the company reported a 13% rise in its fourth-quarter income. Nuance Communications NUAN was also up, gaining 7.96 percent to $16.08 after the company lifted its first-quarter forecast. Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Penn West Petroleum PWE were down 9.11 percent to $7.48 after the company issued operational update for the fourth quarter and 2013. Advanced Micro Devices AMD shares tumbled 11.03 percent to $3.71. AMD projects Q1 revenue to drop 13% to 19% versus the fourth quarter. Coach COH was down, falling 7.02 percent to $48.86 after the company reported downbeat fiscal second-quarter profit. Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.70 percent to $96.58, while gold traded down 0.15 percent to $1,239.90. Silver traded down 0.08 percent Wednesday to $19.86, while copper fell 0.58 percent to $3.33. Euro zone
European shares were mostly lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.75 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index slipped 0.19 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.09 percent and the French CAC 40 jumped 0.03 percent while U.K. shares declined 0.06 percent. Economics
The MBA reported that its index of mortgage application activity rose 4.70% in the week ended January 17. The ICSC/Goldman Sachs Retail Chain Store Sales Index declined 1.9% in the week ended Saturday versus the earlier week. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index fell 0.2% in the first two weeks of January from December.