Mid-Day Market Update: Crude Oil Up 1.8 %; Technical Communications Shares Spike Higher

Midway through trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.02 percent to 25,466.78 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.28 percent to 7,834.13. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.21 percent to 2,846.17.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

On Monday, the energy shares climbed 0.38 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Lonestar Resources US Inc. LONE up 9 percent, and Basic Energy Services, Inc. BAS up 5 percent.

In trading on Monday, real estate shares fell 0.28 percent.


Top Headline

Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN reported better-than-expected results for its third quarter, while sales missed estimates.

Earnings came in at $1.50 per share, beating market estimates of $1.40 per share. Sales came in at $10.05 billion, missing estimates of $10.28 billion. Tyson Foods expects FY18 sales of $40 billion to $41 billion.


Equities Trading UP

Technical Communications Corporation TCCO shares shot up 31 percent to $4.90 after the company reported an increase in Q3 EPS and sales year-over-year.

Shares of Cherokee Inc. CHKE got a boost, shooting up 78 percent to $0.79. Cherokee received a $40 million term loan from Gordon Brothers Finance Company to refinance debt and increase liquidity.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. SEAS shares were also up, gaining 15 percent to $24.39 after reporting Q2 results. The company reported strong Q2 attendance growth and established a goal of $475 million to $500 million of adjusted EBITDA by 2020.


Equities Trading DOWN

Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP WMLP shares dropped 45 percent to $2.300 after the company quarterly EPS of $(4.10) and sales of $64.30 million.

Shares of Ovid Therapeutics Inc. OVID were down 30 percent to $6.6920 despite the company announcing that its OV101 trial achieved its primary endpoint.

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. PTIE was down, falling around 39 percent to $1.44 after the FDA issued a complete response letter regarding Pain's REMOXY oxycodone. The FDA said the data does not show that the benefits of REMOXY outweigh the risks.


Commodities


In commodity news, oil traded up 1.80 percent to $69.72 while gold traded down 0.37 percent to $1,218.70.

Silver traded down 0.76 percent Monday to $15.345, while copper fell 1.01 to $2.7355.



Eurozone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 dropped 0.21 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.21 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index slipped 0.11 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX declined 0.28 percent, and the French CAC 40 fell 0.16 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.01 percent.

Economics

The TD Ameritrade Investor Movement Index for July is schedule for release at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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