Mid-Day Market Update: Questcor Shares Jump On Upbeat Earnings, Riverbed Drops

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Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.50 percent to 15,597.73 while the NASDAQ surged 0.53 percent to 3,635.51. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.50 percent to 1,694.42.
Top Headline
MasterCard
MA
reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit. MasterCard's quarterly profit surged to $848 million, or $6.96 per share, from $700 million, or $5.55 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue climbed 15% to $2.1 billion from $1.82 billion. However, analysts were projecting earnings of $6.30 per share on revenue of $1.90 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Trius Therapeutics
TSRX
shot up 17.34 percent to $13.74 after the company agreed to be acquired by Cubist Pharmaceuticals
CBST
. Shares of Questcor Pharmaceuticals
QCOR
got a boost, shooting up 27.72 percent to $66.30 after the company reported upbeat Q2 earnings. SodaStream International
SODA
was also up, gaining 14.95 percent to $67.04 after the company reported strong Q2 results and lifted its FY13 forecast.
Equities Trading DOWN
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Shares of Riverbed Technology
RVBD
were down 11.98 percent to $15.43 after the company reported downbeat second-quarter revenue. Regal Beloit
RBC
shares tumbled 9.42 percent to $63.99 after the company reported weak Q2 earnings. Jive Software
JIVE
was down, falling 18.04 percent to $13.99 on downbeat outlook.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.88 percent to $103.99, while gold traded down 1.19 percent to $1,309.10. Silver traded down 0.99 percent Wednesday to $19.49, while copper rose 2.05 percent to $3.10.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.51 percent and the Italian FTSE MIB Index declined 0.31 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX rose 0.04 percent and the French CAC 40 tumbled 0.05 percent while U.K. shares rose 1.09 percent.
Economics
The MBA's index of mortgage application activity fell 3.7% for the week ending July 26, 2013. US private firms added 200,000 jobs in July, according to the ADP National Employment Report. However, analysts were projecting a rise of 185,000 jobs in July. The employment costs index gained 0.5% in the second quarter, versus economists' expectations for a 0.4% rise. The US economy expanded at a 1.7% annual rate in the second quarter, versus a downwardly revised growth of 1.1% in the first quarter. However, economists were expecting a 1.0% growth in the second quarter. The Chicago PMI rose to 52.30 in July, versus a prior reading of 51.60. However, economists were expecting a reading of 54.0. Crude oil supplies rose 400,000 barrels for the week ended July 26, the Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts were expecting a 3 million-barrel drop. The FOMC will announce its policy decision at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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