Mid-Day Market Update: Five Below Shares Gain On Upbeat Results; Urban Outfitters Tumbles

Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.64 percent to 15,159.85 while the NASDAQ surged 0.42 percent to 3,721.68. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.56 percent to 1,681.09.

McDonald's

reported a 1.9% rise in its global same-store sales in August. Analysts were projecting same-store sales to rise 0.3%. McDonald's August systemwide sales climbed 2.8%. In Europe, McDonald's same-store sales gained 3.3%. However, same-store sales increased 0.2% in the US.

Five Below

shot up 16.72 percent to $47.90 after the company reported

results. Shares of Tuesday Morning

got a boost, shooting up 9.13 percent to $13.87 after the company

as chief administrative officer and chief financial officer. Palo Alto Networks

was also up, gaining 3.57 percent to $48.51 on FQ4 results.

Shares of Neurocrine Biosciences

were down 29.64 percent to $11.75 after the company reported

Of VMAT2 Inhibitor NBI-98854 for treatment of tardive dyskinesia. HD Supply Holdings

shares tumbled 13.85 percent to $21.32 on Q2 results. Urban Outfitters

was down, falling 10.63 percent to $38.17. William Blair cut its Q3 earnings view for Urban Outfitters to 45c.

In commodity news,

to $107.15, while gold traded down 1.65 percent to $1,363.80. Silver traded down 3.15 percent Tuesday to $22.97, while copper fell 0.41 percent to $3.26.

European shares

today. The Spanish Ibex Index surged 1.96 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index rose 0.51 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 2.06 percent and the French CAC 40 climbed 1.89 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.82 percent.

The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index rose 0.3% for the first week of September versus August. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell to 94.00 in August, from a prior reading of 94.10. However, economists were expecting a reading of 95.00. The ICSC/Goldman Sachs Chain Stores Sales gained 1.5% in the week ended Saturday versus the previous week. The Treasury is set to auction 3-year notes.