Mid-Day Market Update: Agilent Shares Rise On Upbeat Earnings; Western Union Drops - Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A)

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.27 percent to 15,919.54 while the NASDAQ gained 0.08 percent to 3,975.79. The S&P also rose, surging 0.12 percent to 1,792.81.

Top Headline
Nordstrom JWN reported upbeat third-quarter net income. Nordstrom's quarterly net income declined to $137 million, or $0.69 per share, from $146 million, or $0.71 per share, in the year-earlier period.

Its revenue climbed 3% to $2.88 billion from $2.81 billion, while revenue from stores open at least a year gained 0.1 percent. However, analysts were projecting earnings of $0.67 per share on revenue of $2.87 billion.

Equities Trading UP

Voxeljet AG

VJET

shot up 12.58 percent to $58.99 after the company reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ending September 30, 2013.

Shares of Youku Tudou YOKU got a boost, shooting up 11.08 percent to $29.28 after the company reported a Q3 gross profit of RMB82.3 million (US$13.4 million).

Agilent Technologies

was also up, gaining 8.75 percent to $54.96 after the company reported an upbeat Q4 profit.

Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Tile Shop Holdings TTS were down 2.16 percent to $12.67. Citigroup downgraded Tile Shop from Buy to Neutral.

Gogo

GOGO

shares tumbled 2.01 percent to $28.22 after

Morgan Stanley downgraded

the stock from Equal-weight to Underweight.

The Western Union Company WU was down, falling 5.26 percent to $16.53 after the company announced that Scott T. Scheirman , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the company.

Commodities

In commodity news,

oil traded up 0.03 percent

to $93.79, while gold traded up 0.09 percent to $1,287.40.

Silver traded up 0.06 percent Friday to $20.74, while copper rose 0.30 percent to $3.18.

Eurozone

European shares

were mostly higher

today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.10 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 0.41 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.29 percent and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.19 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.45 percent.

Economics
US import prices declined 0.7 percent in October, versus economists' expectations for a 0.5 percent fall. Export prices fell 0.5 percent in October.

The Empire State's general business conditions index declined to negative 2.2, versus positive 1.5 in October. However, economists were estimating a positive reading of 5.0.

Industrial production dropped 0.1 percent in October. However, economists were projecting no change in production.

US wholesale inventories rose 0.40 percent for September, versus economists' expectations for a 0.40 percent gain.

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