Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Down Over 100 Points; Apple Shares Gain

Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.69 percent to 15,898.09 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.30 percent to 4,033.29. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.45 percent to 1,792.86.

Yesterday, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

reported a 34% rise in its Q3 profit. However, the company issued downbeat forecast for fiscal 2015. Krispy Kreme's quarterly profit surged to $6.8 million, or $0.09 per share, from a year-earlier profit of around $5 million, or $0.07 per share. Excluding special items, it earned $0.16 per share. Its revenue climbed 7% to $114.2 million from $107.1 million. However, analysts were expecting adjusted earnings of $0.15 per share on revenue of $114.1 million.

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals

shot up 110.14 percent to $29.42 on a deal to sell 1.47 million shares to Celgene

at $15.13 per share. Shares of Tesla Motors

got a boost, shooting up 11.15 percent to $138.01 after the company announced that the German regulator has closed review of Model S incidents. Morgan Stanley also named the stock a Top Pick in the auto sector. Apple

was also up, gaining 1.65 percent to $560.30. Apple reported that it had acquired Topsy Labs for more than $200 million. UBS upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and raised the target price from $540 to $650.

Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

were down 19.35 percent to $19.80 after the company

for fiscal 2015. GT Advanced Technologies

shares tumbled 6.84 percent to $9.26 after the company announced its plans to offer $125 million convertible senior notes and 12 million shares of common stock. Myriad Genetics

was down, falling 8.01 percent to $24.82 after JMP Securities downgraded the stock from Market Outperform to Market Perform.

In commodity news,

to $95.75, while gold traded up 0.08 percent to $1,222.90. Silver traded down 0.75 percent Tuesday to $19.15, while copper fell 0.24 percent to $3.18.

European shares

today. The Spanish Ibex Index tumbled 1.44 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index declined 1.95 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX dropped 1.90 percent and the French CAC 40 declined 2.65 percent while U.K. shares fell 0.95 percent.

The ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales index declined 2.8% in the week ended Saturday versus the earlier week. The Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index fell 0.2% in the first four weeks of November versus October. US home prices climbed 0.2% in October, CoreLogic reported. The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills.