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On Tuesday, BlackBerry BBRY co-founder Michael Lazaridis lowered his stake in the company to just below 5% versus 5.7%.
Equities Trading UP
Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP EROC shot up 3.78 percent to $6.59 after Raymond James upgraded the stock from Underperform to Market Perform.
DryShips DRYS was also up, gaining 8.39 percent to $4.52 after jumping 6.1% on Tuesday.
Equities Trading DOWNShares of Goodrich Petroleum GDP were down 6.65 percent to $16.15 following the news of plugging at Tuscaloosa Marine Shale.
Opko Health OPK tumbled 1.99 percent to $8.86. Opko Health shares have surged 93.16% over the past 52 weeks.
Capital Senior Living CSU was down, falling 1.64 percent to $23.43 after the company reported that it has completed the acquisition of four senior living communities for $64.9 million.Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.18 percent to $99.40, while gold traded up 0.76 percent to $1,212.40.
Eurozone
European markets were closed today in observance of Boxing Day.
U.S. jobless claims declined 42,000 to 338,000 in the week ended December 21, versus economists' expectations for a 345,000.drop. Continuing claims rose 46,000 to 2.92 million in the week ended December 14.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to -27.40 in the week ended December 22, versus a prior reading of -29.40.
The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills.Data on money supply will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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